Raw Charge Meet-up in Raleigh: March 3rd

by Incipient_Senescence on Jan 12, 2012 4:58 PM EST

The Tampa Bay Lightning have one more trip to Raleigh this season to play the Carolina Hurricanes, and it comes on a weekend. Saturday March 3rd, at 7 PM. Since I am a Raleigh area resident, I'll be going. Cassie is in the DC area, and Tina is in the Charlotte area, so both are close enough to make a weekend trip. So we thought it'd be a good time to meet up and catch a game together. And we'd love to add others from the community, if anyone else can make the trip.

A lot of details can be hashed out later, like whether or not we want to tailgate or whatever (although I'm flying out to Bozeman the next morning, so I won't be pushing for too much late night alcohol). This post is meant to get an idea of how many people are interested and what tickets we want to buy. I have the goal of buying them around the 2nd weekend in January (12th through 15th), so figure out who's in and out, and get me money so I can buy them (I have a PayPal account and a snail mail address that I can give out when we get a little farther along).

Obviously, it's not clear what ticket availability will be like at this time next month. However, we do know that March 3rd is family night, which means that we should be able to get these deals on up to 8 (or 10, I forget) tickets, depending on availability:

*Lower north corners/goal zone (Bolts attacking zone for the 1st and 3rd): $39.75 per ticket

*Upper deck, center ice: $29.75 per ticket

*Upper south corners (Canes attacking zone for 1st and 3rd): $19.75 per ticket

*Upper north goal zone (Bolts attacking zone for 1st and 3rd): $9.75 per ticket.

For what it's worth, I almost always sit in the north upper corners (visitor's attacking zone), because they're the cheapest thing other than upper goal zone, and I feel like the experience is just fine. I've sat all the way up in the top row, but I usually sit in the 6th or 7th, and I really enjoy the latter seats. Those aren't available on the family plan, but two sections over on either side (basically goal zone or center ice) are available as of now.

Hopefully having a month's warning before we actually pull the trigger will allow anybody interested to make sure they can get time off work or whatnot. So what say ye? Anybody else in?

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C’mon…you know you want to!

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by Cassie McClellan on Dec 16, 2011 5:04 PM EST reply actions

W00T!

I am #ALLIN. As long as I can get the day of and the day after the game off, so I don’t have to drive like a maniac to get there or worry about falling asleep at the wheel just to get back to work the next morning. I’ll know by early January if I get the days or not.

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by Tina Robinson on Dec 16, 2011 5:08 PM EST reply actions

I'm up for the lower North corners/goal zone...

we can whoop it up when the Bolts score a goal! Getting psyched for this trip already.. I am NOT going to be happy if I can’t get those days off… I may go anyway even if I don’t get the days off…and I guess I’ll just have to “put on my big girl panties and deal with it”…

"If you intend to kick a tiger in the ass, you damn well better have a plan in place for dealing with his teeth." Tom Clancy

by Tina Robinson on Dec 16, 2011 6:50 PM EST reply actions

When it gets closer, you & I can talk about sharing a hotel room. ;o)

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by Cassie McClellan on Dec 16, 2011 7:22 PM EST up reply actions

I'd let one or both of y'all crash at my place

but my Dad’s driving in that night so that he, my sister, and I can fly out of Raleigh the next morning. My spring break starts that weekend, and we’ve hit the unpleasant point where we realize that there aren’t a lot of spring breaks left while I’m free and he’s fit, so we’re hitting Big Sky this year

If I cared more about my UNC side, I'd call myself "Tar Volon," and that'd be awesome.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 16, 2011 8:03 PM EST up reply actions

I have no idea what it looks like from a lower level seat

this seems like as good an excuse as any to throw down the extra cash and try it. We’d better have our road woes worked out by that point. That last game would’ve just been pure depression had Connolly not netted his first.

If I cared more about my UNC side, I'd call myself "Tar Volon," and that'd be awesome.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 16, 2011 8:04 PM EST up reply actions

Now, the real question is…how are we going to smuggle Swedish Fish into the game? :oO

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by Cassie McClellan on Dec 16, 2011 7:30 PM EST reply actions

somehow, I think you might manage

If I cared more about my UNC side, I'd call myself "Tar Volon," and that'd be awesome.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 16, 2011 8:00 PM EST up reply actions

I know Jay already mentioned ticket prices

But for the sake of saying so, to get around venue surcharges, you might want to scan ticket availability through Raw Charge / TiqIQ.

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by John Fontana on Dec 19, 2011 10:57 AM EST reply actions

good call, will do

I don’t imagine that those will be a better deal with the venue having their family specials for that game, but it’s worth checking out

If I cared more about my UNC side, I'd call myself "Tar Volon," and that'd be awesome.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 19, 2011 11:21 AM EST up reply actions

I'm still waiting to hear if I get the days off or not.

Hope to hear in the next week or so, I told supervisors it was time sensitive. If I can’t get time off, I’m afraid I won’t be able to make it because weekends have me working until 5 in March.

"If you intend to kick a tiger in the ass, you damn well better have a plan in place for dealing with his teeth." Tom Clancy

by Tina Robinson on Jan 12, 2012 6:02 PM EST reply actions

hope you get them

because this would be fun

If I cared more about my UNC side, I'd call myself "Tar Volon," and that'd be awesome.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jan 12, 2012 7:02 PM EST up reply actions

I still plan on going.

"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone." -Herb Brooks

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by Cassie McClellan on Jan 13, 2012 8:37 AM EST up reply actions

I'd really like to go ahead and buy the tickets when I'm at the RBC Center on January 23rd (for the Canes/ThrasherJets game)

Tina, can you figure things out that quickly?

Anybody else? Nobody want to jump on? Last call. . .

If I cared more about my UNC side, I'd call myself "Tar Volon," and that'd be awesome.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jan 16, 2012 10:57 AM EST reply actions

Going to have to bow out of this Jay...

Cannot get the days off and I’ll be working 9am-5pm on weekends. No way I could get from Charlotte to the RBC arena in 2 hrs and then have to turn around and drive all the way home just to turn back around and be back at work the next morning.

Sorry about this, I was really looking forward to meeting you guys and seeing my very first Tampa Bay Lightning game in person. Maybe I’ll have better luck next time.

"If you intend to kick a tiger in the ass, you damn well better have a plan in place for dealing with his teeth." Tom Clancy

by Tina Robinson on Jan 20, 2012 9:43 AM EST up reply actions

if anyone else wants in, say so soon

planning on buying a pair of tickets this evening, but I can hold off if there’s demand

If I cared more about my UNC side, I'd call myself "Tar Volon," and that'd be awesome.
Bolts, Canes, Preds (now in different conferences!). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jan 23, 2012 11:03 AM EST reply actions