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Tailgate for CFP Round 1

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hookemATL

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I saw the tent there last night on way into Moody. Not sure if they would take it down, even if the party that normally resides there surrenders the space. Suppose they could always sell it to someone else, but my guess is that tailgating will be somewhat curtailed due to holidays (cfp game or not). 
 

regardless, thank you for the efforts and enjoy the game with your kiddo. 🤘

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SHOOTER12

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1 hour ago, immamac said:

so 9 people + me stepped up to commit 2k per share for this.

We had a 20k budget and breakeven was 200 people at 100 each. Something we've done a bunch of times before and isn't really that crazy especially for a premium post season matchup between 2 teams that have never played and it's a crazy game. 

I don't feel comfortable with 7 tickets sold spending for a party to feed 200, as you have to make the buys and commit a week in advance then spend a week hoping or taking "whatever" people wanna pay to make up whatever cost we can. 

"but just drop the price, $100 is steep around Christmas" First off, it's a fucking CFP game tailgate with PRIME RIB AND UNLIMITED OPEN BAR, it's good value and we aren't making money on it. Second off, if we dropped the price to 50 or even 60 we would need to sell 400 tickets or scale the tailgate way down and at the point of scaling the tailgate down you still keep the same $35ish per head in just the spot/tent/coolers/whatever. That leaves 15 bucks per person for food and booze. That's fucking impossible. and it would still require a ton of work and stress on my part to make it happen.

 

You did your best so don't fret over it. I too am surprised by the low response, but around the holidays it's a crapshoot with family plans etc.

Maybe a Surly 1%er or 2 will step up at the last minute with a couple large checks...other than that forget it and enjoy the holidays.

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Hook1997

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That sucks but understandable.  I was probably going to signup next week but had to make sure it would work with holiday plans.  Anyone not going to the game getting together for a watch party somewhere?  

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3 hours ago, immamac said:

so 9 people + me stepped up to commit 2k per share for this.

We had a 20k budget and breakeven was 200 people at 100 each. Something we've done a bunch of times before and isn't really that crazy especially for a premium post season matchup between 2 teams that have never played and it's a crazy game. 

I don't feel comfortable with 7 tickets sold spending for a party to feed 200, as you have to make the buys and commit a week in advance then spend a week hoping or taking "whatever" people wanna pay to make up whatever cost we can. 

"but just drop the price, $100 is steep around Christmas" First off, it's a fucking CFP game tailgate with PRIME RIB AND UNLIMITED OPEN BAR, it's good value and we aren't making money on it. Second off, if we dropped the price to 50 or even 60 we would need to sell 400 tickets or scale the tailgate way down and at the point of scaling the tailgate down you still keep the same $35ish per head in just the spot/tent/coolers/whatever. That leaves 15 bucks per person for food and booze. That's fucking impossible. and it would still require a ton of work and stress on my part to make it happen.

 

But - and I am only saying this because I care - there are a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market today that are just as tasty as the real thing.

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5 hours ago, immamac said:

yep, tailgate canceled. I'm not gonna stress for the next week about this. 

 

4 hours ago, immamac said:

so 9 people + me stepped up to commit 2k per share for this.

We had a 20k budget and breakeven was 200 people at 100 each. Something we've done a bunch of times before and isn't really that crazy especially for a premium post season matchup between 2 teams that have never played and it's a crazy game. 

I don't feel comfortable with 7 tickets sold spending for a party to feed 200, as you have to make the buys and commit a week in advance then spend a week hoping or taking "whatever" people wanna pay to make up whatever cost we can. 

"but just drop the price, $100 is steep around Christmas" First off, it's a fucking CFP game tailgate with PRIME RIB AND UNLIMITED OPEN BAR, it's good value and we aren't making money on it. Second off, if we dropped the price to 50 or even 60 we would need to sell 400 tickets or scale the tailgate way down and at the point of scaling the tailgate down you still keep the same $35ish per head in just the spot/tent/coolers/whatever. That leaves 15 bucks per person for food and booze. That's fucking impossible. and it would still require a ton of work and stress on my part to make it happen.

 

completely understandable. thanks for the effort regardless.

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Thanks for all season and this is totally understandable. We were still trying to get sitter logistics and plans set before buying. You’ve worked your ass off all season at these and you don’t deserve the added stress. 

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Personally just been through a divorce so $ is extremely tight but freed up enough for this event. Disappointed but I hear you immamac.

In your honor I'm going to squat on the curb in the general vicinity of the former party site with a bottle of Boone's Farm. Y'all are all welcome to join me

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35 minutes ago, mr. sunshine said:

Personally just been through a divorce so $ is extremely tight but freed up enough for this event. Disappointed but I hear you immamac.

In your honor I'm going to squat on the curb in the general vicinity of the former party site with a bottle of Boone's Farm. Y'all are all welcome to join me

They can't stop us from doing this. Lol 

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