U2 360° Tour - General Tour Discussion Thread - Page 10

*Ally* · 03-10-2009, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by romi

that's what I wanted to know, but none of my sources are telling

oh well! guess we'll find out soon enough... i REALLY hope i win the lottery once on this tour-- i went to 17 GA shows last tour (yes, i know that is crazy), and did not win the lottery once.

Lemonfix · 03-10-2009, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by one4u2

OK GA looks scary

If you go into the site and on the bottom right, click on the 2nd camera orbit its there

U2 360� Tour

On the website the ramp only goes around 3/4 of the stage leaving the inner "lottery" area open. And I assume that the band/Bono will want to actually walk along said ramp but there is currently no way to get there from the stage. I'm guessing that they will add catwalks leading from the stage to the ramp that will enclose the "lottery winner" area of GA.

Roland of Gilead · 03-10-2009, 07:33 PM

Vertigo Ellipse (indoor NA leg 1) had two tunnels going under the ramp. One on each side of the front stage area. Areas would always have to remain open for fire code and small bladders.

**Sicy** · 03-10-2009, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by one4u2

OK GA looks scary

If you go into the site and on the bottom right, click on the 2nd camera orbit its there

U2 360� Tour

Yeah its pretty darn huge.

one4u2 · 03-10-2009, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Sicy

Yeah its pretty darn huge.

and I'm soo not ::scared:: Why didn't I do it on any other tour

Lemonfix · 03-10-2009, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Roland of Gilead

Vertigo Ellipse (indoor NA leg 1) had two tunnels going under the ramp. One on each side of the front stage area. Areas would always have to remain open for fire code and small bladders.

Yeah, but this graphic had the ramp around the stage as a "C" shape instead of a full circle like on Vertigo. You're right though, that may be the in and out area with security standing there checking wristbands. You'd think they would make the ramp go over that area.

I still wonder how they plan to get from the stage to the ramp...

digitize · 03-10-2009, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Lemonfix

Yeah, but this graphic had the ramp around the stage as a "C" shape instead of a full circle like on Vertigo. You're right though, that may be the in and out area with security standing there checking wristbands. You'd think they would make the ramp go over that area.

I still wonder how they plan to get from the stage to the ramp...

It is a spaceship... they'll probably have reduced gravity so the band can just bounce from stage to ramp.

utopia · 03-10-2009, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Sicy

Yeah its pretty darn huge.

Huge indeed...I'm a CAD person so I've crunching some numbers. I brought the photo into AutoCAD and scaled it to full size and drew in some lines I could gather measurements from. Here are the numbers I came up with. See the pic below for reference..

Yellow U2's stage area = over 3500 sq feet wow!
Magenta BACK GA area = 24,011 sq feet
Green Outside of circle area = 21,647 sq feet
Red Inside the circle area = 23169 sq feet

If you notice all the areas are very close in size..I don't think this is by accident. I really believe we will have 3 GA areas this time.

Enjoy

U2Fanatic4ever · 03-10-2009, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lemonfix

Yeah, but this graphic had the ramp around the stage as a "C" shape instead of a full circle like on Vertigo. You're right though, that may be the in and out area with security standing there checking wristbands. You'd think they would make the ramp go over that area.

I still wonder how they plan to get from the stage to the ramp...

haha wondering this too..

maybe they'll use these:

mtnfox · 03-10-2009, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by utopia

If you notice all the areas are very close in size..I don't think this is by accident. I really believe we will have 3 GA areas this time.
Enjoy

Interesting idea, and quite feasible. Would explain that square around the whole thing.

pudgie_child · 03-10-2009, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by utopia

Huge indeed...I'm a CAD person so I've crunching some numbers. I brought the photo into AutoCAD and scaled it to full size and drew in some lines I could gather measurements from. Here are the numbers I came up with. See the pic below for reference..

Yellow U2's stage area = over 3500 sq feet wow!
Magenta BACK GA area = 24,011 sq feet
Green Outside of circle area = 21,647 sq feet
Red Inside the circle area = 23169 sq feet

If you notice all the areas are very close in size..I don't think this is by accident. I really believe we will have 3 GA areas this time.

Actually, you based the shape of the Magenta "Back GA" rectangle on the NFL-mandated buffer, so the actual Back GA area is a little bigger. For comparison's sake, here is the image of the Soldier Field setup, without the football lines:

Good pick up on the square footage, though.

I suppose it will be first come-first served in terms of who gets into the green area, and then lottery to determine who gets into the oval?

digitize · 03-10-2009, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by utopia

Huge indeed...I'm a CAD person so I've crunching some numbers. I brought the photo into AutoCAD and scaled it to full size and drew in some lines I could gather measurements from. Here are the numbers I came up with. See the pic below for reference..

Yellow U2's stage area = over 3500 sq feet wow!
Magenta BACK GA area = 24,011 sq feet
Green Outside of circle area = 21,647 sq feet
Red Inside the circle area = 23169 sq feet

If you notice all the areas are very close in size..I don't think this is by accident. I really believe we will have 3 GA areas this time.

Enjoy

Day-um. Their stage is... sizably larger than my house.

Okay, I'm excited.

bonocomet · 03-10-2009, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by digitize

Day-um. Their stage is... sizably larger than my house.

Okay, I'm excited.

you could fit 3 of my houses on that stage.

bfloxng · 03-10-2009, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by romi

I just confirmed: In the the United States, there will be a lottery. It will be for the people to go inside the big circular "ramp." There you have it, it is a ramp.

um...no. that ramp is for where the 360 plane lands to drop off the band.
silly romi.

romi · 03-10-2009, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by bfloxng

um...no. that ramp is for where the 360 plane lands to drop off the band.
silly romi.

maybe not a plane, but.... I bet they'll be thrown onto the ramp from one of those carnival rides that spins you around in circles

greety · 03-11-2009, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by digitize

Day-um. Their stage is... sizably larger than my house.

Okay, I'm excited.

I just found out this morning they are building 3 stages!!

JanuaryStar · 03-11-2009, 05:15 AM

Yikes it's going to be so huge...

3 stages??

greety · 03-11-2009, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by JanuaryStar

Yikes it's going to be so huge...

3 stages??

hm, no I mean they are actually building 3 stage sets (2 travelling while one is used during the gig)

4U2Play · 03-11-2009, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by greety

hm, no I mean they are actually building 3 stage sets (2 travelling while one is used during the gig)

Great news! That means they can do back-to-back shows in different cities (like Oklahoma and Phoenix).

Here's hoping for shows in Oakland, San Diego or Seattle

chadmac81 · 03-11-2009, 06:48 AM

I don't know if this question has been asked or not yet but do you think it'd help your chances to get in that circular area if you bought 2 GA instead of 4?

03-10-2009, 07:33 PM	#183
Roland of Gilead Gunslinger Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Mid-World Posts: 4,192 Local Time: 11:14 PM	Vertigo Ellipse (indoor NA leg 1) had two tunnels going under the ramp. One on each side of the front stage area. Areas would always have to remain open for fire code and small bladders. __________________ "First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire." - Roland Deschain, of Gilead.

03-11-2009, 06:48 AM	#200
chadmac81 The Fly Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Boston Area Posts: 174 Local Time: 02:14 AM	I don't know if this question has been asked or not yet but do you think it'd help your chances to get in that circular area if you bought 2 GA instead of 4? __________________

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03-11-2009, 05:15 AM	#197
JanuaryStar Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: World of Dreams Posts: 9,159 Local Time: 08:14 AM	Yikes it's going to be so huge... 3 stages??