Flights to Rochester for MangoCon 2016
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@Minion-Queen said
There is a sports bar right around the corner from the hotel
How far is Buffalo? Seeing a Bills' game is on my bucket list.
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Only about an hour. I think maybe an hour and a half to Bills Stadium (traffic more than anything).
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@Minion-Queen said in Flights to Rochester for MangoCon 2016:
As far as packing for weather around here in September. https://weatherspark.com/averages/31494/9/Rochester-New-York-United-States
Good...very much still shorts weather!
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@BRRABill said in Flights to Rochester for MangoCon 2016:
@Minion-Queen said
There is a sports bar right around the corner from the hotel
How far is Buffalo? Seeing a Bills' game is on my bucket list.
The Bills stadium is one of the best I've been to. It is tiny, and doesn't have a bad seat in the house. You can literally see everything from the top rows without any issues. Tickets are generally fairly inexpensive but they may raise the price for a Jets game.
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@coliver said
The Bills stadium is one of the best I've been to. It is tiny, and doesn't have a bad seat in the house. You can literally see everything from the top rows without any issues. Tickets are generally fairly inexpensive but they may raise the price for a Jets game.
Yeah that will be some game.
It just seems like a great place to watch a game. Good crowd, tailgating, etc..
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I was hoping there would be a race at Watkins Glen International that weekend.
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I'm originally from Buffalo and I noticed right away that the home opener is that Thursday and only an hour away. Not sure if I can swing it but it would be hard to miss that game being only an hour away.
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@brianlittlejohn said in Flights to Rochester for MangoCon 2016:
I was hoping there would be a race at Watkins Glen International that weekend.
Not very likely. The F1 isn't there any longer.
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@brianlittlejohn said in Flights to Rochester for MangoCon 2016:
@Minion-Queen said in Flights to Rochester for MangoCon 2016:
As far as packing for weather around here in September. https://weatherspark.com/averages/31494/9/Rochester-New-York-United-States
Good...very much still shorts weather!
Oh yes, should still be quite warm in Upstate NY.
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@scottalanmiller Indy is the weekend before I think
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This is so why I will not use Amtrak anywhere outside the east coast.
There is a single train available out of Chicago going to Rochester. This was the ONLY choice.
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Only four days, not bad.
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@scottalanmiller said in Flights to Rochester for MangoCon 2016:
Only four days, not bad.
That is overnight trains. so only sort of 4 days.
I can drive in under 10. It will cost more, but at least I have more choice on departure times.
Cost would be 6 (likely 5 in reality) tanks (9 gallons) of gas for $151 assuming $2.80 per gallon.
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I've done Rochester to the Chicago city limit in 10 hours straight in the car. It's long, but not horrible.
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@scottalanmiller said in Flights to Rochester for MangoCon 2016:
I've done Rochester to the Chicago city limit in 10 hours straight in the car. It's long, but not horrible.
If Google maps says 9:42, then I will probably come in a bit faster than that.
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@scottalanmiller said in Flights to Rochester for MangoCon 2016:
I've done Rochester to the Chicago city limit in 10 hours straight in the car. It's long, but not horrible.
I made that drive once too. not to bad at all,
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@JaredBusch said in Flights to Rochester for MangoCon 2016:
@scottalanmiller said in Flights to Rochester for MangoCon 2016:
I've done Rochester to the Chicago city limit in 10 hours straight in the car. It's long, but not horrible.
If Google maps says 9:42, then I will probably come in a bit faster than that.
I did it in a van so there had to be faster ways. And it was winter (not snowy, just winter.)
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@Dashrender said in Flights to Rochester for MangoCon 2016:
@scottalanmiller said in Flights to Rochester for MangoCon 2016:
I've done Rochester to the Chicago city limit in 10 hours straight in the car. It's long, but not horrible.
I made that drive once too. not to bad at all,
I did St Louis to Rochester and back again with only the overnight in Rochester back when I was 18 with a friend.
Took the kids to Niagara Falls a few years ago, but we stopped overnight someplace between Cleveland and Buffalo.
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@scottalanmiller said in Flights to Rochester for MangoCon 2016:
@JaredBusch said in Flights to Rochester for MangoCon 2016:
@scottalanmiller said in Flights to Rochester for MangoCon 2016:
I've done Rochester to the Chicago city limit in 10 hours straight in the car. It's long, but not horrible.
If Google maps says 9:42, then I will probably come in a bit faster than that.
I did it in a van so there had to be faster ways. And it was winter (not snowy, just winter.)
My buddy and I did it in a beat up old box van that overheated if we went over 55 unless we drafted really close to a semi. it was fucking crazy.
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Trying to see if I can come. @scottalanmiller knows I'm from Batavia, NY which sits smack in the middle of Buffalo and Rochester and this would be a PERFECT reason to stop by my home town. Unfortunately, there are two other HPE events that same week, both of which have requested my presence. Me sad.
Maybe I should see if the Bills are playing - that could push me over the edge to skip the HPE events!
