Topic: Concert Extras - Wacky Ways to Spend Your Cash

Well, I was inspired to open this thread, because, starting tomorrow, 10's of 1,000's of kids will descend upon our little Valley (the Coachella Valley) for 'Coachella', a three day music festival, which takes place about a mile and a half from me on the Polo Grounds.  Prince, Jack Johnson (shhhhh, don't tell Shred's wife) and about 500 other bands will be there......well, not quite that many, but A LOT.  Check it out.

There is free camping available on site.  But, in case you don't want to bring your own tent, or, stay in a nearby motel, they came up with this idea........RIDICULOUS, I thought, when I first read about it, months ago.  Who would pay THAT amount of money for THAT?  I thought.  WHAT am I speaking of, you ask?  Why, I'm speaking of the 'Onsite Lodging' VIP tents that come complete with an air mattress, sleeping bags, pillows, (all of those things will be donated to shelters after the festival), breakfast each day, and gee, I don't know, free parking, bathrooms, showers, a newspaper and a bottle of water.......something like that.......

The cost?  Hmmmmm......well, the tent for two is $700
                                             the tent for four   $1,400
                                       and, the tent for six   $2,100

http://coachella.com/visitors/onsite-lodging   Link to the "luxury lodging page"

http://coachella.com/   Link to the home page


Of course, they had a limited amount of another kind of tent, which were even more luxuriously outfitted, with AIR CONDITIONING, CHAIRS, RUGS, A TABLE, VIP BACKSTAGE PASSES.  Alas, those have already sold out. 

I'm considering renting my WHOLE BACKYARD...... what do you think?  Might pay for that room addition I've been wanting......then, next year, I could rent the ROOM ADDITION!!!  Genius!  Private round-trip transfers to and from......etc.  KA-CHING!!! 

Anyway, that's my silly 'concert extra' story to offer.  Anyone else have somethin' crazy like that??  Come on......I know there are some GREAT stories out there........


smile   Libby's Luxury Lodging - Lotsa Laughs!!!  smile


P. S.  I'm going to carry something Joe-info-ish with me, whenever I leave the house this weekend, because those kids will be CRAWLING, everywhere.........HEY!  How about this for a 'sweet deal' -  a free COOKIE with every Joe flyer??  Hmmmm........  or.......better yet, SELLING cookies WRAPPED in Joe flyers???  Joecolate Chip with Pecanabonamassas ....... ????  Ka-Ching!!!!

I know that Joe could play one of those kid's guitars with the plastic strings and make it sound good-
Bill S.

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This just blows my mind.  I'm not a tent girl, never was, and to think that people pay that money to stay in a tent?!?! Libby, go for it, rent out that yard!!!  Crazy!

If heartaches were nickels
I'd be the richest fool alive

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Libby wrote:

P. S.  I'm going to carry something Joe-info-ish with me, whenever I leave the house this weekend, because those kids will be CRAWLING, everywhere.........HEY!  How about this for a 'sweet deal' -  a free COOKIE with every Joe flyer??  Hmmmm........  or.......better yet, SELLING cookies WRAPPED in Joe flyers???  Joecolate Chip with Pecanabonamassas ....... ????  Ka-Ching!!!!

Oh Libby .... lol

If Joe is smart, he´ll make you the new head of Merchandise Marketing soon ... hey, maybe we can open a whole Joe-shop together with all the forum members?!

I visited my best friend Susi yesterday and we were already making plans for the big Joe T-Shirt deal - you know, they often have only men´s Large and XL T-Shirts with them at shows and I always complain about the lack of girlshirts. So I bought a large shirt at the last show and Susi darling who has learned how to sew clothes made it into a cool girlshirt for me. 

So we could sell Libby´s cookies, self made Joe girlshirts, different kinds of BBQ sauce and Salsa, Michael´s DVDs, Gigliotti guitars, Patty´s new "Joe collection" (Got Joe?), energy efficient light bulbs, group hug - therapy, Geko´s Joe keychains, language courses, Forrest trips with Cathy, debating society with Deezer, black market RAH-tickets .................................................. and of course there will ONLY be Joe music blasting out of the shop. Don´t you think this is going to be a huge success ?! big_smile

Sister Libby, it´s your turn now to invent a name for the new Joe company ! smile

Eva

Re: Concert Extras - Wacky Ways to Spend Your Cash

Libby's Bonabazar?

Got a ring to it....

RIP Iron Man

Rock On and keep the Faith

5 (edited by ohiodawg13 2008-04-25 10:00:24)

Re: Concert Extras - Wacky Ways to Spend Your Cash

Libby, take a look in Street Team topics under street team ideas by Jim M., go to his post and download the business card sheet and pass those out if you can. I've watched Shred do this at shows with the tenacity of a batter in game seven of the World Series with two out in the bottom of the ninth with a runner on third. It's poetry in motion.

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What is success? Is it do yo' own thang, or is it to join the rest?   -Allen Toussaint

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GROUP GROPES???  oh hugs...

Rock On & Keep the FAITH
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Blues From the Bottoms

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bigjeffjones wrote:

GROUP GROPES???  oh hugs...

That Jeff - always getting me wrong ... tsts ! lol

Group hug anyway,

Eva smile

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Paying somebody else to set up your campsite and cook your food for you is just plain wrong.
May as well stay at the Hilton.

"Rock ON & Keep the Faith"

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Bill S wrote:

Paying somebody else to set up your campsite and cook your food for you is just plain wrong.
May as well stay at the Hilton.

Yes Bill, from what I've seen, I would venture to guess that the majority of attendees are kind of privileged kids, who've probably not built many camp fires, nor helped to erect many tents during their young lives.  Our street, and the neighboring streets used to be littered with kids sleeping in their cars though, so, I'd rather have their mommies and daddies cough up some big bucks for those well stocked tents, than awaken to the sounds of overindulgence over the next three nights (if you get my not-so-pleasant drift).

Hey!  If they DO land in my neighborhood, I could sell 'A Cup o' Joe' by the gazillions in the morning to all the kids crawlin' around with achin' heads - you know - "Hey Children!  I got sumthin' to cure what ails ya!!!"........can't you see it.......with Joe blasting in the background ....... a Joe stand ..... right in my front yard.  Of course, I would give a big discount to those who had paid to stay in MY backyard, right?  A package deal........complete with breakfast COOKIES, of course.  smile

Always thinkin',

smile  Libby  smile

I know that Joe could play one of those kid's guitars with the plastic strings and make it sound good-
Bill S.

10 (edited by Libby 2008-04-26 00:31:34)

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An update to the insanity that reins supreme just up the street.  I was just told by someone 'in the know' that the VVIP tents (which were sold out COMPLETELY) went for $4,000 a pop.  That's right,       F-O-U-R-T-H-O-U-S-A-N-D-D-O-L-L-A-R-S each.  FIFTY OF THEM.  Now, mind you, I do THINK those tents came with VIP passes and VIP parking too - BUT, STILL. 

I can hear the tunes........but, not all of the 50,000 or so kids have arrived yet...... many more will show up in the morning......

Still trying to figure out how to MAXIMIZE the exposure to JOE.  Thinking cap is on.  I'll do something this year, but, NEXT YEAR...... I will be better prepared....... flying my own BONAMASSABANNER over the festival grounds in my little plane ...... 'course, I'll have to sign up for Flight School first ................anything for Joe .....................

smile  Libby  smile

I know that Joe could play one of those kid's guitars with the plastic strings and make it sound good-
Bill S.