Hell, I remember paying $8 to go see a band I had never heard of play at Murphy's and I didn't hesitate. Anywhere else in the country I go to see music I expect a cover charge.
The affordable cover charges comments kill me...let's take Sam Bush for instance...If Sam Bush would play at Red Rocks, all kinds of people would rush to see him play with 4 thousand other people and be glad to pay $45 + for a ticket, never mind driving to Morrison, finding a place to stay etc. But if the Ghost charges $25 and you can see him in a small room with say 300 people and never have to leave town, we locals say the cover charge is outrageous. Really? Even the FREE concerts are NOT FREE people, they cost money and someone is coughing it up to keep them going. The beer we buy alone doesn't cover the tab for these kinds of acts. I saw Big Head Todd play the Sheraton ball room years ago and paid $25/tix and many other locals did the same. We didn't have a problem doing it then, but I think anymore we expect music for FREE, and you know what, it's not.
From what I heard, Carl's Tavern "Red Carpet" party was quite loud, wonder how well there vestibule worked with all of the party goers outside taking pictures etc....Green Courte may want to take a look at what there own tenants are doing before pointing fingers at the neighbors. The city measurements recorded INSIDE of HP (presented at one of the council meetings by the city) during a live show at the Ghost Ranch were something like 38 and 40 dB's with the windows of HP closed, pretty silent if you ask me. My back porch with no one talking on it in the summer reads from 60-65 dB's and I am know where near downtown or the river. CLOSE your windows HP!!
Highwaystar, The second generation is not recycled, it is the iPad2 which is just the second generation of iPad's. The $499 model is the 16GB model, with the price of $656, I would assume that they purchased either the 16GB with Wi-Fi for $629 (plus tax etc.) or the 32GB NON WiFi model for $599 (plus tax etc.), or something similar and received some kind of government discount. I would say that considering they are saving 3k a year in printing materials and the iPads pay for themselves in 2 years it's a pretty good move while being environmentally friendly.
From the Musicfest website... Q. Can I purchase a festival pass or individual concert ticket for MusicFest performances? A. A VERY limited amount of festival passes are made available for the Steamboat area locals. Details of how and when to purchase these credentials are provided via the MusicFest online newsletter. See MusicFest newsletter link on this site to sign on. There are no individual concert tickets available.
Actually, last year I think they made 100-150 tix available that did not have to buy the entire package of festival/condo etc., so locals could buy tix. Three of the bands in town for last years Musicfest also played at the Ghost Ranch which was a nice alternative for locals who could not make the festival to still catch acts that were in the festival.
Collin, as I stated earlier, if I am wrong, please correct me. Thanks for the correction. Quite a coincidence you have to agree. Congrats on being able to afford one of the Alpen Glow units on a nurses salary, 95% of the nurses I know could not. I also work in the medical field and know many of them in town, maybe we can meet up and have a beer sometime. So, you live in Alpen Glow lofts, and still hear the "unacceptable" noise from the front of Sunpies? How about the noise from the Old Town Pub, have you ever been by there when they have a band playing and the windows open? I have, pretty loud, I just put it off as downtown being lively. So your Alpen Glow Loft I would think would be of the same build quality of HP (same builders I think?). Interesting the city did db readings inside HP directly across from the Ghost Ranch and only recorded levels of 33 and 38 with the windows closed, yet you say you can sing along with every song. Alpen Glow Lofts would not be in direct shot from any doors or windows from the Ghost Ranch, odd. Anyway, even from the holier than thou comments I heard from Collin the GM of Carl's Tavern at the council meeting, I and my friends, are still not going to step foot into the place. He threw other local business's under the bus saying that Carl's would be far superior and will not be having these issues, and that is NOT cool. He also has had the opportunity to start from scratch, the other business's were already in place before this big downtown condo movement insisting that local business's change there ways. Not really fair to business's that were already in place to expect them to come up with $$$ in today's economy to satisfy new to downtown residents that may not appreciate downtown the way it is.
PS, the Red Rock shows you went to starting at 7PM, no kidding, its an out door venue!! Ever been to the Gothic or Bluebird or any other music venue in Denver? It is quite common that headliners don't start until 10PM or after.
So Collin, I think I recall you from the City Council meetings, and if my memory serves me correctly (please correct me if I am wrong), you are the owner, or GM or whatever for Carl's. If that is the case, bashing your neighbor bars and establishments on an online forum seems to be an odd type of self promotion while at the same time showing all aspects of NOT being a good neighbor. Again, f you are not in any way related to Carl's, I apologize ahead of time for my statement above, it just seems that you also have intimate knowledge of what Carl's is doing to prevent noise issues that are sure to arise.
MusicFest kicks off 27th year in Steamboat
OTP has a great line up, all of these bands this weekend put on a great show.
January 5, 2012 at 8:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Ghost Ranch Saloon in Steamboat closes down indefinitely
Hell, I remember paying $8 to go see a band I had never heard of play at Murphy's and I didn't hesitate. Anywhere else in the country I go to see music I expect a cover charge.
November 4, 2011 at 9:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Ghost Ranch Saloon in Steamboat closes down indefinitely
The affordable cover charges comments kill me...let's take Sam Bush for instance...If Sam Bush would play at Red Rocks, all kinds of people would rush to see him play with 4 thousand other people and be glad to pay $45 + for a ticket, never mind driving to Morrison, finding a place to stay etc. But if the Ghost charges $25 and you can see him in a small room with say 300 people and never have to leave town, we locals say the cover charge is outrageous. Really?
Even the FREE concerts are NOT FREE people, they cost money and someone is coughing it up to keep them going. The beer we buy alone doesn't cover the tab for these kinds of acts.
I saw Big Head Todd play the Sheraton ball room years ago and paid $25/tix and many other locals did the same. We didn't have a problem doing it then, but I think anymore we expect music for FREE, and you know what, it's not.
November 4, 2011 at 9:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Noise ordinance not an issue for Steamboat businesses
From what I heard, Carl's Tavern "Red Carpet" party was quite loud, wonder how well there vestibule worked with all of the party goers outside taking pictures etc....Green Courte may want to take a look at what there own tenants are doing before pointing fingers at the neighbors.
The city measurements recorded INSIDE of HP (presented at one of the council meetings by the city) during a live show at the Ghost Ranch were something like 38 and 40 dB's with the windows of HP closed, pretty silent if you ask me. My back porch with no one talking on it in the summer reads from 60-65 dB's and I am know where near downtown or the river.
CLOSE your windows HP!!
October 18, 2011 at 6:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Steamboat Springs buys iPads for City Council members
Highwaystar,
The second generation is not recycled, it is the iPad2 which is just the second generation of iPad's.
The $499 model is the 16GB model, with the price of $656, I would assume that they purchased either the 16GB with Wi-Fi for $629 (plus tax etc.) or the 32GB NON WiFi model for $599 (plus tax etc.), or something similar and received some kind of government discount.
I would say that considering they are saving 3k a year in printing materials and the iPads pay for themselves in 2 years it's a pretty good move while being environmentally friendly.
September 8, 2011 at 10:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Texas twang returning to Steamboat in January
From the Musicfest website...
Q. Can I purchase a festival pass or individual concert ticket for MusicFest performances?
A. A VERY limited amount of festival passes are made available for the Steamboat area locals. Details of how and when to purchase these credentials are provided via the MusicFest online newsletter. See MusicFest newsletter link on this site to sign on. There are no individual concert tickets available.
http://www.themusicfest.com/index2.ph...
August 24, 2011 at 1:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Texas twang returning to Steamboat in January
Actually, last year I think they made 100-150 tix available that did not have to buy the entire package of festival/condo etc., so locals could buy tix.
Three of the bands in town for last years Musicfest also played at the Ghost Ranch which was a nice alternative for locals who could not make the festival to still catch acts that were in the festival.
August 24, 2011 at 1:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Rod Podszus: Good luck with that
Collin, as I stated earlier, if I am wrong, please correct me. Thanks for the correction. Quite a coincidence you have to agree. Congrats on being able to afford one of the Alpen Glow units on a nurses salary, 95% of the nurses I know could not. I also work in the medical field and know many of them in town, maybe we can meet up and have a beer sometime.
So, you live in Alpen Glow lofts, and still hear the "unacceptable" noise from the front of Sunpies? How about the noise from the Old Town Pub, have you ever been by there when they have a band playing and the windows open? I have, pretty loud, I just put it off as downtown being lively.
So your Alpen Glow Loft I would think would be of the same build quality of HP (same builders I think?). Interesting the city did db readings inside HP directly across from the Ghost Ranch and only recorded levels of 33 and 38 with the windows closed, yet you say you can sing along with every song. Alpen Glow Lofts would not be in direct shot from any doors or windows from the Ghost Ranch, odd.
Anyway, even from the holier than thou comments I heard from Collin the GM of Carl's Tavern at the council meeting, I and my friends, are still not going to step foot into the place. He threw other local business's under the bus saying that Carl's would be far superior and will not be having these issues, and that is NOT cool. He also has had the opportunity to start from scratch, the other business's were already in place before this big downtown condo movement insisting that local business's change there ways. Not really fair to business's that were already in place to expect them to come up with $$$ in today's economy to satisfy new to downtown residents that may not appreciate downtown the way it is.
PS, the Red Rock shows you went to starting at 7PM, no kidding, its an out door venue!! Ever been to the Gothic or Bluebird or any other music venue in Denver? It is quite common that headliners don't start until 10PM or after.
August 5, 2011 at 10:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Rod Podszus: Good luck with that
Collin, I am assuming from Carl's Tavern Facebook page, that you are the same Collin.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carls-...
August 4, 2011 at 11:26 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Rod Podszus: Good luck with that
So Collin, I think I recall you from the City Council meetings, and if my memory serves me correctly (please correct me if I am wrong), you are the owner, or GM or whatever for Carl's.
If that is the case, bashing your neighbor bars and establishments on an online forum seems to be an odd type of self promotion while at the same time showing all aspects of NOT being a good neighbor.
Again, f you are not in any way related to Carl's, I apologize ahead of time for my statement above, it just seems that you also have intimate knowledge of what Carl's is doing to prevent noise issues that are sure to arise.
August 4, 2011 at 9:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )