FC Edmonton away (Voyageurs Cup) - Wednesday, May 2

VanCityVilla

VanCityVilla

Flying to Edmonton
Attending the Voyageurs Cup/Amway Canadian Championship match
Staying in accommodation in Edmonton

TunnelBandit · Post edited by TunnelBandit at 2012-02-08 12:46:10

-Will be there along with three other season ticket holders. All four of us will need/want tickets in the Southsiders section.

-Will need accommodations for Wednesday night and will likely want to be part of the hotel package by the ESG.

-Will probably not be attending supporters match but will advise if this changes.

-Flying up but don't need flight package.

Thanks B&W Army.

GoF

I'm waiting to see what Edmonton can come up package wise, but hope to fly there, go to game and stay overnight.

A kick off time would also be useful, as if it was early enough, it would allow for flying back the same night on the 9.15 flight.

Supporters match I'm not too fussed about, but if you were short would consider it.

piltdownman

Edmonton airport is so far from the city that you would need a 5pm kickoff to catch that 9.15 flight.

Chris

It's on a weeknight, no? No chance you're catching a 9:15.

td04

yeh and probably with Kris. My brother will probably drive up from calgary (also a southsider) so he'll need a ticket and hotel i guess too. maybe not hotel

codes24

Any idea how much tickets are going to be?

Blue_and_White_Army

codes24 said: Any idea how much tickets are going to be?

No, but for FC Edmonton vs Toronto FC last year, they cost:

$25 for General Admission
$35 for Reserved Seats

Kaiser_Franz

Probably driving up with family and may need a second ticket. Available for supporters match.

Blue_and_White_Army

Kaiser_Franz said: Probably driving up with family and may need a second ticket. Available for supporters match.

So two match tickets, and two people to play in the supporters' game?

pejnam

I'll be flying using Avion points, taking part in the supporters' match, needing 1 ticket for the VC match, and staying overnight (looking to see the FCE deal).

tim13

Work willing I'll be driving up from Calgary and back same night (no drinking for me) so if any other Caps fans are in Calgary give me a shout and we can pool.

dochawk

how many people are going so far because im think of going?

Chris

dochawk said: how many people are going so far because im think of going?

I sincerely doubt random people on the board are thinking of going just because you're pondering the same.

Shawnster

Same as GoF and Pej. Waiting to see what the package looks like. I've tentatively booked the 3 days off.

Blue_and_White_Army

Shawnster said: Same as GoF and Pej. Waiting to see what the package looks like. I've tentatively booked the 3 days off.

If you do go, would you be up for playing in the supporters' match?

JRunn14

Driving up from Lethbridge with the fiance...need 2 tickets and the Supporters match is a maybe at this point.

cpknight

cpknight - needs match ticket in Southsiders' section. (Am heading up from Calgary earlier in the day; staying at Holiday Inn Express downtown).

Shawnster

Blue_and_White_Army said:

Shawnster said: Same as GoF and Pej. Waiting to see what the package looks like. I've tentatively booked the 3 days off.

If you do go, would you be up for playing in the supporters' match?

Sure! I'll make an excellent extra time sub.

slamo

I'll be at the match for sure, but still working out the travel arrangements. If the timelines work I'd be more than happy to play.

ThrillaFC

ThrillaFC (Tobi) from ESG here. We're looking at 3-3:30 kickoff for the supporters' match, so if you're playing, try your best to be at the venue no later than 2pm. What that also means is that the KO of the actual match will probably be at 7-7:30.

krisaug5

Looking forward to it Tobi. Are you thinking a full 11v11 or a smaller maybe half-field game? My mental tally puts it as a bit of a stretch to get the 11 out to play, but i could be mistaken.

ThrillaFC

It all depends on how many you have committed on coming and playing. I say by the end of March we'll look at the signups on both sides and figure out the rules.

On our end, we just started our recruiting drive for the match, and I have a good feeling we can field an 11-player squad + bench. Although it's still hard to tell if everyone will actually have time off on May 2. Again, I think it's something we can sit on until the end of March.

krisaug5

That sounds good. Are many of you guys planning on making the trip down here for the 9th? I'm sure we could organize something on our end as well...

ThrillaFC

We don't have concrete numbers yet but some are starting to make arrangements to have time around the 9th off for a road trip. From what I've been told, like how you guys are talking to FCE, we (Nathan or Alex) are trying to get in touch w/ the Whitecaps. I don't know if communication has been established yet. We will keep you up to date.

You guys think we can do a "leg 2" of the supporters' match there? Do even more charitable work? Think we can play in BC Place before the big one (pipe dream)?

Blue_and_White_Army

ThrillaFC said: Think we can play in BC Place before the big one (pipe dream)?

If you play up the charity angle, that just might fly...

Brenton

ThrillaFC said: You guys think we can do a "leg 2" of the supporters' match there? Do even more charitable work? Think we can play in BC Place before the big one (pipe dream)?

I totally think we have to do a second leg. But I think we should do it maybe at Andy Livingstone, so more people can be close to the action, then we can all walk over to BC Place.

td04

Brenton said:

ThrillaFC said: You guys think we can do a "leg 2" of the supporters' match there? Do even more charitable work? Think we can play in BC Place before the big one (pipe dream)?

I totally think we have to do a second leg. But I think we should do it maybe at Andy Livingstone, so more people can be close to the action, then we can all walk over to BC Place.

Have a 3 or more team tournament with southsiders, Edmonton supporters, and the street soccer league we are helping?

krisaug5

td04 said: Have a 3 or more team tournament with southsiders, Edmonton supporters, and the street soccer league we are helping?

That might be a bit much.... especially on a wednesday before an evening kickoff.

A second round would be great, we can play standard Voyageurs cup rules regarding aggregate. Andy Livingston would be a good venue for that! Also, try playing up the charity angle and we may get some time to play before the caps/FCE warm-up at BC Place

td04

ahh that would be cool.

cixceven

krisaug5 said:

we can play standard Voyageurs cup rules regarding aggregate.

Toronto isn't sending a team, how will you have them win?

krisaug5

:P I meant aggregate ties settled in 2x15min Extra time silver goal. PK after if req. And Toronto will only win if it rains that day...

td04

krisaug5 said: :P I meant aggregate ties settled in 2x15min Extra time silver goal. PK after if req. And Toronto will only win if it rains that day...

Or montreal fields a team and gives up Je me souviens

The_Real_Deal

How about La Doce 12 ?

krisaug5

Could we merge teams for the purposes? or would rather have a 3 way contest... that sounded dirty (apologies)

GoF

Just throwing this out there, but I think that the Southsiders who make the trip and play in the first leg, should also get first refusal for playing in the second leg.

Brenton

Decent idea. Flip side would be let's let members who weren't able to play in the first leg get some game time.

Canuckred

We could always do FCE+la12 vs Southside if their numbers don't work out.

khoehne · Post edited by khoehne at 2012-02-09 22:04:57

I will be going up.

will be in for sure in the supporters game.

i do not yet have tickets (need 2).

Blue_and_White_Army

khoehne said: I will be going up.

will be in for sure in the supporters game.

i do not yet have tickets (need 2).

Will your "+1" be in for the supporters' game as well?

codes24

Will need one ticket , no accomadations or flight needed. Will come and watch the supporter game most likely but will not be able to participate due to injury.

Lord_Bob

I'm going to the game, will need one ticket, won't need a flight or hotel, and was planning on playing the supporters' match.

khoehne

Blue_and_White_Army said:

khoehne said: I will be going up.

will be in for sure in the supporters game.

i do not yet have tickets (need 2).

Will your "+1" be in for the supporters' game as well?

no, just me. If we are short i used to play on a team there and i could get a few 'honorary' southsiders to come out.

Kaiser_Franz

Blue_and_White_Army said:

Kaiser_Franz said: Probably driving up with family and may need a second ticket. Available for supporters match.

So two match tickets, and two people to play in the supporters' game?

Two tickets, but only 1 to play in the game.

Shawnster

Has anyone emailed or called Rob at FCE about the hotel/flight package. Or have any additional information?

Also, as mentioned before, the airport is way out of town. We would need a shuttle to bring us into the city or to the hotel.

pejnam

Days Inn Downtown - $100/night, airport shuttle option and 15 min LRT ride to the stadium.

Shawn: wanna shack up?

piltdownman

There is a hotel shuttle, but it snakes through the city and takes forever. Getting a towncar is cheaper than taxi.

pejnam

Just booked Westjet flights 188 and 135. Coming back Thursday morning so I can at least try to get in to work.

Blue_and_White_Army

Shawnster said: Has anyone emailed or called Rob at FCE about the hotel/flight package. Or have any additional information?

Yes, I'm arranging it with him. He's working with Tourism Edmonton on a flight/accommodation deal for us. Stay tuned.

PBandG

Me and my lil bro 90% sure we are making the trip. If the flight+hotel is dirt cheap I could see us doing that but right now the plan is to drive it. Supporters game is a maybe depending on time (late enough so we can leave early morning but early enough to shower before the VC match). And yes we would need two tickets. As for accommodations, we are looking into hostels or fleabag hotels.

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