NO GAME AT SHIP OF FOOLS

[JEREMY]

AS OF WED AT 4:30 SHIP OF FOOLS CAN NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE GAME WILL BE BROADCAST AT THE BAR - AS MANY HAVE DISCUSSED ON THIS WEBSITE THE GAME IS SHOWN ONLY ON ALTITUDE ALTERNATE WHICH IS INCORRECTLY LISTED AS DIRECT TV CHANNEL 658. I APOLOGISE FOR MISLEADING THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE SET ON GOING TO SHIP OF FOOLS ON SATURDAY. TRUST ME I AM AS DISAPPOINTED AS ALL OF YOU. IF THINGS CHANGE AND THE GAME IS ABLE TO BE SEEN I WILL DO MY BEST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW.  GO RED!

-JEREMY

[Hillel Hoffmann]

Jeremy (and others who may be struggling with this annoying problem):

As I understand it, Altitude's "Alternate" programming moves all over the place on the DirecTV menu -- sometimes it ends up on channel 657, sometimes on 658, sometimes elsewhere, depending on need and availability. Altitude's "Alternate" programming also does not appear all the time on DTV. Channels 657 and 658 will be blank screens unless special programming, such as the Cornell-OSU game, has been arranged by Altitude and DTV. The updated Cornell release is correct: It will be on DTV 658, but ONLY on that date and time. At almost all other times, 658 will be blank, even when an establishment actually has the ability to show the Cornell game! I've been told that there is only one reliable way to tell if an establishment will have the capability to show Altitude "Alternate" on Saturday afternoon (so sorry to repeat this, but I know a lot of people are asking): Call them or stop by at about 10 p.m. on Thursday (tomorrow) night -- that's when Altitude has arranged for another special "alternate" event on DTV. Ask the proprietors to turn to DTV channel 657. If they see a Div. II basketball tournament game between Metro St. and Viriginia Union, then you know that the bar in question has the appropriate Altitude a-la-carte add-on. Only then will you know that they'll likely be able to show the Cornell-OSU game on channel 658 on Saturday.

[Beeeej]

Jeremy, thank you for your efforts thus far.  Will you be continuing to try to find out if there is someplace, ANYPLACE, in the city where we can watch the game?  Or were you hanging your hopes on Ship of Fools?

Beeeej

[nyc94]

Someone should call the Riviera.

[Hillel Hoffmann]

Here's a bizarre suggestion that would only work in NYC, Washington, LA, or somewhere else where there are lots of regional expat subpopulations. Try finding a Broncos bar -- a place where Denver Broncos fans have gathered on Sundays for years. That same place might be likely to have Altitude. That's the only CO fan base that's sizable/passionate enough to create an out-of-town watering hole HQ.

[KeithK]

Except that Broncos fans primarily want to watch Broncos games, which are on NFL Sunday ticket.  No need to have Altitude for that.

[Hillel Hoffmann]

[Q]KeithK Wrote: Except that Broncos fans primarily want to watch Broncos games, which are on NFL Sunday ticket.  No need to have Altitude for that.[/q]
In my experience, there can be multisport spillover. Some places develop such a reputation for catering to certain NFL teams that expats start showing up for other sports. That happened in my old neighborhood in Capitol Hill in DC. There is a fairly well known Steelers bar there, the Pour House on Pennsylvania Ave SE. After a while, it developed a reputation as a universal Pittsburgh hang out. They eventually started catering to Pittsburgh hockey fans and went out of their way to put on Penguins games whenever possible. It's a total long shot, of course.

[DeltaOne81]

I think what's less of a long shot, is that according to the PDF posted, the Altitude package is $30 to $50 per month. If we have a group of 20 to 100 people, showing up at a bar right at dinner hour (6 p.m. tomorrow), maybe some people can have luck convincing them to pick up the package for a month. 2 drink minimum anyone?

[nyc94]

[Q]DeltaOne81 Wrote:
I think what's less of a long shot, is that according to the PDF posted, the Altitude package is $30 to $50 per month. If we have a group of 20 to 100 people, showing up at a bar right at dinner hour (6 p.m. tomorrow), maybe some people can have luck convincing them to pick up the package for a month. 2 drink minimum anyone? [/q]

Can that come out of the $40 minimum at Ship of Fools? ::rolleyes::

[Beeeej]

Well, I'd be more than happy with the Riviera.  But that was sort of my question.  Is Jeremy the "Someone"?  Is he going to find us a place to watch the game in NYC?  Or are we all going to try to make some calls and risk a lot of duplication of effort?

Beeeej

[Rita]

hi delta one..
you beat me to it :-P  I called my local sports bar, buffalo wild wings and for them it would be $50 to pick it up for a month. I offered to pay 1/2 of the cost. The manager needs to get back to me tomorrow, but i'd say its 50:50.

Thus if you are willing to gamble that the alternate feeds are available, then kicking in another $10-20, depending on the size of the group isn't that much (see thread on how to get to minnesota to put in perspective).

anyways, it is too late for the personal ads..  to find that special someone in central indiana with a residence and the direct tv sports pack, who is willing to spend a march saturday watching ice hockey in exchange for dinner.

[Stephen Turner]

Has anyone tried the Cornell Club?

[RedAR]

Perhaps a silly suggestion, but for those of us in NYC, is there a bar, or a fellow faithful, in the Albany area that we could make a short trip to? I believe the game is being carried live on Time Warner up there.

[nyc94]

[Q]Stephen Turner Wrote:

 Has anyone tried the Cornell Club?[/q]

I believe it was mentioned on another thread that the Cornell Club does not have DirecTV.

[Greenberg \'97]

[Q]JEREMY Wrote:

 AS OF WED AT 4:30 SHIP OF FOOLS CAN NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE GAME WILL BE BROADCAST AT THE BAR - AS MANY HAVE DISCUSSED ON THIS WEBSITE THE GAME IS SHOWN ONLY ON ALTITUDE ALTERNATE WHICH IS INCORRECTLY LISTED AS DIRECT TV CHANNEL 658. I APOLOGISE FOR MISLEADING THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE SET ON GOING TO SHIP OF FOOLS ON SATURDAY. TRUST ME I AM AS DISAPPOINTED AS ALL OF YOU. IF THINGS CHANGE AND THE GAME IS ABLE TO BE SEEN I WILL DO MY BEST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW.  GO RED!

-JEREMY[/q]


Jeremy, were you planning on calling the bar tonight to try to test the channel, as Hillel suggested?  If so, please report back to us.

And thanks for all your efforts so far.