Official 6/26 New Orleans Meetup/Review Thread

[gbranton]

Please, please, take a LOT of pictures of Dave

Planning on that!

[Light Em' Up!]

Almostsaved is videoing this bad boy! Can't fucking wait to see the vids he gets!!!

[Light Em' Up!]

OK, the tracking number says my new camera is coming today. I will dual wielding it along with my current camera, so I will hopefully have good pictures and videos of the show. I am not going to bother to unpack from Iron Maiden, I'm just gonna reload my suitcase and about this time tomorrow be on my way.

Have a kick ass time!!! Can't wait to read your thoughts and see your pics and vids! Roth On brother!

[gbranton]

Have a kick ass time!!! Can't wait to read your thoughts and see your pics and vids! Roth On brother!

Thanks bro! It looks like as far as the weather goes it's "one break.........coooooomin up!" The weather is absolutely gorgeous here, with lower than usual humidity and I think it will hold throughout tomorrow.

[envy_me]

Planning on that!

You're SO lucky cose you get to see them. I envy YOU Can't wait to see the pics

[ELVIS]

Mother Nature is pissed off at that place for being a shithole!

It's not a shithole...

[Light Em' Up!]

Thanks bro! It looks like as far as the weather goes it's "one break.........coooooomin up!" The weather is absolutely gorgeous here, with lower than usual humidity and I think it will hold throughout tomorrow.

I'm a "sister" :-) LOL! I bet it will be perfect!!!

[ALMOSTsaved]

Okay so I bought a SONY HD Camcorder...Not just for the show but because my old Camcorder was a Hi 8 and it's time to go digital. Problem is, I want to take it to the show...but when my girlfriend called the New Orleans Arena today, they said they didn't know about the camera situation but as a rule the New Orleans Arena frowns on any and all video cameras. This camera is really small... I'd like to take it in, but I don't want to get kicked out. Do they normally kick people out for that or just ask you to stop filming? I have an older more compact VADO HD camera but the zoom sucks. I have used it at numerous shows (as seen on my YouTube channel). Here's the link to the SONY camera. As you can see it's fairly compact:

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-HDR-CX260V-Definition-Handycam-Camcorder/dp/B006K5507M/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1340665169&sr=1-1&keywords=hdr+cx260v

[ELVIS]

They're not strict once you get inside the arena...

[ALMOSTsaved]

I really want to use this camera. I'm 5th row and this thing takes some great video. By no means am I filming the entire show.

[twobad]

ALMOST, it's OK, rest assured my brother!!!!!!!!!!
please charge your battery and I will add the OFFICIAL NO ARENA policy in my next post in just a couple of minutes!!!!!!!!
Roth on - BRING THE CAMERA!!!!!!!

[twobad]

from here

http://www.neworleansarena.com/az

to here

http://www.neworleansarena.com/calendar

gets you

http://www.neworleansarena.com/site.php?pageID=5&eventID=2308

Van Halen
Jun 26, 2012
7:30 PM(cst)

Door Opening
6:30 PM

Entrances
Box Office / Elevator 1 & 2 Lobby - ADA, Club and Suite patrons
NW Ground, NE Ground and North 100 Level - All patrons

Parking
Garage 2, 5, 6 and Champions Garage: $10 (cash only)
Lot 3 - ADA and oversized vehicles: $10-$60 (cash only)

Box Office Hours
Main Arena Box Office - 9:00 AM to 9:30 PM

Will Call
Main Arena Box Office - 10:00 AM to 6:00PM
Show Will Call - 5:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Camera Policy
All cameras are allowed including professional, video and audio recording devices. Tripods or TV style video cameras are NOT allowed.

Security
Bag checking at all entrances.

[ELVIS]

They do very little bag checking...

[twobad]

ALMOST, check your PM 7:01 p.m T minus 25 hours and counting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[twobad]

Now, advise me. I've got two club level seats and two floor seats. Taking the wife and 2 boys. My generous spirit has me "willing" (if not wanting) to watch the first hour from the floor and then swap seats with the other 2 in the family at that time so they can see the end of the show and "jump" (which is the song I'd most like to see dropped from the set list in favor of any other song from the "seven pack). Knowing that's not gonna happen, will meeting off the floor and physically swapping tickets be good enough to the wife and big kid to the floor seats?
TIA,
Roth ON!