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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Ryan on November 11, 2003, 08:47:00 am
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How quickly does the lot usually fill?
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Kinda like how fast tickets sell out, it depends on the show. If the show is sold out just try to get there before the openning band and you should get in. If you get there late just park on the street somewhere and try to put valuables in the trunk or at least out of site. I always put my cds and stuff in the trunk and lock the back seats and trunk button in the car.
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I have parked on the street for years and I have never had problems. However, I will be riding in a nice car this time. Has anyone ever had their car tampered with?
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I think if you look at all the broken glass on the ground on the streets around the club...that should answer your question. $7 for parking ($9 via tickets.scam) is money well spent in my opinion
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If you do park on the street it pays not to leave anything visible in the car..... sunglasses, small change, cds and bags all make your car much more likely to be targeted. But that is true for a big chunk of NW DC
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or earth.
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can parking passes be purchased after tickets have been purchased?
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Originally posted by Ryan:
can parking passes be purchased after tickets have been purchased?
Yup, you can buy a parking pass any time. It's a separate 'ticket" -- go by the club, maybe you'll save on the internet charge.
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I try to always park near a nicer car then mine. That way the 97 jetta looks like a waste of time. Twice however, cars in front of me had broken windows. Sucks to be them i guess.
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Originally posted by redsock:
I try to always park near a nicer car then mine. That way the 97 jetta looks like a waste of time. Twice however, cars in front of me had broken windows. Sucks to be them i guess.
you can park next to my Yugo anytime then, you'll be safe.
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Originally posted by redsock:
I try to always park near a nicer car then mine. That way the 97 jetta looks like a waste of time. Twice however, cars in front of me had broken windows. Sucks to be them i guess.
Well if they had left their doors unlocked then their windows wouldnt have been smashed now would they?
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Yes you can purchase parking tickets separately from show tickets. If you purchase a parking pass in advance we hold your spot all night. You can show up while the headliner is about to finish their encore and your spot will still be waiting for you.
As for filling up quickly, Mongo was right on. Except for the exceptionally bigger shows that cause fans to line up for hours before we open(Timberlake, Manson, Blink) or any show where hundreds of terrified folks from Manassas drive into the ghetto (Train, Dwight Yoakam) you should be safe arriving in the first hour or so after doors open to get a spot. But with the option of buying a parking pass beforehand, why risk missing out?
Otherwise, we dont hear about many cars getting broken into, and as Markie said, if you do park on the street be smart and don't leave valuables in your car, but 7$ aint that much for your peace of mind.
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Originally posted by saco:
As for filling up quickly, Mongo was right on. Except for the exceptionally bigger shows that cause fans to line up for hours before we open(Timberlake, Manson, Blink) or any show where hundreds of terrified folks from Manassas drive into the ghetto (Train, Dwight Yoakam) you should be safe arriving in the first hour or so after doors open to get a spot. But with the option of buying a parking pass beforehand, why risk missing out?
Perfect characterization. As an example, when Joe Jackson played, the lot sold out early, either before or during the opening act. I think this is because you get a lot of folks coming in from the suburbs who dont' go to many shows and aren't used to parking in the city, so they arrange for parking or show up really early.
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Saco- you are so insightful and informative- if i ever shrink, I wanna be just like you! :D
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Never had a problem parking on the street right outside the lot...just stash valuables away, and you should be fine.
However, my car was manufactured in 1987, so that probably helps.
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Originally posted by walkman:
Never had a problem parking on the street right outside the lot...just stash valuables away, and you should be fine.
However, my car was manufactured in 1987, so that probably helps.
It also helps to park on a well lit, highly trafficked street such as U or Georgia Avenue
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Originally posted by Medic:
Saco- you are so insightful and informative- if i ever shrink, I wanna be just like you! :D
thanks. If I ever become a fat ass I want to be just like you!!! Hows Wendy?
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If you park on the street, I'd suggest putting everything in the trunk before you park the car. Otherwise, you might as well scream "Look - all the good stuff is going in the trunk!"
I had my window smashed and everything stolen out of my trunk once when I parked in front of that school near the gas station. Nothing was visible, but I think someone watched me put my coat in the trunk.
I almost always park in the lot now. I figure I can park there 20 times before it costs as much as a replacement window.
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HAH! you crazy smurf bastid! Wendy's great she braided my goatee for three hours last night talking about her hot boy in the closet... Wait a tic- are you slappin wendy's curtains when i'm not around- oh, hey big luau planned for december!
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The only problem I've ever had is coming out of a show rather late (after midnite) and finding a pumpkin.
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Sorry for the length. I had a run in with the parking attendant once. I had parked in the lot around 5pm for a show last February. There was no parking attendant on duty so I had nobody to pay. I did see a 930 employee on his way into work and told him that I was there for the show and asked who I should pay for parking. He told me that since I was there so early that I would not have to pay.
Okay sweet.
The show ends, I hang out in the back bar for a while, and as I am walking back fromt the club I walk by a unfortunate falla begging for money. When I get to my car I see some guy walking to my car dressed in a big hooded jacket. Seeing as most of the cars were gone already I figured he was another bum coming to harrass me for money. I backed up out of my spot with him slapping the side of my car and he starts yelling at me. After I see his face I finally recognize that he is the parking attendant with the heavy accent. He starts claiming to the police officer on duty that I was trying to hit him and skip out without paying. I told him I wasn't trying to do anything of the sort, that I was told by a 9:30 employee that I didn't have to pay and that he honestly looked like a bum looking for money. I gave him my $7 and left.
Sorry for the length, but it kinda pissed me off that the parking attendant was harrassing me and tried to sick a cop on me when in fact I thought I was being assaulted by another bum.
Seth or 930 mgt - If you guys read this please let us know what the real policy is? I assume now that if you park super early that someone will be there to collect after the show. If there is going to be some kind of collection please give the parking attendant an orange vest or something to indicate who they are. There was simply no way to tell the difference between the parking attendant and the bum who was just outside the parking lot.
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Originally posted by Mongo:
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Sorry for the length
Is that what you always say to your girlfriend while making whoopie? <img src="http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/cry.gif" alt=" - " />
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Originally posted by Skeeter:
I had my window smashed and everything stolen out of my trunk once when I parked in front of that school near the gas station. Nothing was visible, but I think someone watched me put my coat in the trunk.
DAMN, that was my special place -- always spaces over there. Damn damn damn.
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Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
Originally posted by Mongo:
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Sorry for the length
Is that what you always say to your girlfriend while making whoopie? ;)
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if you're going to park in that neighborhood on the street , leave all your valuables home and don't put stuff in the trunk. as someone who has had his car broken into a few times, it's not worth the trouble. thieves hit cars with stuff in the back seat and it's pretty easy to break into a trunk.
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I've parked there a bunch of times and had no trouble. But after a big and expensive lesson in NYC, I don't have anything in my car that you can see.
Stick with U street, if you can.
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Originally posted by Mongo:
Seth or 930 mgt - If you guys read this please let us know what the real policy is?
if there are cars parked in the lot early, a staph member will usually come to the line and ask if anyone is parked in the lot and take your money then. i don't know who told you that you wouldn't have to pay, but they were wrong. it is your responsibility to make sure that you have paid if you park in the lot.
in the future, if you have any problems or questions, please ask a member of the staph at the door, or at the box office. there's no way to address issues like this if we don't know they happen.