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Author Topic: Another Road Trip For Mike Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 09-04-2005 08:30 AM                     Call me crazy with the price of gas, but I'm about to embark on another cross country road trip. This one has been planned for a while and I'm too selfish to cancel or postpone! Destination: Washington, D.C. to do some work at the Library of Congress and to take in a Washington Nationals game (some of you are aware of my baseball stadium quest obsession thing). So, as with my previous road trips, if any film-tech members want to meet up for coffee or a beer or a tour of your theater, please let me know. Either post here or contact me via email. My route: El Paso >>> Dallas >>> Memphis >>> Nashville >>> Lexington >>> Charleston, WV >>> D.C. On the return: D.C. >>> Philadelphia >>> Pittsburgh >>> Columbus >>> Indianapolis >>> Quad Cities >>> St. Louis >>> Oklahoma City >>> Albuquerque >>> Phoenix >>> Los Angeles. I'd also like to make it to New York City, but budget and time issues may prevent that visit. Thanks.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-04-2005 09:44 AM                      |  IP: Logged Adam Heath Film Handler Posts: 20 From: Rock Island, IL Registered: Dec 2004 posted 09-04-2005 02:06 PM                     You're obsessed with baseball stadiums too huh??? I've only gotten to 10, but my goal is to hit one or two new ones a year. I'm in the Quad Cities so give a shout when you are coming through. Adam  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 09-04-2005 02:43 PM                     Dinners on me in Columbus, Mike. Let me know when you are coming through.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-04-2005 05:20 PM                     The only baseball stadiums that I would consider worthy a visit would be any that still have ***REAL*** grass. Any other place is just an imitation! Wrigley Field is still my #1 favorite and the pizza there is awsome! No other park that I've visited has the aura that Wrigley has. I sure miss Harry Carey though! Mark  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 09-04-2005 07:01 PM                     Thinking of Wrigley Field (where the Bears used to play before Soldier Field came in..), these classic old stadiums are getting far and few between. Wonder how Chicago likes their new Soldier Field compared to the old one? Granted, it just doesn't seem the same. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 09-04-2005 07:25 PM                        Louisville has an almost-new old style baseball stadium; grass Louis  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-04-2005 07:56 PM                  Mike, I hope you post some pics of your trip... especially some with you in them...  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-04-2005 09:10 PM                        For those who like ballparks, Fenway is just as good as Wrigley (yes, I've been to both). Also, there are lots of really great minor-league parks scattered throughout the country, often in smaller cities and sometimes in more rural areas. Fenway Park, circa 2003:  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-04-2005 09:52 PM                     Mark, RFK stadium has REAL grass so I guess it qualifies as a real stadium. RFK switches between soccer and baseball in 36-hours. Half of the seats are moved between modes (they are on this gigantic track).  |  IP: Logged Will Kutler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1506 From: Tucson, AZ, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 09-04-2005 10:09 PM                     Hi Mike Sent you a PM. Contact me when you get to Phoenix. Can show you around my Department at ASU  |  IP: Logged Shane Cooper Expert Film Handler Posts: 232 From: Little Rock, Arkansas Registered: Jun 2004 posted 09-04-2005 10:43 PM                     Give me a shout when you get to Columbus. I will show you around the my theater.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-04-2005 11:34 PM                     quote: Scott Norwood Fenway is just as good as Wrigley (yes, I've been to both). Great B&W shot Scott!! Fenway is a great place with a great history but..... Fenway doesn't have the beautiful skyline that Wrigley does... that adds ALOT to the aura of the place. I've been to Fenway, but that was a long time ago. To me you seem more closed in at Fenway but at Wrigley its alot more open.... even Wrigley's main stands are just more open because of the design of the park. As I said Steve... any field with real grass certainly qualifies and that wold include JFK !! Our own Franklin Covey Field is just 1/2 block from our shops..... Great field and probably the best view of any ballpark in existance... but the team sucks(Minor League stuff), so I go mainly to enjoy the Crowd, the field and the view. Thats the Wasatch Mountains in the background and the peak in the center is Mount Olympus at just a bit over 9,000'. Mark  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 09-05-2005 02:01 AM                        ...and as it happens, I'm doing something similar, but in the opposite direction - heading off for 10 days in California tomorrow to do some research in archives at San José and Los Angeles. For obvious reasons it won't be a road trip, though! I'm pretty much booked up for every moment of the Los Angeles days, but if anyone has any suggestions as to what to do with a couple of evenings in San José (any must-see theatres?), I'd be grateful for any tips.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 09-05-2005 05:09 AM                        leo, if you can make it to palo alto, the stanford theater is worth checking out. carl  |  IP: Logged

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