Damn that sucks. Those clients are going to be a ball and chain for what should be an epic Arrowhead experience. Maybe offer to buy them tickets to one of the tented Chiefs-run tailgate experiences in the lot. It would be close by your tailgate. Maybe they'd go for something like that. Might be worth the price for you to enjoy your Gold location.

I was wondering about that.

Ticketsforless has $99 "VIP Tailgate" passes that sit between Royals stadium and Arrowhead. There's a tent, they say there are heaters. It should be a pretty good atmosphere. We could do BOTH our own tailgate and then head over to M for the Ticketsforless tailgate if they end up getting cold.

Are their other Chiefs-run options?

I mean g'damn, we throw up steak and lobster tailgates where we drop $3-$400 bucks for 3 of us on random divisional games and THIS is the one where he bails? Ugh...

You should say what bar so we can decide if its a shitty plan or not

Chiefs and Bud Light have one or used to over at the Pavillion on the south side of Arrowhead. Cheerleaders, some pep guy, buffett, Bud Light, Coke etc.

I know there are several.

I believe this is the one I was thinking of: https://www.chiefs.com/stadium/fordtailgatedistrict

Open four hours prior to kickoff each game, the Ford Tailgate District is FREE to enter and offers fun for all ages including:

Drink specials including $5 beer and $3 water
Live entertainment
Tailgating games
Food trucks
Chiefs Cheerleader autographs
Giveaways and more!

DJ, I take it you felt you weren't at liberty(because of their size of revenue$$ they generate for your co.) to tell them politely, "Hey no problem I can get tickets to the game, but understand if we go we ARE tailgating because this is our tradition here in KC and there is no better place to tailgate than Arrowhead especially when hosting our first AFCCG." Or did you already try that approach?

I would have done that, yes.

The managing partner did not. They're good folks but it's just a novel concept for pretty much everyone that isn't a Chiefs fan and he didn't want to lean on them (they're in their early 60s and when the plans were made it was a 0 degree forecast). I don't want to be too hard on them but damn; he and I have been doing this for over a decade and it's just the damndest thing to me that this will be maybe the 4th or 5th game of around 100 that we aren't gonna do a full spread for. We were out there for 4 hours in that hellish ice game against the Titans but now I'm getting "there's no pride in losing fingers" from him. Dafuq?

But **** it - we just rented a limo for 8 hours. We'll have it sitting in the lot waiting for us after the game with a cooler iced down and a television; 10 person car for 6 of us so here's hoping. Definitely not traditional but whatever. In for a penny, in for a pound I guess...

There was no way I was risking sitting in that lot for an hour waiting for a car. Either we'd lose the high from the win or we'd sit there freezing and miserable after a loss. This way we can either hop in a warm car and get to drinking after a momentous occasion or....hop into a warm car and get to drinking after a soul crushing loss.

Clone yourself and stick them with the clone, attend all your usual ritualistic activities..profit

I hear if you order zTrip, you get picked up by zGermans.

Just take them to Buddies seems more your speed

They at least know they have to stand and scream through a good portion of the game or they are not welcome. Correct?

Can I purchase your non used gold pass? We have 1 but I need one more

Evidently we need it to get the limo in since he has to park and wait for us.

:shrug:

Well hell

You hittin up the town or what?