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First timer. Flying in from Buffalo. Any info would be appreciated.
Which Airport?
Decent Hotels within walking distance of the Track?
Rider/Industry Hotel?
Best Seating....Right Field?
Parties?
Any other tips?
Thanks
Which Airport?
Decent Hotels within walking distance of the Track?
Rider/Industry Hotel?
Best Seating....Right Field?
Parties?
Any other tips?
Thanks
I usually stay at the Hilton Garden Inn, very nice. Not really within walking distance. Not a ton of riders stay at hotels for this race, they stay at home. There is a club just outside of the hotel, so either join the party or get a room on the other side of the hotel--very noisy.
Can't help with seating--I always sit in the same crappy seats. LOL
Seating is usually pretty good both times I went was good anyway.
Make sure you go watch practice to get your moneys worth, cool to see the guys ride in the sunshine and be able to move about the stadium to watch from different areas and see the different sections of the track close up.
Have fun...A1 will be awesome!
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Never mind...I found it listed separately.
Here's how we've been doing it for years..
Get to the stadium around 10:30-11. They let you park closer the earlier your there. Throw the football or frisbee around in parking lot for a while. You would be surprised how many pro mxers can't throw a football. kinda funny..
Drink some rum and cokes or some Vodka Rockstars in the parking lot. keep it low profile.
There is always "sights" to see at A-1 parking lot.
Enter stadium when it opens at 12.
Head straight to pits while checking the track out.
Play in the pits for about 2 hours.
Back to stadium to watch practice, open seating for practice. Try and make your way into the riders sections, it's clearly marked with paper duct taped to a hand rail. Some riders come up and sit there before their practices. Practice usually ends about 5:30. Leave the stadium to go back to truck. Sometimes we bbq, other times fast food. Drink some more and watch more parking lot adventures. Plenty of fast food places withen walking distance of the stadium. Food is cheaper outside the stadium. They just do track prep till opening cermonies, so your not going to miss anything.
Make our way back into the stadium about 20 mins before opening cermonies. Watch the races.
After its over, were back to the parking lot to watch how many females trip from being drunk and wearing really bad shoes. Have another beer or two, and wait for traffic out of the parking lot to clear.
Right field seats are not that good. Like others have said, club seating along the first base or third base side is best. Try for first base side though, it's closer to the pits and closer to the re-entry gate.
Print out the practice schedule so your not to miss the "A" practices.
Pit Row
We stayed at this hotel:
Ayres Hotel Anaheim
2550 East Katella Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92806
(714) 634-2106 (800) 595-5692
I walked multiple times back and forth from the stadium. It was fun passing all the lifted trucks stuck in traffic on the way out on foot.
Hotel was good, nothing crazy but definitely not roached out.
Hotels - Most of the hotels in the area are pretty decent. Even hotels that would normally be so-so are usually decent and you can usually get "last minute" deals on Travelocity.com. I've gotten decent hotels a week or so before the race at a reasonable price. You'll probably have to cab it or drive to the race, unless you really like to walk.
Rider/Industry Hotel - From what I can tell nowhere specific. I stayed at the Holiday Inn, on Manchester I believe, and DV and his wife were staying there and I saw Bevo and a few other industry people as I was coming and going. Moto is all over the place if you look closely.
Best Seating ing - I like to sit lower because you can really see how hard the guys are riding and what is really going on. It's just personal preference.
Partiesties - D&B's, but it's not as "structured" as it use to be. Maybe there will be a set time and meeting place this year. If you're just looking to kick it there is a night club at the Shops at Disney (I guess that's the name) on Katella (sp?). If you like Asian chicks you're in luck. Fine Asian chicks
Just hang out and have fun. It's way different than any other SX from what I can tell. Just the feel of the event. I may make it out myself this year!
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Best seating I've found is usually upper portion of field level seats on either left or right field. Make sure they're the upper portion, that way you're covered by the canopy in the chance it could rain. And your close to the track, just higher up. If you go too far down in the section you only see the side of the jump that's directly in front of you.
Hope this helps,
Austin
I had a beer with DV and Genova and spoke with Stone for a while but left after that. I figured there would be a lot more people.
Here is the second session:
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