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Title: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Anya on May 13, 2015, 10:28:16 AM
So....

As is becoming tradition for me in whatever city to which I travel, I was looking into seeing if I could catch a MLB game when I am in Dallas.

The Texas Rangers are home at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (halfway between Ft. Worth and Dallas) on Thursday and Friday (5/28 and 5/29).  I figure Thursday is the banquet, so I thought if anyone was going to be around Friday I'd see if anyone wanted to go to the game.

I'm on a Body Farm tour Friday and probably won't be back until 5 or 6, but I figure maybe it would be possible to head out to the ballpark afterwards.  It is a little bit ways away from the hotel and from Dallas - about 18 miles, 20ish minutes to the west.

I don't know about the logistics of getting there.  The best option would probably be if someone had a car.  In lieu of that, if there was a group of us, we could try to find a shuttle or get a cab and split the cost.  I've been told there are shuttle services to the ballpark that will pick you up at the downtown hotels.

I know a lot of people leave and won't be staying Friday night, but if anyone else is interested, I will most likely be trying to go out to the ballpark, so let me know :)

-anya
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Valerie Bernardi on May 13, 2015, 11:00:06 AM
I'd be interested! :clap:
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Anya on May 13, 2015, 12:48:39 PM
AWESOME!

Let's see how many people are interested and then we'll work on making it happen  :-00

Oh and they are playing Boston if that makes a difference to anyone!

Oh and also the game has a 7:05 pm start time.
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Jill Dupre on May 14, 2015, 09:55:05 AM
If I do not have any other host committee duties, I would love to catch a game.

Jill
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Calissa Carper on May 14, 2015, 02:01:51 PM
My co-worker Blake and I would be in... We are on the Friday tours as well.
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Stacey Phetteplace on May 15, 2015, 02:23:55 PM
I'm interested, if my husband wants to stay the night.
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Anya on May 15, 2015, 02:30:17 PM
Awesome!

Are any of you going to have a car?  If not it's no problem, but I'll have to look for a shuttle or come up with something depending on how many of us will be going.

More solid plans to follow...
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Stacey Phetteplace on May 15, 2015, 02:31:27 PM
Sorry I was just  reminded of something and we can't stay Friday night  :(
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Calissa Carper on May 15, 2015, 02:47:33 PM
We will not have a car so we would have to take shuttle or cab.
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Jill Dupre on May 15, 2015, 04:52:19 PM
Shuttle or cab it.
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Paul Murphy on May 19, 2015, 09:55:41 AM
A former colleague of mine (now working in the UK) and myself would also like to go too, so 2 more people for the shuttle/van or whatever form of transport.

Paul J Murphy & Kerry Versveld (NABIS Manchester)

What is the situation regarding tickets - do we buy them ourselves or as a group?
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Richard Hitchcox on May 19, 2015, 10:23:16 AM
They offer a 40% discount on tickets purchased online through GovX for active and former military and first responders.  A link is provided below.
 
https://msecure.mlb.com/tex/tickets/authorized/offers/military (https://msecure.mlb.com/tex/tickets/authorized/offers/military)
 
My wife and I have been looking at this, because we will be coming back in June with our kids for the Texas State Youth Bowling Tournament.  Each qualified person can purchase a certain number of discounted tickets, but I'm not sure how many that would be per qualified person.

If you go to the link there is a FAQ page, and almost all people who are employed by the military or a law enforcement agency or have a .mil or .gov email address qualify for the discounted tickets.  I think that includes the vast majority of AFTE members.  I went to the page due to my pride in having retired from the US Army.
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Anya on May 19, 2015, 10:39:31 AM
I figured we would just buy the tickets when we got there so we could get a block of tickets together.

I would pre order them but I don't want to put out money for them and have someone no show.  We could maybe use the link that Richard provided and meet up in the hotel lobby at like 6:00pm and do it right then and someone could charge the lot and collect the money once everyone is physically there. 

What I plan to do once I'm in town is take to the concierge and see what he recommends to get us a shuttle to the game.

As of right now, I have nine:

Me
Valerie + 2
Jill
Calissa + Blake
Paul + Kerry

That should make the shuttle price palatable if we split it nine ways. 

Again, I am on the body farm tour Friday and we are scheduled to be back to the hotel at 6:00, so I am hoping to have our shuttle ready to go at 6:00 and basically jump off of one bus and onto another.

Watch this thread for more info.

It'll work out, I just need to be there before I can get all of the logistics solidified!
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Bob Burns on May 19, 2015, 02:06:03 PM
If you get a shuttle and still have room, my wife and I would like to join the group.  We were also planning on going to the game, but I hadn't figured out transportation yet.
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Laura Fleming on May 19, 2015, 10:32:08 PM
Anya--
I suggest you reach out to Rebecca Koenigs from Discover Dallas Tours. She should be able to help with transportation and game tickets.

Discover Dallas Tours
214.521.3737 (http://www.afte.org/forum/smf1/tel:214.521.3737)
www.discoverdallastours.com (http://www.discoverdallastours.com/)
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Amy Myers on May 20, 2015, 07:38:01 AM
 Two more from Columbus would be interested. Will there be an announcement at AFTE so we can all get on a shuttle.
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Mark Shaw on May 21, 2015, 11:08:13 AM
Add 1 more to the list. Thanks.
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Anya on May 21, 2015, 11:14:16 AM
No problem, everyone!

I will work on arranging a shuttle when I get a minute.  (Still working on finishing up my poster!)  Thanks Laura for the info!

Looks like we are up to 14 people, this is awesome! I presume the more people we have, the more it will help with the cost per person.

I will try to get an announcement or something out, I'm sure I'll be able to get the info to you all.

More info to follow!!!!

Watch this space!!!

Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Anya on May 26, 2015, 12:02:28 PM
So to get a shuttle the way they do it is you have to pay for it the whole time. For example you can't just pay for them one way and then the other way.

So for baseball we would need the shuttle for five hours, three hours of game plus an hour on both sides for travel.

The cost is $560. If we have 14 people that is $40 each for round trip. Also we have to pay for the bus parking at the stadium which is $40. So that would be another 2-3$ each. If we had more people the cost per person would decrease. If we have less then it will go up.

The issue I have is I'd have to pay for the whole amount on my credit card and everyone would have to reimburse me.  Honestly I'm leery of paying for it personally on my card without confirmation from everyone that they will be there. I just don't want to pay $600 out of pocket then only have 3 or 4 ppl show up. Then if we divided by 3 it would be $200 each!

So this may be a bad idea. I was told by a local last night that a cab is $30-40 each way and Uber is probably even cheaper and several people can go in one cab and split it. This way whoever wanted to go could just go in cabs and pay for their own and we'd have the exact number that we needed and I wouldn't have a shuttle waiting and have people not show.

My other concern is with the lovely rain that we've had here all week Id hate to pay and book a shuttle and then have it be rained out or delayed or have people decide that they want to cancel at the last minute if it's raining.

Also since I'm on a body farm tour friday which is supposed to get back here at 6:00 I'm concerned if we are late getting back that will impact our departure.

So at this point, I'm leaning toward scrapping the shuttle idea and just having anyone who decides to go self-cab or
Uber.

Unless everyone here replies and is really in favor of the shuttle and guarantees that they will be there then we could do it but I'm pretty leery currently. Let me know if you have any thoughts or ideas ;)

Thanks!
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Mark Shaw on May 26, 2015, 04:42:17 PM
I think the no shuttle option is best.
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Anya on May 26, 2015, 06:21:00 PM
Yes I agree.

I apologize and I don't mean to bail out on everyone but the weather and the cost are making this a risky venture.

I think if people want to go they can decide on friday and I think self cab or Uber is the best option.
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Richard Hitchcox on June 01, 2015, 10:56:17 AM
Some of us went to a Texas Rangers game and a Frisco Roughriders (AA Texas Rangers affiliate) game, and we enjoyed them both!!!
Title: Re: Texas Rangers Game Friday 5/29
Post by: Anya on June 01, 2015, 11:03:24 AM
Luckily I didn't make any plans.  I was on that Body Farm Tour bus Friday that was supposed to get back at 6:00pm but didn't get back until 8:30pm. 

Considering that the game started at 7:00pm, there was no baseball in the cards for me that night.

Hope everyone who went enjoyed themselves, and I hope that everyone had a good meeting!

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