mopars at the strip 2008

[chargerman68]

dates are out march 28-30


i know its early just trying to fiqure out if me and the wife are staying at the cannery or on the airforce base.

how many of you guys are going?

are you going to be staying at the cannery.i think its like 150. a night....

later
anthony

[chargerman68]

 

[Ponch ®]

dates are out march 28-30


i know its early just trying to fiqure out if me and the wife are staying at the cannery or on the airforce base.

how many of you guys are going?

are you going to be staying at the cannery.i think its like 150. a night....

later
anthony

I went to this year's MATS and really liked it. Hard to say what my schedule is going to be like by then, but I'm definitely gonna try to go again.

I probably won't stay at the Cannery though. I hear that's where it's "happening" after MATS, but I can get hooked up at a nicer place for less $.

[chargerman68]

yeah the price is the issue year before last me and the wife stayed at the nellis airforce base for a think 29 a night and its only a mile or so from the las vegas speedway...

[Tom_440]

Yeah, I think the Cannery was booked a week after last years MATS ended. Hopefully I'm wrong.  Not bad to hang at the Cannery and sleep somewhere more affordable. Of course, we Vegas folks just sleep at home...

[70sixpkrt]

I've gone every year and going again next year. I heard that Phil(?) Painter blocks out the whole hotel for sponsors and sellers. It was supposedly booked the day after this years MATS. I usually stay on the strip for some fun

[chargerman68]

tried to get some kind of quote for that weekend but the hotel website wont let me get any info...

[70sixpkrt]

I heard that there is a very long waiting list.

[chargerman68]

hope not i really want to stay there this year

[Steve P.]

I know I'll be there again this year..  I love the show and hangin with the guys.. I stay at the VEGASMIKE HOTEL.  The people that stay there are great. The booze is pouring day and night. The cooks are fantastic. We ride in a nasty 68' Charger back and forth to the track. DOOR TO DOOR BABY........... Not to mension the price is right......     Ask Ron about this place. It's great.....  I hear there will be an extra guy there this year, named VITO.. Hahaha.. (Sorry, inside joke for those who know)...

[firefighter3931]

Yep, the VegasMike hotel rocks ! I'm hopefully attending the show if i can score a room at the VegasMike Inn.....the food and company are second to none. Oh ya, we also have a killer limo service back and forth to the show. 


Ron

[chargerman68]

sweet ride cant wait to see it..if we cant get in at the cannery we will be staying at the airforce base...

[mikepmcs]

man i couldn't make it last year.  I'd really like to go once.  Chuck and Lisa (the skips) would probably be there too next year.
I'd really like to meet Ron, Steve P,  and you guys of course Anthony, as well as, a host of others on this site in person!

[chargerman68]

been once loved it but missed it last year due to another damn deployment to the sand box

[chargerman68]

all,

the cannery is sold out of rooms there is a page and a half for a waiting list....

[Steve P.]

The Cannery is NOT the only Hotel or Motel in Vegas.. Not by a very long shot.. Most of the people that go to the Cannery after the show each night are not staying there.. The party is outside in a large court yard. They have food vendors and a band.. When that ends you hop in your rental or a taxi and head to a casino, or a show, or a strip joint,,, (DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD)?

It may be a good idea to get a bunch of people together and make a deal with 1 casino/Hotel to all stay there and have them bus you back and forth to the track...  It's worth a try...

The MATS is a great time and well worth what ever it takes to go.. Ask anyone who has been... And it should only get better by the year..   

[mally69]

any one know the color of that 68

[Steve P.]

It's an ancient American secret.. BUT, if you ask VegasMike I am willing to bet he would tell you.. 

[chargerman68]

yeah i know about different hotels we will stay at the airforce base and meet up with all of you....

[Steve P.]

Sorry 68', it wasn't directed to you. Just a general statement so people are not driven off due to the Cannery being full. It is full from day one of this show for the next show...

[chargerman68]

Sorry 68', it wasn't directed to you. Just a general statement so people are not driven off due to the Cannery being full. It is full from day one of this show for the next show...

its all good...

[Ponch ®]

Maybe I should just "Rambo"-style it the whole weekend and save the hotel money.

[Steve P.]

Careful Ponch ,  Them homeless guys there will roll ya for as little as a cigarette.. I know some people stayed right there in RV's and tents that had cars in the show grounds.. They have security there also..

[chargerman68]

just called nellis airforce base they have tons of rooms for that weekend if any of you have military access(active or retired dod employee) they have room...only acouple miles away from the speedway...

[Ponch ®]

Careful Ponch ,  Them homeless guys there will roll ya for as little as a cigarette.. I know some people stayed right there in RV's and tents that had cars in the show grounds.. They have security there also..

Hah...done it before and it wasn't so bad. In fact, Vegas is a little more exciting when you're there and you have to 'live off the land' for a day or two. You know, meet people, get in adventures, stuff like that.

Of course, this is all moot if the Princess decides to come along, in which case i need to get a room and do all that stuff you have to do when you bring sand to the beach.