September 12, 13 - Soldier Field - Chicago PART THREE!

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kenw123 said:
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this is what I was trying to comment about ...
so cool!!! :applaud:
 
not sure if any of the other guys here read the sports pud on espn.com, but this question was sent in and i thought it was fitting...

Q: In light of John Hughes death (one of my favorites of all time) I ask you this obvious question about "Ferris Bueller's Day Off": How is it possible to fit so much into roughly an eight hour span?

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Realistically, Ferris and Cameron didn't pick up Sloane until somewhere between 9:30 and 10:15. They lived at least 25-30 minutes from downtown Chicago and returned home at about 6. We know this because Sloane looked at her watch right near the end. So that means in the span of slightly less than eight hours

They drove to Chicago; dropped off the car; visited the top of the Sears Tower as well the Stock Market; went to the Museum of Art long enough for Cameron to have a life epiphany; cabbed it over to the French restaurant; ate lunch at Abe Froman's table; headed over to Wrigley Field; attended an afternoon Cubs game long enough for the pizza guy to tell Ed Rooney that it was the third inning (and for Ferris to catch a foul ball); headed back to downtown Chicago; took part in a parade in which Ferris sang "Danke Schoen" on a giant float without having rehearsed it; picked up the car; drove home; hung out at Cameron's pool; spent at least 20-25 minutes trying to take the miles off Cameron's car and watched Cameron subsequently destroy his father's car and then tell them he'd take the heat for it (which always bothered me because no father would forgive something that creepy, and besides, unless his father was molesting him, how bad could he have been that you'd destroy a beautiful piece of machinery like that?); left Cameron's house so Ferris could walk Sloane home; then Ferris sprinted back to his house to make it in time for dinner.

Seems improbable, right? No way all of that stuff happens in less than 10 hours unless they basically made a two-inning cameo at the Cubs game and left. (Conceivable, by the way. How can you top catching a foul ball? And if Sloane hated baseball and pushed for them to leave after 2-3 innings, wouldn't the logical next stop for them -- if a girl who hated sports was running the show -- be that art museum?) But there's no way to know, which leads me to the following idea: Shouldn't three Chicago kids re-enact Ferris' entire day and see if they could pull it off in less than eight hours? Bring a couple of Flip cameras, tape everything, see if you can do it and stick the results on YouTube. John Hughes would be proud.
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-dan
 
Q: In light of John Hughes death (one of my favorites of all time)
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.... his favorite death of all time? Goodness.

I love that movie, but am I alone in thinking that Ferris Bueller was an unholy asshole? Free spirit, my ass. What a fucking brat.
 
I've got a question to you all. I'm in Chicago at the moment and was wandering if the band maybe already arrived in town. Does anyone know in which hotel they normally stay?
 
BANZAI said:
I've got a question to you all. I'm in Chicago at the moment and was wandering if the band maybe already arrived in town. Does anyone know in which hotel they normally stay?
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not quite sure, but let me know when u find out
 
Edited because NSW edited himself.

You could have told me 500 times, and I'd still have a little niggling of worry in the back of my head. Don't mind me and my pre-travel anxiety. :)
 
ur i's make a O said:
hello all, I have travelled from Ireland to Chicago for Sundays concert and have to collect my tickets by something called Willcall - I believe that I collect them on the day of the concert at the Stadium but does anyone know if I can collect them before then? I went up to the Stadium yesterday but there was no one around to ask - by the way, I saw the top of the stage through a gap in the stadium - not long to go now
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According to their website, tickets for concerts are available only on the day of the event. Sorry you made a trip out there for nothing...well not nothing, you probably got to see the claw :D

Welcome to the U.S.A. BTW.
 
at this time tomorrow, I will be on my way to the stadium to join the line (which will probably consist of two or three people, but still!)!!
 
Alright, hate to be "that guy" and post a question which was probably indirectly answered before, but unfortunately something with work came up and I am looking at a new ETA at the stadium around 4pm on Saturday, with my GA ticket. I'm thinking I'll still be relatively close to the outer rail, or at least in the front 1/4 or 1/3 of the GA crowd outside the circle, but was wondering if any of you guys and gals have suggestions or just an idea based on posts from those who went to the European gigs.
 
it's a lot more than 2 or 3:

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the last couple of days here in line have been unreal!!!

-dan
 
romi said:
at this time tomorrow, I will be on my way to the stadium to join the line (which will probably consist of two or three people, but still!)!!
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.... you're getting in line Thursday afternoon for the Saturday concert?
 
yankeesguy86 said:
Alright, hate to be "that guy" and post a question which was probably indirectly answered before, but unfortunately something with work came up and I am looking at a new ETA at the stadium around 4pm on Saturday, with my GA ticket. I'm thinking I'll still be relatively close to the outer rail, or at least in the front 1/4 or 1/3 of the GA crowd outside the circle, but was wondering if any of you guys and gals have suggestions or just an idea based on posts from those who went to the European gigs.
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if you show up at that time you can still be in the pit, you'll just be in the middle and off to a side.

The only reason to come really early is if you want to be in the first three rows of the pit or on the outer rail.
 
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