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Join SMU fans at the
Sheraton/ESPN Hawaii Bowl
Tailgate Extravaganza

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Anthony Travel invites you to kick-off the bowl game activities at the Sheraton/ESPN Hawaii Bowl Tailgate Extravaganza located at the North-Makai Wedge inside Gate 6 of Aloha Stadium. This invitation only event is not open to the public but by purchasing tickets through Anthony Travel, you will receive exclusive admission into this function for VIP's, corporate sponsors and guests of ESPN. Hosted by ESPN, the event will include food, soda, water, beer and wine.

Admission for this invitation only tailgate is $55 per person. The come-and-go tailgate begins at noon and ends at 3 p.m., so head over to the Stadium after sending the Mustang football team off to victory from the Sheraton Waikiki at 12:15 p.m.

Contact info is anthonytravel.com or 8886326951

Do we know if this is the official MC tailgate? I got the same email and forwarded it on to the MC for an answer. Have not heard back.

wondering the same thing... can we not get a case of beer and a foam cooler for less than $50 in Hawaii??

Seems a bit heavy, but I dont want to miss anything worthwhile

when I called Debbie a couple of weeks ago, she took my name & email and said she'd pass it along to anthony travel for whenever they came up with something...so I'm guessing that's it...and they probably shared the mc email list with anthony travel

Response from the MC

"This is the tailgate for everyone. This is the official tailgate hosted by the bowl. It offers a better event for the same price than we could offer on our own. We looked at other options and the cost/value didn’t meet our hopes. This event has entertainment as well as a better selection of everything else."

I am going to go ahead and get tickets.

got 2 tickets to be picked up at the Sheraton beginning Dec. 21 at the anthony travel hospitality desk.

mustangbill67 wrote:Response from the MC

"This is the tailgate for everyone. This is the official tailgate hosted by the bowl. It offers a better event for the same price than we could offer on our own. We looked at other options and the cost/value didn’t meet our hopes. This event has entertainment as well as a better selection of everything else."

I am going to go ahead and get tickets.

All i needed to hear. IN. Thanks for checking on this for us.

I'm not buying two tickets to the tailgate for military personnel, though.

Just sayin'.

$55.00 for 3 hours? Nada. I will find my own party. That's Just over kill.
If it were going to charity it would be different. Not into the profit pocket of an over priced travel gig.

Mestengo wrote:$55.00 for 3 hours? Nada. I will find my own party. That's Just over kill.
If it were going to charity it would be different. Not into the profit pocket of an over priced travel gig.

After 25 years of being "road kill", I can handle some "over kill" at a bowl game in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Bergermeister wrote:

Mestengo wrote:$55.00 for 3 hours? Nada. I will find my own party. That's Just over kill.
If it were going to charity it would be different. Not into the profit pocket of an over priced travel gig.

After 25 years of being "road kill", I can handle some "over kill" at a bowl game in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Have a good time i know i will.

Mestengo wrote:$55.00 for 3 hours? Nada. I will find my own party. That's Just over kill.
If it were going to charity it would be different. Not into the profit pocket of an over priced travel gig.

My understanding is that this tailgate is sponsored by the Bowl and by ESPN. I would assume that the travel agency gets nothing out of this except perhaps a service charge for handling the SMU tickets to the event. I went ahead and got tickets because this is a part of the game day experience.

mustangbill67 wrote:

Mestengo wrote:$55.00 for 3 hours? Nada. I will find my own party. That's Just over kill.
If it were going to charity it would be different. Not into the profit pocket of an over priced travel gig.

My understanding is that this tailgate is sponsored by the Bowl and by ESPN. I would assume that the travel agency gets nothing out of this except perhaps a service charge for handling the SMU tickets to the event. I went ahead and got tickets because this is a part of the game day experience.

Ok I'm done [deleted]. I'll order one.

http://blackbird.anthonytravel.com/cust ... ENTID=4549

I'm all in on this trip. You could sell me a sweatshirt there, probably.

BTW, my Anthony travel rep was having way too much fun on the phone with me.

smusic 00 wrote:I'm all in on this trip. You could sell me a sweatshirt there, probably.

BTW, my Anthony travel rep was having way too much fun on the phone with me.

I had to laugh when completing the last step this is what the verbiage reads.

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