Princeton roll call

[Hillel Hoffmann]

At Princeton +89 (sic).

Thanks to everyone who is participating in the Cornell Club of Greater Philadelphia's event/fundraiser. Biggest CCGP group ever.

We're gathering after the game at Triumph Brewing Company on 138 Nassau Street, a.k.a. Route 27 (nearest intersection is Washington Road?). You can easily walk from the rink -- it's about a mile away, just head north on Elm Drive (or Washington Road or University Place) until you hit Nassau. Please join us.

Normally, Triumph has a cover charge on a Friday night (thanks for the warning, Beeeej), but management has agreed to waive the cover for Cornell folks. When you enter, just say the magic words, "I'm with the Cornell Club," and they'll let you in with no cover. So please crash. In exchange, don't skimp on ordering food and drinks.

A band will start playing at about 10:30, but it should be harmless.

[calgARI '07]

I'll be there with a few others

[Jordan 04]

Probably +1

[Beeeej]

I hope to be there, and if I am will probably be +1.

Hillel, I gather that CCGP hasn't reserved Triumph or anything?  'cause in the last couple of years they've started having bands on weekend nights and charging a cover just to get in the door, before you even start ordering drinks or food.  Just a heads-up.

[Josh '99]

Hoping to make it down (and hoping to be able to snag a standing-room ticket).  Question for those who know rush-hour traffic in the NYC area better than I do:  If I'm hoping to get in the car at, say, 4:30, and make it down to Princeton by game time, and I'm choosing among:

A)  Leaving the car near my apartment in downtown Brooklyn and departing from there, driving either across Manhattan to the Holland Tunnel or down the BQE to the Verrazano and then across SI to the Goethals, or

B)  Leaving the car somewhere down in Brooklyn closer to the Verrazano and taking the subway out there to avoid traffic on the BQE, or

C)  Trying to find a place to park the car near the PATH in Hoboken or JC and driving down from there,

which of those would be the best way to be sure I get to the game on time?

By the way, I like how tickets to Princeton games are $9, except $12 for the Cornell game.  Our demand justifies a 33% increase in ticket price.  Go us.  :-)

[KeithK]

Why drive from NYC area Princeton when you can take the train?

[billhoward]

Take the train. Amtrak is a few minutes faster and a lot costlier than NJ Transit. Be sure to buy your ticket all the way into Princeton (you transfer to a shuttle train right to campus), not Princeton Junction. [EDIT] If you buy an NJT ticket, that means destination 172 not 164.

If you really wanted multi-modal transportation, you could go as far as Metro Park (Parkway mile ~130) just north of Route 1. Route 1 is a long, slow slog into Princeton.

[ugarte]

[quote KeithK]Why drive from NYC area Princeton when you can take the train?[/quote]I am forced to take a train, but I'd have driven to avoid the very long ride back to Brooklyn. The team will make it to Yale Q before I get home.

I am coming +1 (or more).

[Hillel Hoffmann]

[quote Beeeej]Hillel, I gather that CCGP hasn't reserved Triumph or anything?  'cause in the last couple of years they've started having bands on weekend nights and charging a cover just to get in the door, before you even start ordering drinks or food.  Just a heads-up.[/quote]'

Thanks for the heads-up, Beeeej. We had a Princeton resident explore Triumph -- but that doesn't mean that the band/cover situation didn't slip through the cracks. I will check it out.

[Josh '99]

[quote KeithK]Why drive from NYC area Princeton when you can take the train?[/quote]I'd normally take the train, but I'm not heading straight back to NYC after the game.

[Hillel Hoffmann]

[quote Hillel Hoffmann][quote Beeeej]...in the last couple of years [Triumph has] started having bands on weekend nights and charging a cover just to get in the door.[/quote]
Thanks for the heads-up, Beeeej.[/quote]

Problem solved. Beeej was right, they normally have a cover on Friday nights, but Triumph management has agreed to suspend the cover for our group. If you come after the game, just say the magic words, "I'm with the Cornell Club," and they'll let you in without paying a cover charge. Yes, there will be a band, but not until 10:30 and it should be harmless. So please join us, eLf folks. You can walk from the rink -- it's at 138 Nassau Street (a.k.a. Route 27), near the intersection with Washington Road.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

You know I'll be there.  I'll have a friend (also a CU alum) with me.

[ugarte]

[quote ugarte]I am coming +1 (or more).[/quote]

Update. I'm probably bringing this guy and his girlfriend with me also.

[Beeeej]

[quote Hillel Hoffmann]Triumph management has agreed to suspend the cover for our group. If you come after the game, just say the magic words, "I'm with the Cornell Club," and they'll let you in without paying a cover charge. Yes, there will be a band, but not until 10:30 and it should be harmless. So please join us, eLf folks. You can walk from the rink -- it's at 138 Nassau Street (a.k.a. Route 27), near the intersection with Washington Road.[/quote]

Excellent!  Thanks, Hillel!

[billhoward]

Six in our party - four Cornellians, two Princeton fans. They saw Princeton win last year and think the Tigers are on a roll.