carpool convoy winner
04-27-2010, 10:11 AM
So I actually won the grand prize for the stagecoach carpool convoy contest. Myself and 3 of my friends won the coveted backstage passes for the entire weekend.
Here's the funny part.. there is NO BACKSTAGE!! They had a small area setup for the 2 smaller stages, who wants to see those people (other than meeting Merle Haggard of course). The main stage had no backstage area, security gave us a hard time just trying to get into the VIP section.
Basically we won NOTHING, we spent more time arguing with confused security guards, then we did watching the concert. Even the photographer who took our picture when we won, thought it was a sham they way we were treated.
I have been to all 4 years of Stagecoach, and I am very dissapointed with this year.
The camping as always was very fun. But the showers we're moved very far away along with the porta potties. Pump, water, and ice drove by maybe twice the entire weekend. And the trucks that normally hose down the grass and help keep the place much cooler in general were nowhere to be found this year.
Why was the direction of the parking for the RV'S changed as well? It basically made it if you came early (as we do every year) you ended up getting parked to the very west farthest away from the venue.
My feet are sore and I'm complaining way too much on here. Will I be back next year? Most likely, but that's to enjoy the fun times with friends and not the concert.
Goldenvoice/Messina/Moore have a lot of improving to do, perhaps they should go back to their blueprints for the first couple years.
Here's the funny part.. there is NO BACKSTAGE!! They had a small area setup for the 2 smaller stages, who wants to see those people (other than meeting Merle Haggard of course). The main stage had no backstage area, security gave us a hard time just trying to get into the VIP section.
Basically we won NOTHING, we spent more time arguing with confused security guards, then we did watching the concert. Even the photographer who took our picture when we won, thought it was a sham they way we were treated.
I have been to all 4 years of Stagecoach, and I am very dissapointed with this year.
The camping as always was very fun. But the showers we're moved very far away along with the porta potties. Pump, water, and ice drove by maybe twice the entire weekend. And the trucks that normally hose down the grass and help keep the place much cooler in general were nowhere to be found this year.
Why was the direction of the parking for the RV'S changed as well? It basically made it if you came early (as we do every year) you ended up getting parked to the very west farthest away from the venue.
My feet are sore and I'm complaining way too much on here. Will I be back next year? Most likely, but that's to enjoy the fun times with friends and not the concert.
Goldenvoice/Messina/Moore have a lot of improving to do, perhaps they should go back to their blueprints for the first couple years.