Best fares are 168 round trip, but it's into JFK. That's the 7th through the 11th. Just did a quick search with little to go on. Still, not a bad deal. The hotels will get you though. Not a terribly cheap trip, all things considered.
On a related note, I find it ironic that people are willing to go to NYC for a draft, yet this town has a reputation for people not wanting to go to a local game. I know it's [BAD WORD REMOVED], but you know some loser at ESPN would bring it up in a heartbeat.
Edit: for a dollar more, you can get into LaGuardia.
Quote:Best fares are 168 round trip, but it's into JFK. That's the 7th through the 11th. Just did a quick search with little to go on. Still, not a bad deal. The hotels will get you though. Not a terribly cheap trip, all things considered.
On a related note, I find it ironic that people are willing to go to NYC for a draft, yet this town has a reputation for people not wanting to go to a local game. I know it's [BAD WORD REMOVED], but you know some loser at ESPN would bring it up in a heartbeat.
Edit: for a dollar more, you can get into LaGuardia.
It would be a dollar well spent.
From personal experience.
Quote:I heard about them too.
Problem is, the draft is a really LONG broadcast, and I have a DVD recorder, which means to have acceptable picture and sound quality, I have to switch DVDs...which is difficult to do from New York.
This doesn't even get into excluding commercials.
But I thank you very much for the suggestions, and I will consider them strongly for my future digital archiving needs.
I wasn't actually talking about a DVD recorder. Call Comcast and sign up for a month of DVR. You can record the entire draft and you don't have to keep changing a little disc. You can even turn it off and on with your phone from NY and skip the commercials.
Quote:You can do that?
LOL. No idea, it's just my backup plan in case the VCR stops working.
Quote:Those were SO much better when the draft was Sat-Sun.
No doubt. I know that moving it to Thursday and Friday nights have probably bumped up ratings a bit and that's what matters. The die-hards are going to watch anyway so appeal to the people that might not watch on the weekend but will in primetime.
But yes, it also ruined a good weekend for a lot of us. I used to love waking up on Saturday morning and settling in for a two day draft binge. Noon on Saturday was the best. Sadly, those days will never return.
Quote:No doubt. I know that moving it to Thursday and Friday nights have probably bumped up ratings a bit and that's what matters. The die-hards are going to watch anyway so appeal to the people that might not watch on the weekend but will in primetime.
But yes, it also ruined a good weekend for a lot of us. I used to love waking up on Saturday morning and settling in for a two day draft binge. Noon on Saturday was the best. Sadly, those days will never return.
Amen and amen. I would be okay with a Friday night First round, but that won't pull the ratings. With a Friday night First round, you could have a whole weekend around the draft. It's just too bad that the NFL rates the TV fans above the football nerds.
/rant-pity party