2019 Season Membership Thread

Discussion in 'Columbus Crew' started by hardhead, Jan 30, 2019.

  1. zman31

    zman31 Member+

    May 5, 1999
    Columbus, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I have a core group of 4 that I buy tickets for and another group of 3 that we tailgate with along with assorted guests. There are also several folks around me with whom I'm friendly. I would like to get an email exchange going and try to keep us all together in the new place. It would make ticket exchanges easier and make the new hold a little bit of that old magic.

    Stop by and say hello tomorrow. I'm in sec 107, row 13, seat 1.
     
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  2. Draghignazzo

    Draghignazzo Member+

    Feb 24, 2007
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    For that many people, build a Slack.
     
  3. LaMacchia

    LaMacchia Member+

    Jul 12, 2008
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Preach.
     
  4. Pauncho

    Pauncho Member+

    Mar 2, 1999
    Bexley, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not season tickets, but I have the best memory of my then-six-year-old daughter getting to take a PK at a halftime in a pink dress, and winning a pair of tickets to another game.
     
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  5. Pauncho

    Pauncho Member+

    Mar 2, 1999
    Bexley, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I've said this before: I don't believe Columbus will sell out the entire west side upper deck in boxes and premium club seats. The stadium design will probably push us out a ways, but not all the way out.
     
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  6. LaMacchia

    LaMacchia Member+

    Jul 12, 2008
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The wife and I (and our group of friends) have decided that 2021 will be our last season in the Supporters Section and after that we'll move to the grown up seats. But, given all of the hand-wringing going on here about ticket prices, we may be doomed to the kid's table for all eternity.
     
  7. Ch(Elsey)

    Ch(Elsey) Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    May 2, 2003
    Green, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sitting seems so unnatural at soccer games. Even my kid’s rec games.
     
  8. crewfan_in_columbus

    Feb 25, 2001
    Columbus is home
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Aging makes things so much more natural!!! Last USMNT game I about died having to stand for 45 minutes. I was so thankful for halftime!!!
     
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  9. Dr.Fever

    Dr.Fever Member

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Oct 19, 2018
    I tried standing a lot for a good while. If you want to make friends with the people you are going to see around you 14 - 17 times a year or so, some concessions had to be made. You might even meet good people.
     
  10. stanger

    stanger BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 29, 2008
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I’ll never leave the Nordecke.

    I’m already the old guy, why change?
     
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  11. MFRONE

    MFRONE Member+

    Jul 24, 2000
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Same
     
  12. LaMacchia

    LaMacchia Member+

    Jul 12, 2008
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Agreed, but sometimes it's nice to sit down and leisurely enjoy a beer while watching the match.

    Anecdotal story: I don't remember ever sitting down during the run of play in the Nordecke. But last year in Atlanta, where we sat for the majority of the match, it was about the 60th minute when we both remarked how nice it was to sit back and relax during the game (yes - Columbus lost that match, and though that sucked we still really enjoyed ourselves and the experience). That was when we decided that, should the Crew be saved, we'd move out of the Nordecke in a couple years. Then after all of the Big News we decided, as a whole group, that we'd do one year in the New Nordecke and then figure out a new home.

    I'm not 100% sure it's going to happen like that, but myself and the other angry old man in our group are going to be lobbying hard when the time comes.
     
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  13. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I've been thankful for seatbacks (I guess bleacherbacks is closer to the truth, but either way...). Spent a couple decades going to a stadium that didn't have them.....
     
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  14. puttputtfc

    puttputtfc Member+

    Sep 7, 1999
    What's a Slack?
     
  15. TRUJDUB

    TRUJDUB Member+

    Nov 22, 2015
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    I like to stand but not for the entire game . Honestly standing or sitting for a entire game is not ideal but I’d prefer to be able to sit as you can always get up and stand but if you sit and ppl are in front of you standing then you can’t see which sucks if your legs are tired etc ...
     
  16. Draghignazzo

    Draghignazzo Member+

    Feb 24, 2007
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    You are!
     
  17. Draghignazzo

    Draghignazzo Member+

    Feb 24, 2007
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    I'm really hoping they keep good on their word of putting some fold-up seating in at least the top of the Supporters' section in the new stadium. I still want to be there, and I want my daughter to continue to grow up there, but as much as I'm pro safe standing, I'm not sure my knees can go 90 min anymore. As it is, I sit through halftime, and will take a squat on the bench back for a few min every 20-30 or so. Growing old sucks, I don't recommend it.

    But @LaMacchia, if they put in the seating you can join us in Skydecke.
     
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  18. LaMacchia

    LaMacchia Member+

    Jul 12, 2008
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think you're good here - The popular "safe standing" these days is the folding chair kind like they have at LAFC and KC. It's better for revenue because the area can still be used for seating for concerts and other, non-soccer events.

    And, yeah, depending on how it all shakes out with that I may be right beside you in the Skydecke.
     
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  19. eboe

    eboe Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    May 23, 2006
    Columbus, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Look for me in the Skydecke too in the future, forced standing, today especially, is making me feel antsy about my feet and knees in general.
     
  20. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That's why I retired as a player 13 years ago.....
     
  21. Draghignazzo

    Draghignazzo Member+

    Feb 24, 2007
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    7 years ago. Yours made it longer than mine did, I think.
     
  22. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    My quote is

    "I hit 50, 50 hit back" if that gives you an idea...

    [I've paraphrased it from an old Lois McMaster-Bujold quote]
     
  23. Draghignazzo

    Draghignazzo Member+

    Feb 24, 2007
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    I was 39. :cry:
     
  24. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well, I was playing in an 8 v 8 0-40 league at the time--not counting Corporate Challenge, which was "open".
     
  25. Ch(Elsey)

    Ch(Elsey) Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    May 2, 2003
    Green, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I walked with a cane at 23. You learn to never take mobility for granted.
     
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