AlanAndreasen Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Didn't Boston have a little "run in" with the locals in Miami just before they performed? Yep. IIRC a couple of tenors were being attacked- the rest off the corps comes round the corner... end of fight. I wasn't there but a good friend of mine was. He said a machete was involved! Back then you didn't mess with Saders - they were bad ##s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanAndreasen Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Kansas: I liked the stadium - great parking. BUT the city didn't even know we were in town and I'm not sure who to blame for that. Semi's get out and the wife and I head to Pizza Hut not a couple of miles away. They closed the doors on us. I told them that there's a couple of thousand of hungry folks were headed down the road. No dice.Miami was pretty bad too. The stadium was in a war zone. We were bussed in and told not to leave the stadium. The BAC story attests to this. Stayed in a school with no AC, no windows, no bathroom stalls, and the lockers were steel cabled shut. Hotter than snot and it rained every darn afternoon. Oh I forgot, back then there was no such thing as sun block. Every one fried; even to the point of being hospitalized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumCorpsMom Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 No contest.... the Rose Bowl. Loved California, but the seats were soooooooo small & tight & uncomfortable. The curve of the slope of the stadium put you too far away for both sound & viewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClutch Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 As an 08/09 marching member... I liked the stadium in 08.. Great for Drum corps, what if quarter finals was here? but being in lucas oil rocked. Really big! Great environment (especially for corps that go on before sunset). maybe not best acoustics, but lets listen to the cd before we finalize that decision. I felt fine listening to corps in it, but prefer small high school because of how close you can sit to the drum corps and get your face melted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwscv87 Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Worst stadium - Lucas Oil by a wide margin - the acoustics were terrible. Worst cities - Pasadena and Atlanta. For me going to nats is a guys trip not a family vacation. If it were the latter I would prefer cities like Pasadena and Atlanta. For a guys trip the college towns are fun. Madison and Bloomington were great. Indy and Denver were also small enough to still be good. I've been to Madison (4 times), Atlanta, Bloomington, Denver, Pasadena, and Indy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHSnare Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Between Indy, Bloomington, and Madison, I would have to say Indy was the worst. I'm not sold on the stadium. Acoustics were what ruined it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contrajedi8 Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I went to DCI finals from 2002-2008. Here is my ranking. 1. Denver 2004 2. Madison 2006 3. Foxboro 2005 4. Bloomington 2008 5. Pasadena 2007 6. Madison 2002 7. Orlando 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Jackson MS.Thread over. No doubt. What a nightmare that was! To make matters worse, the corps I was teaching stayed at a school next to a chicken slaughterhouse. That's a smell that you just NEVER want to experience! Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElSuarez Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I went to DCI finals from 2002-2008. Here is my ranking.1. Denver 2004 2. Madison 2006 3. Foxboro 2005 4. Bloomington 2008 5. Pasadena 2007 6. Madison 2002 7. Orlando 2003 Why such a big difference between Madison '06 and Madison '02? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eqlou Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 LA should build this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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