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MidTexHorn

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  1. 59 minutes ago, Bookman said:

    It's not that you dicked around. I don't know anybody who got in. Tickets were gone in minutes.

    Think they significantly reduced capacity this year? Don't ever remember the 3 days and single days going in minutes like they did this year. Hell, some years tickets would be available for weeks. I know it's post-Covid and everyone wants to get out, but it seemed strange how quickly they went.

  2. Can’t go wrong with Encore. Go to Absinthe if you want a show - funny raunchy version of a Cirque show. Best show in Vegas IMO. Too many good restaurants to mention at the Wynn complex or across street at Venetian/Palazzo. We’re trying Beauty and Essex at Cosmo on our upcoming trip. Get brunch at Bouchon for sure - it’s a must for us every trip. 

  3. Did my stadium tour today. Place is badass. Gonna be a lot of fun when it’s packed out. Had a couple beers up Braker at Hopsquad after.

    After the tour we went into the Verde store and ran into Josh Wolff which was pretty cool. Very nice guy, quite enthusiastic about Austin and chatted with us for several minutes without acting like we were bothering him. Dude looks very fit and young for 44 years old. I guess playing soccer every day will do that for you. 

    He loves seeing the enthusiasm of the watch parties. Said it reminds him of the watch parties when he was playing for the national team but feels more fun and personal because he always felt a little removed from it then because they were usually off in some other country. Said the road trips are getting a bit tough on the team but he doesn’t want them to let up or make excuses. Full speed ahead.  Said the same day travel to and from due to Covid kind of sucks because they don’t quite get the normal team bonding that you get on road trips, staying at team hotel, eating a pregame dinner night before, etc. They are very much looking forward to playing at home. 

    I asked him if he speaks Spanish and he said somewhat and he’s getting better and many team members are working on their English. Said he took advantage of Covid to take some Spanish classes because he knew he’d need it. He was shopping with his wife and on the way out I asked if he gets a discount  and he laughed and said - a very small one but they take pretty good care of me  

    I’ll try to post a couple pics. Didn’t get one with Wolff. Figured we were fan boying enough. 

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  4. 3 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

    Alright Surly bros (and sisses) help me out. I have an important customer who never misses an ACL. She’s a middle aged lady who goes with her girlfriends and won’t miss this one regardless of lineup (yeah Lolla sux but I have VIP to Rockville so woot). If I wanted to take a couple coworkers and set up a fun customer thing to do around ACL what would you recommend?

    (Yes this is a shameless attempt to get my company to send me to ACL because I love Austin and I’ve never been.)

    Book a badass Airbnb in the SoCo area or overlooking Lake Austin for everyone, preferably with a pool since you’ll be hot and sweaty at the end of each day. Fest all day into the night. Sex them ladies up. Profit?

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  5. 1 minute ago, Chad Fuck said:

    Personally, they could have a pack of wild dogs howling on stage and I'd have zero fucks to give.  Put a beer in my hand, throw me in Zilker, and alright, alright, alright.

    See y'all for the TX/OU game in the beer tent.  I just got my tix. 

    I’ll be doing the same. First time in a while that I’m not going to the OU game in person so I’ll be in the beer tent too. 

  6. 12 hours ago, LonghornSean said:

    Went on our stadium tour today. Place is awesome. Can't wait.

    I get to go Thursday. Looking forward to it. 

  7. 3 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    Well, they live in a fortress in California, so not much mingling with the in-laws for us other than ahead of the wedding and the wedding itself on their estate. According to Forbes and my own financials, it looks like they could buy and sell me 1500 times over.  I’m happy for her, she has a crazy life story, but to explain further would really derail the Vegas thread.

     

    So, uh, you wanna hang out?

  8. 3 minutes ago, LonghornSean said:

    Yeah it says the venue for each specific semi matchup will be determined later, which I would think basically means, if Mexico is in the semis, they'll almost certainly play in Houston regardless of the other matchup. So let's hope the US doesn't fuck it up.

    Haha. Exactly what my son and I were just texting about. We should get the US if we don't fuck it up so....

  9. Gold Cup semifinals to be played in Austin and Houston on July 29. I picked an awesome time to move to Austin - an embarrassment of soccer riches for me!

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  10. 12 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    I mean, I was looking at fall dates for college football, and went as far as November and some of the booths were already listed as sold out. So, I don't see why you can't go see about march. 

    Went and checked. They are just taking inquiries that far out. No pricing info.

  11. 23 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    EATS is fucking great. We were there a few years back. Enjoyed the trivia cards during breakfast. 

     

    @closetojumping

     

    This might be worth it. We can reserve a both of 6 for $1500, which is obviously pricey, but gives us a lot more flexability. I'm not sure we'd have more than 6 guys at a time. Downsides are we can't roll back to our rooms for breaks or whatever. Per chair is $175, we could just get a whole row. 

    https://www.circalasvegas.com/sportsbook/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=sportsbook

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    What dates are $1,500 for a booth? Any clue on if you can book for March Madness yet or when they open that up?

  12. Cross posting this from the Gambling board just in case someone here doesn't visit there.

    Heading to Vegas in a few weeks, staying at Palazzo. Taking my sister and her daughter (no pics) and want to show them a good time for their first Vegas trip. I have dinners, shows, pool cabana, etc. plans taken care of. I'll gamble at Palazzo and other places on the Strip, but I would like to get them some gambling experience for low dollars. They don't have much money and will be scared off by high minimums. Would like to take them somewhere that's fun, reasonably nice and not too gross, hopefully a short cab ride from the Palazzo, that has low table limits. I've heard that limits under $25 are pretty much impossible to find on the Strip right now and even hard to find downtown. I'm thinking some sort of nicer locals place maybe.

    Ideas?

  13. Heading to Vegas in a few weeks, staying at Palazzo. Taking my sister and her daughter (no pics) and want to show them a good time for their first Vegas trip. I have dinners, shows, pool cabana, etc. plans taken care of. I'll gamble at Palazzo and other places on the Strip, but I would like to get them some gambling experience for low dollars. They don't have much money and will be scared off by high minimums. Would like to take them somewhere that's fun, reasonably nice and not too gross, hopefully a short cab ride from the Palazzo, that has low table limits. I've heard that limits under $25 are pretty much impossible to find on the Strip right now and even hard to find downtown. I'm thinking some sort of nicer locals place maybe.

    Ideas?

  14. 22 minutes ago, Big D said:

    Slowly burning this thing in.  Extremely happy with it compared to the Traeger grill I had.  Build on this is incredible.  Solid and keeps the heat in.  Love the WiFi monitor.  So far I have smoked a brisket, made jerky, made bacon and baby back ribs.  I don’t regret spending a little more for the Yoder, after starting out on the Traeger.

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    Thanks! I'm just starting to do my research and the Yoder is high on my list. Have you grilled with it yet? Curious about how it works for grilling steaks.

  15. 3 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

    Geez.  What's the last meaningful game the US has played?  (I'm not counting the Olympics bullshit.)

    I looked it up.  Perhaps the 2019 Gold Cup Final.  Two years ago.  Here was the roster:

    Steffen - good

    Cannon - meh

    Miazga - meh

    Long - meh

    Ream - meh

    McKennie - good

    CP - good

    Bradley - meh

    Morris - meh

    Altidore - no

    Arriola - no

    Subs:

    Roldan, Zardes, Lovitz - LOL

    THREE solid players on that entire team, and that's less than 2 years ago.  Who would have known?

     

    Quite a change!

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