Spandy Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 From DCI's website: Link to story As Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game heads to Minneapolis this July, a scheduling conflict affecting the DCI Minnesota event at TCF Bank Stadium will give Drum Corps International the opportunity to bring the event’s lineup to La Crosse, Wis. to celebrate the Blue Stars’ 50th anniversary. While MLB’s traditional mid-season game won’t be played on the football field of the University of Minnesota, a major concert event as part of the All-Star Week festivities will be hosted at the venue, thereby causing a conflict with DCI’s annual competition. “It’s always inconvenient to have to relocate longstanding events, but we’re glad to be this far out from the summer months working with some great partners to reschedule and reorganize,” DCI Director of Events Susan Kuehnhold said. Taking the place of DCI Minnesota at TCF Bank Stadium as well as the River City Rhapsody DCI Tour event (originally scheduled for Friday, July 11) in La Crosse, will be a huge lineup of 15 drum corps that will march onto Veterans Memorial Field at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse on Saturday, July 12. The new DCI La Crosse Premier Event is poised to be one that is especially meaningful for the Blue Stars. "As we celebrate the Blue Stars' 50th anniversary season, we're very excited to welcome fans old and new to beautiful La Crosse for this very special event," Blue Stars Executive Director Brad Furlano said. In addition to the Blue Stars, performances by the Bluecoats, Boston Crusaders, Carolina Crown, Colts, Jersey Surf, Phantom Regiment, Spirit of Atlanta, Cadets, Cavaliers, Blue Saints, Music City, Legends, Racine Scouts and Govenaires will help to kick the hometown corps’ anniversary celebration into high gear. The event will also feature a very special performance by the Blue Stars 50th Anniversary Alumni Corps which is being put together for the organization’s milestone year. Tickets for DCI La Crosse will go on sale beginning Monday, Feb. 17 through the Drum Corps International Box Office. Also added to the 2014 DCI Tour schedule will be an event Friday, July 11 in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. A venue still to be determined will play host to a lineup of eight corps including the Blue Devils, Bluecoats, Boston Crusaders, Colts, Jersey Surf, Legends, Blue Saints and Minneapolis’ own Minnesota Brass. “While we have every intention of returning to TCF Bank Stadium in 2015, we’re well on our way taking steps to ensure these new 2014 events are spectacular in their own right,” Kuehnhold said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownLeadSop Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 As good an alternative as there is, I'd wager, though it's still unfortunate. I love Minnesota's stadium for drum corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tesmusic Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 When do the comments about the new rule, that once again hasn't been officially released, begin to be used as the blame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 what's the distance between the two venues as well as accomodation options? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 When do the comments about the new rule, that once again hasn't been officially released, begin to be used as the blame. When do the complaints about comments that haven't been posted yet begin? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spandy Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 what's the distance between the two venues as well as accomodation options? Jeff, it's about a 2 1/2 hour drive from Minneapolis to LaCrosse. LaCrosse is a decently-sized college city, and another college city, Winona MN, is just across the river, so I wouldn't think finding hotels should be too tough. Kind of a drag for us Twin City peeps though; we've been spoiled the past few years with a full regional, and now it's a couple hours drive for half of one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Sounds like a good compromise. Can't use the regular venue, use the historic one. I'm sure there was a lot of behind the scenes work to get it done, but it looks like an easy decision at least for DCI to make. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyRyder_FMM Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 what's the distance between the two venues as well as accomodation options? Jeff, It's about 2 1/2 hours. There are plenty of hotel rooms in La Crosse to accomodate this event. La Crosse hosts the nation's largest Oktoberfest each year, which brings in far more people into town than the stadium can hold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalieguy Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Just MAHHHHHHH-velous! Looking forward to possibly driving down to "the holy land" to see the show, depending on how the early summer crop of mosquitos is. They're as bad as any I've encountered, and they're plenty bad farther up river.. You know, those kind that can carry off your small dogs and cats... small children... Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShutUpAndPlayYerGuitar Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Bummer. But any excuse to go to LaCrosse is a good one. Great college town that's saturated with bars and restaurants. That place is tailor-made for Oktoberfest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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