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(NYPost) Asinine Instead of being ecstatic that their team made the Super Bowl, working class New Yorkers are whining about how expensive the tickets are, while the 1-percenters are whining about the lack of 5-star hotels in Indianapolis   (nypost.com) divider line 158
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2012-01-24 10:52:58 AM
Just send in a letter every year, sooner or later you will get a set of tix to the Super Bowl out of the random drawing, and while I'm not gonna advocate it, buying a wheelchair and sending the letter to the ADA random drawing may or may not increase your odds greatly
 
2012-01-24 11:06:27 AM
Please...people...stay home.
 
2012-01-24 11:29:10 AM
Consider it an "Urban Vacation," and sleep at the refinery across the street form the stadium.
 
2012-01-24 11:29:54 AM
Man... I can not type today.
 
2012-01-24 11:36:57 AM
If you come, bring lots of money for us. When this is over, it will be rated one of the best SuperBowl experiences that anyone has had. Indianapolis is that good at these kinds of events.
 
2012-01-24 11:43:04 AM
When Tynes kicked the FG I was more relieved than ecstatic. That game was farking stressful. Now I'm past the stress and just excited.
 
2012-01-24 11:56:30 AM
If only the game could be witnessed outside the stadium this wouldn't be such a problem!
 
2012-01-24 12:23:16 PM
RCraig: If you come, bring lots of money for us. When this is over, it will be rated one of the best SuperBowl experiences that anyone has had. Indianapolis is that good at these kinds of events.

I can almost guarantee that no one will be hit by falling ice from the dome just before the game.
 
2012-01-24 12:42:22 PM
farking supply and demand economics, how does it work?

//Does Indianapolis even have a 2 star hotel?
 
2012-01-24 01:04:35 PM
Places the Super Bowl has been at least three times: Miami, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Tampa, San Diego, Phoenix. Five out of six of those places are great to visit, and all of them are warm.

Places the Super Bowl should never be again: Indianapolis, Detroit.
 
2012-01-24 01:06:44 PM
cretinbob: farking supply and demand economics, how does it work?

//Does Indianapolis even have a 2 star hotel?


Just an FYI. There is a reason that Indianapolis routinely hosts the Final Four among many other national and international events.

/they know who to bribe.
 
2012-01-24 01:20:25 PM
I_C_Weener: cretinbob: farking supply and demand economics, how does it work?

//Does Indianapolis even have a 2 star hotel?

Just an FYI. There is a reason that Indianapolis routinely hosts the Final Four among many other national and international events.

/they know who to bribe.


We are the AAA of bribing, not SLC getting Winter Olympics level, but not just any old shmucks either. Oh, and Indy had enough high end hotels to keep the F1 Euro snobs at bay for a few years, things will be just fine.

/DNRTFA
//Come to our town, enjoy yourself, spend freely
///then GTFO
 
2012-01-24 01:24:58 PM
chimp_ninja: Places the Super Bowl has been at least three times: Miami, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Tampa, San Diego, Phoenix. Five out of six of those places are great to visit, and all of them are warm.

Places the Super Bowl should never be again: Indianapolis, Detroit.


This, and this. See you in Jersey in a couple of years!
 
2012-01-24 01:27:39 PM
chimp_ninja: Places the Super Bowl has been at least three times: Miami, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Tampa, San Diego, Phoenix. Five out of six of those places are great to visit, and all of them are warm.

Places the Super Bowl should never be again: Indianapolis, Detroit.


since I only like 1 of those 6 places, which is the one that you omitted from your 5 out 6?

/ it's probably the city I like. Because Miami, LA, San Diego, Phoenix, and Tampa do not excite me. Miami is silly, Tampa is the source of all Florida tags, Phoenix is not exciting enough to garner the energy to make an opinion, LA is silly, San Diego I don't have an opinion on because I lack the facts
// and, for super bowl cities, the Super Dome is walking distance from all the hotels and French Quarter, so it really is a tourist friendly event site. and, the super bowl is sometimes around the time that carnivale is in season, so double bonus.
 
2012-01-24 01:27:58 PM
The problem with Indianapolis is the shiatty restaurant selections. The only really high-end places are steakhouses (yawn) and the downtown seems to only extend for about 10 square blocks. I guess the Hyatt has a rotating restaurant on the top floor which is kind of nice, in a 1970s sort of way.
 
2012-01-24 01:33:50 PM
Ric Romero is reporting that cities smaller than New York tend not to have as large a selection of five-star hotels and world-class restaurants.
 
2012-01-24 01:35:23 PM
This just in: New Yorkers, and most anyone with any travel experience have higher standards than subby and all the other rubes from "Nap" city.
 
2012-01-24 01:35:50 PM
pute kisses like a man: Tampa is the source of all Florida tags

Be fair, Orlando has its share too.
And don't forget Jacksonville.
 
2012-01-24 01:40:13 PM
merkey88: pute kisses like a man: Tampa is the source of all Florida tags

Be fair, Orlando has its share too.
And don't forget Jacksonville.


I'd guess 80% of the astounding florida tags come from the panhandle. So "south Alabama", really.
 
2012-01-24 01:41:46 PM
Indy is a town BUILT to host conventions. It's why they stole GenCon from Milwaukee.

They still don't have a Safe House, though.
 
2012-01-24 01:42:48 PM
To anyone going to Indy I recommend getting a Pork Tenderloin sandwich while there (It is an Indy thing, no one does it better) for the best one in the area go to Nickleplate in Fishers.

That is what I miss most from my 8 years living there.
 
2012-01-24 01:43:17 PM
First-class Giants fans might have to settle for second-class accommodations when they travel to Indianapolis. An agent who books high-end travel packages said high-rolling New Yorkers with money to burn are already grumbling about having to rough it at a Hilton or a Sheraton.

Good for Indy. Put those richers in their place!
 
2012-01-24 01:43:46 PM
Cymbal: This just in: New Yorkers, and most anyone with any travel experience have higher standards than subby and all the other rubes from "Nap" city.

Of all the places I've never visited and don't care too, New York City is at the top of the list.

Just remember, they don't say "Wow, New York was the best venue ever for the Final Four." Or New York really understands crowd control and safety like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Or wow, New York's MSG is state of the art for a basketball stadium. Or better yet, "Indianapolis...200 years without one subway rat the size of Belicheck's ego."

I'm kidding. We should have a Fark party though. You out of towners can spend some New York cash on us.
 
2012-01-24 01:45:04 PM
UNC_Samurai: Indy is a town BUILT to host conventions. It's why they stole GenCon from Milwaukee.

They still don't have a Safe House, though.


Stole or rescued?

It is designed for conventions though. Everything is central. It will be a nice big party. Gonna be a mess for me getting to work.
 
2012-01-24 01:47:06 PM
Reading the Fark comment during a game is entertaining. Some of you guys are pretty damn funny and between that and Earguy's pics it made some unbearable games fun to watch. If I happen to be reading Fark during the SB, I can't wait to read the comments about Madonna and her flabby arms.
 
2012-01-24 01:47:41 PM
I_C_Weener: Of all the places I've never visited and don't care too, New York City is at the top of the list.

We'll try to keep on going without your presence. It won't be easy, but we'll manage.
 
2012-01-24 01:51:18 PM
Yanks_RSJ: I_C_Weener: Of all the places I've never visited and don't care too, New York City is at the top of the list.

We'll try to keep on going without your presence. It won't be easy, but we'll manage.


Normally, it is easy cheering against New England, but something about New Yorkers makes it tough.
 
2012-01-24 01:52:59 PM
FreakinB: When Tynes kicked the FG I was more relieved than ecstatic. That game was farking stressful. Now I'm past the stress and just excited.

Yeah, I didn't watch either game, but I heard that they were both phenomenal games. Now I feel like i missed out. Hopefully that indicates a good Super Bowl.
 
2012-01-24 01:53:13 PM
People really think tickets would be anything less than astronomical? There are easily 5 million people who would go if the tickets were $100 each. Supply and demand is a biatch. Just enjoy it on the biggest TV you can find.
 
2012-01-24 01:54:30 PM
I_C_Weener: Yanks_RSJ: I_C_Weener: Of all the places I've never visited and don't care too, New York City is at the top of the list.

We'll try to keep on going without your presence. It won't be easy, but we'll manage.

Normally, it is easy cheering against New England, but something about New Yorkers makes it tough.


Again, I couldn't care less about which team you root for.
 
2012-01-24 01:56:52 PM
"Those lucky enough to have already made the cut received an email telling them they are eligible to purchase only two tickets - for $900 each."

"The average ticket price for this year's Super Bowl is $3,984.73, according to Chris Matcovich at TiqIQ. The lowest is $2,175."

Scalpers should be staked out on an anthill with their balls nailed to the stake. It's one thing to sell tickets to an event you can't attend, but when a company comes in, buys everything up at market value, immediately doubles or triples the price, and then resells them, it's bullshiat. Suddenly, the average person has ZERO chance of squeezing in before the scalpers, and the price gets artificially inflated. Scalpers provide exactly ZERO service...
 
2012-01-24 01:58:10 PM
chimp_ninja: Places the Super Bowl has been at least three times: Miami, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Tampa, San Diego, Phoenix. Five out of six of those places are great to visit, and all of them are warm.

Places the Super Bowl should never be again: Indianapolis, Detroit.


Hopefully, Phoenix was left off the "great" part of the list.

"Warm"? Football fans need to re-grow their balls, it's not Wimbledon, and it's not baseball.
 
2012-01-24 01:59:21 PM
Hosting big events is kinda what Indy does. As long as there isn't some random ice storm the week of the game, it's pretty easy to walk around there (especially given the fan bases are coming from two of the least car-friendly cities in the nation, so people should be used to be walking and taking cabs). Went to the last Final Four there and they know how to handle the crowds.

Drink some Three Floyds while you're there.
 
2012-01-24 02:07:10 PM
GQueue: Hosting big events is kinda what Indy does. As long as there isn't some random ice storm the week of the game, it's pretty easy to walk around there (especially given the fan bases are coming from two of the least car-friendly cities in the nation, so people should be used to be walking and taking cabs). Went to the last Final Four there and they know how to handle the crowds.

Drink some Three Floyds while you're there.


And Sun King. And Harrison Whiskey.
 
2012-01-24 02:08:33 PM
I_C_Weener: GQueue: Hosting big events is kinda what Indy does. As long as there isn't some random ice storm the week of the game, it's pretty easy to walk around there (especially given the fan bases are coming from two of the least car-friendly cities in the nation, so people should be used to be walking and taking cabs). Went to the last Final Four there and they know how to handle the crowds.

Drink some Three Floyds while you're there.

And Sun King. And Harrison Whiskey.


And Upland, dont forget Upland.

/friend works there have to plug
 
2012-01-24 02:09:33 PM
And while those shmucks biatch and moan about "second-class accomodations," I'll be with a group of friends, eating, cracking jokes and watching the game on HDTV in the comfort of my own home.

As much as I love the Giants, it's a much better experience watching the game at home then at Indy.

Also: I can change the channel when Madonna comes on at halftime.
 
2012-01-24 02:10:45 PM
There are some great stories of some of the stuff the F1 fans -- whose wealth and ego would put most New Yorkers to shame -- did to, shall we say, improve their stay. I believe there was one woman who -- for her week's stay -- paid to have her hotel room floor redecorated. I don't mean the floor of her room -- I mean the whole damn floor of the hotel.
 
2012-01-24 02:13:51 PM
That's it. The only way to stop this bickering is to have the next Superbowl in Toronto.

/and Montreal after that if they haven't already torn down Olympic stadium
 
2012-01-24 02:14:35 PM
pute kisses like a man: chimp_ninja: Places the Super Bowl has been at least three times: Miami, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Tampa, San Diego, Phoenix. Five out of six of those places are great to visit, and all of them are warm.

Places the Super Bowl should never be again: Indianapolis, Detroit.

since I only like 1 of those 6 places, which is the one that you omitted from your 5 out 6?

/ it's probably the city I like. Because Miami, LA, San Diego, Phoenix, and Tampa do not excite me. Miami is silly, Tampa is the source of all Florida tags, Phoenix is not exciting enough to garner the energy to make an opinion, LA is silly, San Diego I don't have an opinion on because I lack the facts
// and, for super bowl cities, the Super Dome is walking distance from all the hotels and French Quarter, so it really is a tourist friendly event site. and, the super bowl is sometimes around the time that carnivale is in season, so double bonus.


I could do without Tampa. I'm not necessarily opposed to Tampa, but it's not a great place to visit.

The other five all offer a lot to do besides the actual game. If I had tickets, I'd want to go for the lead-up week as well, and spending a week in Indianapolis may involve freezing my ass off while I look for food not made of corn and butter.
 
2012-01-24 02:22:00 PM
Best In The World: skinink: Reading the Fark comment during a game is entertaining. Some of you guys are pretty damn funny and between that and Earguy's pics it made some unbearable games fun to watch. If I happen to be reading Fark during the SB, I can't wait to read the comments about Madonna and her flabby arms.

U gotta resepct Madonna. She got with Vanilla Ice when he was on his A-Game. She used 2B str8 pimpin'. She could a haunt a house now, tho


*applause*
 
2012-01-24 02:22:45 PM
I never understood why luxury boxes aren't also hotel rooms, or why stadiums aren't built with a hotel (and casino, where appropriate) attached. Seems like an easy way to create extra revenue, even when the stadium isn't in use.
 
2012-01-24 02:23:43 PM
Best In The World: Be4 that I didn't have no real relationships with gods but when they said that God could be anything, a door, a blanket, your favorite cloud, I said, I'll take Christ, bro. I hope Aguilera finds that, if not Christ maybe a cloud or a door.

You do try so hard, bless your heart. You're like the Poochie of Fark characters.

www.theconcentrium.com
 
2012-01-24 02:25:44 PM
Bridge and Tunnel people problems
 
2012-01-24 02:34:55 PM
Stitch Jones: I_C_Weener: cretinbob: farking supply and demand economics, how does it work?

//Does Indianapolis even have a 2 star hotel?

Just an FYI. There is a reason that Indianapolis routinely hosts the Final Four among many other national and international events.

/they know who to bribe.

We are the AAA of bribing, not SLC getting Winter Olympics level, but not just any old shmucks either. Oh, and Indy had enough high end hotels to keep the F1 Euro snobs at bay for a few years, things will be just fine.

/DNRTFA
//Come to our town, enjoy yourself, spend freely
///then GTFO


Oh, and New York...We can't really say no Irish...but uh, yeah. No Irish.
 
2012-01-24 02:36:09 PM
Question to the good people of Indiana: Don't you need to live in the south in order to have southern accents?
 
2012-01-24 02:40:31 PM
Best In The World: I don't kno if u can do that in Indy, bropella. So, Imma save my $ for my spring & summa trips.

Mike Tyson says you can't do that in Indy.
 
2012-01-24 02:42:28 PM
pute kisses like a man: chimp_ninja: Places the Super Bowl has been at least three times: Miami, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Tampa, San Diego, Phoenix. Five out of six of those places are great to visit, and all of them are warm.

Places the Super Bowl should never be again: Indianapolis, Detroit.

since I only like 1 of those 6 places, which is the one that you omitted from your 5 out 6?

/ it's probably the city I like. Because Miami, LA, San Diego, Phoenix, and Tampa do not excite me. Miami is silly, Tampa is the source of all Florida tags, Phoenix is not exciting enough to garner the energy to make an opinion, LA is silly, San Diego I don't have an opinion on because I lack the facts
// and, for super bowl cities, the Super Dome is walking distance from all the hotels and French Quarter, so it really is a tourist friendly event site. and, the super bowl is sometimes around the time that carnivale is in season, so double bonus.


I assumed Tampa was the 6th city.

I think they ought to hold the SB in Denver or Chicago, or one of the other great northern cities with a team and an outdoor stadium, and play the game in the snow and cold. It's not like they'd have trouble putting asses in the seats for the Super Bowl in this day and age, anyway...
 
2012-01-24 02:44:20 PM
bottsicus: I think they ought to hold the SB in Denver or Chicago, or one of the other great northern cities with a team and an outdoor stadium, and play the game in the snow and cold. It's not like they'd have trouble putting asses in the seats for the Super Bowl in this day and age, anyway...

The problem is getting people who aren't used to the snow and cold weather in and out of the city. As we saw in DFW (or more specifically, Arlington) even if you have all the infrastructure in place, it's only as effective as the weather.
 
2012-01-24 02:44:38 PM
p the boiler: To anyone going to Indy I recommend getting a Pork Tenderloin sandwich while there (It is an Indy thing, no one does it better) for the best one in the area go to Nickleplate in Fishers.

That is what I miss most from my 8 years living there.


Every resident of Iowa begs to differ.
 
2012-01-24 02:45:22 PM
The Super Bowl is smaller than the two events held at IMS each year. More hookers though. Maybe it's the New York fans that make the difference.

Actually I love having these events here. Glad when they are over too. Oh and fans impress us by not falling off the escalator and dying like certain other visitors to Indy.

Should have a Fark gathering downtown for it.
 
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