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Post by The Professor on Jan 20, 2011 7:47:55 GMT -5
I will believe it when i see it. I have been at the Sheraton for 5 years and its poor planning on part of the hotel. If they think one entrance to the main parking lot is going to work, they are sadly mistaken. There will be such confusion out there.
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Post by Bigboy on Jan 20, 2011 8:51:36 GMT -5
Change always bring about some confusion but some changes needed to be made. I am sure at first there will be a lot of frustration and we just hope they learn from it and make changes as they see fit. We all know that if things continue to get further out of control at the Four Seasons, A&T will be all over the front page (negative press) after homecoming.
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Post by pj on Jan 20, 2011 12:07:36 GMT -5
Seems to me that the parties can be ended by 4am. And what constitutes a party, people together with a boom box playing a mix tape? I have been in a suite with a DJ w/lights and all, and I have been in a party with a laptop. This is simple. End the parties at 4am.
This is two days a year, and is a great thing. The younger crowd comes dressed, and the youngest crowd goes to the hip-hop show and about their business. For the most part, the elevator takes one or two cycles during peak.
This is not broken to me. Everyone is well behaved and you are not spending $ to party except for tips to the bar tender in the suites. (All of the $40. parties around town, they can have them). Give me some friends and a few suites, a little p-funk, and i'm good.
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Post by SixtiesAggie on Jan 20, 2011 13:21:02 GMT -5
The hotel is serious. The problem stems from very young folks as well as others from who knows where (probably from here and surrounding areas) that have shanghiaed the hotel as the place to go after the concert and whatever other events happened that night. They are everywhere. In the lobby (wall to wall), on many of the upper floors and parking lots. The hotel views them as possible safety threats that may create legal issues from paying guests. Crowd control is impossible. Most of you remember 5-10 years ago, there were very few really young people at the hotel. It's the place to go party (invited or not) and be seen now. How this will be resolved, no one knows. I'm sure it is a headache for the Alumni Office.
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Post by bluehaze on Jan 20, 2011 14:40:08 GMT -5
you are not spending $ to party except for tips to the bar tender in the suites. There is the problem. The Sheraton isn't making an extra dime by having that lobby,hall ways and suites filled to the brim by people who aren't paying them anything... |
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Post by pj on Jan 21, 2011 0:22:55 GMT -5
Haze, I guess you are right. The Sheraton may just want their $ without the added crowds. Besides, they are booked to the brim and their bars are packed. But to me, the whole scene is nice. I have not heard of one incident. It seems that the younger alumni is falling in.
I guess I came thru 'T' when there were house parties. We never had to pay to party except at the Cosmos or the gym. (Trent st. Steadman St, Creekbridge,Avalon...yea Avalon...lol)One would present a bottle to the host at the door if you had it, and groove. Small & tight, not these $30 to get in 'hit & miss' joints. I think that the younger Alumni saw this and said yea A&T does it right. I dont know any other HBCU who has a hotel scene like this in the state.
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Post by bseballaggie on Jan 21, 2011 9:41:21 GMT -5
The hotel is serious. The problem stems from very young folks as well as others from who knows where (probably from here and surrounding areas) that have shanghiaed the hotel as the place to go after the concert and whatever other events happened that night. They are everywhere. In the lobby (wall to wall), on many of the upper floors and parking lots. The hotel views them as possible safety threats that may create legal issues from paying guests. Crowd control is impossible. Most of you remember 5-10 years ago, there were very few really young people at the hotel. It's the place to go party (invited or not) and be seen now. How this will be resolved, no one knows. I'm sure it is a headache for the Alumni Office. Bottom Line, they are going to follow A&T parties, downtown Elm Street was shutdown last year because of events that happened after the concert! |
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Post by The Professor on Jan 21, 2011 22:58:20 GMT -5
If the city wouldn't shutdown everything, everyone wouldn't come to the Sherton
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Post by @ProfBellamy on Mar 31, 2011 15:28:14 GMT -5
The changes in the Sheraton while major, may make it easier for people to enjoy some of the alumni chapter's events since they would have to be moved down into the 2nd & 3rd level meeting rooms.
But yes, the locals did not help nor does the relative small size of the corridors in the Sheraton especially in the old side near Club Fifth Season. Things will work their selves out. We will still have fun.
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Post by oldschool on Mar 31, 2011 19:36:48 GMT -5
This is just my personal opinion, but I would like to see the Alumni concert moved back to the coliseum. I'm speaking strictly from an economic point of view . When it was at the coliseum , I could take my wife and see at least three different performers , have a couple of drinks, and light snacks , all for around a hundred dollars. Now tickets are around $100 each , and you only see one performer.
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