Crew Stadium 2.0 - Construction News and Notes

Damn. I knew you were trouble when you walked in.

 

Most of my Late Millenial and Gen Z friends love TSwift and Rush. There's nothing better than a Saturday night with a two liter bottle of Shasta and an all Rush mixtape.

 

I took my girls to the One Direction show in the 'shoe a few years back. I wasn't looking forward to it at all but ended up pleasantly surprised at the production as a whole.

Although not a fan of Swift's music, I expect to be entertained at her show.

 

The TS tickets were for multiple cities/dates going on sale at the same time. I doubt one show at Ohio Stadium will cause the same issues.

 

Faygo and ICP for my generation. Not much of an ICP fan myself.

 

Not that it crashed a website but I was super bummed that I couldn't get tickets to Dead & Co for next year when they went on sale. Looked at places all over the US and pretty much everything was sold out. I guess I'll wait and see what after market sales look like closer to show dates.

 

What shows are you looking to go to? I was able to get in on the presale, but chances are pretty good you can find something on cash or trade closer to the show dates depending on the venue.

 

I was looking anywhere to make a trip out of it but will probably end up at Riverbend.

 

I just happened to be in a grocery store when a few Juggalos came in.

Everything you've ever heard about Faygo and ICP is absolutely true. They go bonkers for that stuff.

 

As far as Taylor, here's what Pearl Jam does. Is it perfect, no, but it seems to be what others should look at.

An email goes out to fan club members on Monday the 21st with all the info. Part of the info is "Fan club memberships purchased after Sunday the 20th at 9pm PT aren't valid for this tour." (This undoubtedly helps to keep scalpers out. Even $50 or $60 for them is nothing, especially if they're able to join up after the sale begins and get the same benefits.)

The lotto window then opens immediately. You go in and select what shows you want. You can get one or two tickets per show. Pairs are seated side by side. People with one ticket are seated according to the same priority as everyone else. (Their priority system rewards fans who have been there longer.)

As part of the presale, fans prioritize their shows. (You can typically select reserved seats or GA standing. You'll get one or the other, but not both.)

It costs something like $1 per show to validate the credit card. If you don't win tickets to that show, the charge is fully refunded.

The lotto window closes a few days later. It then takes several hours for people to get emails if they won or lost.

If you win, you cannot send tickets to other people directly. If you have an extra or can't go, you have two options. Sell via the TM app/website to whoever is lucky enough to be there when they appear...or trust someone with your TM credentials. Anyone caught selling fan club tickets above face value runs the risk of getting banned from the fan club. Of course, your +1 can certainly enter with you.

Of course, they still have general public sales, verified fan, TM Platinum, etc. Fans of the teams that play in those arenas still get presales of their own...but the Pearl Jam fan club seems to have a good method. It's a lot better than the shitshow we all saw this past week where people who might have wanted tickets to other stuff got hosed.

People also need to realize that "Verified Fan" is a farce. No, it doesn't verify anyone is a specific fan of a group or singer.

 

Paramore is not allowing any transfers until 3 days before the concert to try to stop scalpers

 

I used to have a roommate in college who was a Juggalo. He was also strangely defensive of Courtney Love and would get particularly angry if you said she killed Kurt Cobain or insinuated she was involved in his death.

 

TayTay is a talentless hack put in the position she's in because of the gormless masses.

(I only half mean it just to rub it in )

 

One of the all-time best words that I need to find a way to use more.

 

Pizzuti Cos.' Astor Park development marks office building construction start

Subscription only content, but also not anything earth shattering. Here are some details:

 

Live downtown for 55k? Those must be pretty cheap living conditions, Walls made out of paper?

 

Maybe that's based on all residents being in two income households.

 

Not living there for $55k but for people making less than that a year.

EDIT: rereading your post I think you may have realized that but just clarifying in case.

 

Yeah, I guess what I posted was vague. That has to be the cheapest living arrangements in the downtown area, right?

 

I'm anything but an expert on this stuff, but the relevant specifications for a housing complex to qualify as "affordable housing" is:

$55K is roughly Columbus' AMI.

The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority website including this page:

https://cmhanet.com/Home/PaymentStandards

I don't know what OBD housing refers to. Looks like 1 bedroom apartment rent should be about $1,000 to qualify.

Then again, I may just have no idea what I'm talking about.

 

When will the parking garage be open to the public?

IIRC, the YMCA building is being redeveloped into lower income housing too.

 

For the life of me I cant understand why they would want lower income housing located near the Arena District.