Confirmed with Link: Canes to Host 2023 Stadium Series Game at Carter-Finley Stadium (2/18/23 vs Washington)

[Borsig]

Might have to find a way to get together friday or something

 

[tarheelhockey]

More details worth knowing, if you’re planning to be there in person:

- Carter Finley is cashless and there are no ATMs on site.

- You must pre-pay to park in the stadium lots. If you’re not pre-paying, make plans to park in a remote lot. Don’t wait till Saturday to drive around looking for somewhere to park!

- No open flames, e.g. fire pits.

- As speculated earlier, there will be no re-entry to the stadium after your ticket is scanned.

- Seat cushions are permitted, and will be available for rent.

- Flags/banners/signs have to be 3’x2’ or less, and banners aren’t allowed to be hung from the upper decks etc.

- No bags larger than a woman’s small clutch (4”x6”x1.5”). People get turned away at the gates for this all the time… be prepared.

- No smoking anywhere in the stadium complex.

 

[Joe McGrath]

More details worth knowing, if you’re planning to be there in person:

- Carter Finley is cashless and there are no ATMs on site.

- You must pre-pay to park in the stadium lots. If you’re not pre-paying, make plans to park in a remote lot. Don’t wait till Saturday to drive around looking for somewhere to park!

- No open flames, e.g. fire pits.

- As speculated earlier, there will be no re-entry to the stadium after your ticket is scanned.

- Seat cushions are permitted, and will be available for rent.

- Flags/banners/signs have to be 3’x2’ or less, and banners aren’t allowed to be hung from the upper decks etc.

- No bags larger than a woman’s small clutch (4”x6”x1.5”). People get turned away at the gates for this all the time… be prepared.

- No smoking anywhere in the stadium complex.

Any idea if you can enter the fan fest, leave, and come back for the game?

We got reservations at the hotel next door and are thinking fan fest for a couple hours, bring kids back to room to nap and then walk back for the game.

 

[AD Skinner]

Dang they’re making people rent seat cushions? I went to the winter classic in Ann Arbor and they had one per seat that everyone got to keep. I still have it hanging up

 

[tarheelhockey]

Any idea if you can enter the fan fest, leave, and come back for the game?

We got reservations at the hotel next door and are thinking fan fest for a couple hours, bring kids back to room to nap and then walk back for the game.

The re-entry policy is only for the stadium, with scanning your ticket being the point of no return. You should be fine to come and go from the rest of the area.

Smart to get a hotel within walking distance… that’s going to have you in bed asleep while a bunch of other people are sitting in traffic.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Dang they’re making people rent seat cushions? I went to the winter classic in Ann Arbor and they had one per seat that everyone got to keep. I still have it hanging up

I still have mine too. That was highly necessary on those bleachers.

Of course, that was an especially high profile Winter Classic, compared to a Canes-produced Stadium Series game, so the production quality is going to be a little lower this time. Also a big portion of Carter-Finley is seats rather than bleachers, so it wouldn’t really work to give everyone cushions.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Caps Winter Classic had cushions for all as well.

 

[LakeLivin]

Caps Winter Classic had cushions for all as well.

Yeah, well, Dundon so cheap . . .

 

[Joe McGrath]

The re-entry policy is only for the stadium, with scanning your ticket being the point of no return. You should be fine to come and go from the rest of the area.

Smart to get a hotel within walking distance… that’s going to have you in bed asleep while a bunch of other people are sitting in traffic.

Yep that’s the plan. We only stay there when we visit for games. Getting the reservation this time was a bit more difficult

 

[hblueridgegal]

"I can't envision coaching anywhere else," Brind'Amour said. "I already had my career. I'm doing this for a lot of other reasons. It would be hard. I can't say it won't happen. I don't know. I have great friends who are GMs in other places and I'd love to be around them, but it would be hard for me. I can't sit here and say I would never do it because I don't know, but it would be hard."

 

[hblueridgegal]

 

[tarheelhockey]

Yeah, well, Dundon so cheap . . .

Rumor: in 2017, Tom Dundon bought a warehouse full of bleacher seat cushions at a steep discount, and embarked on a long term plan to capitalize on his investment

 

[Canes]

I'm still torn whether I want to go or not. That said, I will probably get wasted and buy tickets tomorrow tonight. YOLO.

 

[A Star is Burns]

I'm still torn whether I want to go or not. That said, I will probably get wasted and buy tickets tomorrow tonight. YOLO.

Tomorrow tonight, eh? Yes, you'll get wasted...

 

[Borsig]

So does anyone want to try and meet in the parking lot? Rules say no fighting so we could share food.

I'm bringing my grill and stuff.

 

[MinJaBen]

So does anyone want to try and meet in the parking lot? Rules say no fighting so we could share food.

I'm bringing my grill and stuff.

I’m in. I got no grill to bring, but I’ll talk while you eat.

 

[Canes]

Tomorrow tonight, eh? Yes, you'll get wasted...

I have enough cash back rewards on my credit cards that it'd be basically "free" at even outrageous prices. So basically my drunken YOLO purchases subsidized the potential purchase already.

That said, I feel like it's going to be a shitshow logistically just like a football game. And I hate going to football games now that I'm getting old, especially when you can just watch on TV.

But this... ahhh, who knows if we get another Stadium Series game again.

 

[Borsig]

I have enough cash back rewards on my credit cards that it'd be basically "free" at even outrageous prices. So basically my drunken YOLO purchases subsidized the potential purchase already.

That said, I feel like it's going to be a shitshow logistically just like a football game. And I hate going to football games now that I'm getting old, especially when you can just watch on TV.

But this... ahhh, who knows if we get another Stadium Series game again.

Probably not in 10 years

I’m in. I got no grill to bring, but I’ll talk while you eat.

Maybe when we all get in we can post where are. I'm gonna try to get in around gate H. Probably right at open

 

[MustardStew]

What's the secret handshake?

 

[tarheelhockey]

What's the secret handshake?

The password is “Boberry”

 

[Dishface]

So are the pre paid parking options sold out? So I have to park in those alternate locations and not near stadium??? Any suggestions/confirmations??

 

[MustardStew]

So are the pre paid parking options sold out? So I have to park in those alternate locations and not near stadium??? Any suggestions/confirmations??

ParkWhiz says they're sold out... Sorry!

 

[Dishface]

ParkWhiz says they're sold out... Sorry!

No worries! Cardinal Gibbons it is then crash other people's tailgate near the stadium is the plan!

 

[Rad ChaLose]

I can’t wait for this hokey game at the PNC Football Arena or Whatever (PFAOW)

 

[hblueridgegal]