UPDATE:
Hey Folks!
Oregon Tickets are going on sale soon and they've announced the game time, so it is time for an update.
Game Time. The game is going to be televised on FSN, and the time has been set as 12 noon PST on December 3rd. Please note that it is a bit earlier than we expected.
Tickets. So far, we've been shut out by Oregon in the ticket department. I am still trying to get a broker to quote an up front fee, but since tickets go on sale soon, we need to prepare for the worst.
Here's the plan:
1. On Friday, October 21st, a week from tomorrow, tickets go on sale online at
http://www.goducks.com/ (Buy online through the tickets menu in the top frame) at 8 am. Please log on and try to get some for your party. Tickets are also available by phone at 1-800-WEBFOOT but an hour later. Tickets are $21 from Oregon.
2. If you don't get tickets, or have extras, email me. Feel free to go through a broker by yourself if you'd like, but I will also consolidate any who likes to try and get tickets for folks who still want to go.
Travel. The Oregon website has some good info here:
http://www.uoregon.edu/maps.shtmlThe text of the above link:
Getting Here
The University of Oregon is located in
Eugene, a city of 140,000 at the southern end of Oregon's Willamette Valley. Eugene is served by a major airport, Amtrak rail service, and major bus lines. The University of Oregon is easily accessible from Interstate 5, the main north-south freeway along the Pacific Coast.
By plane
The Eugene Airport, conveniently located approximately ten miles from downtown and campus, is serviced by United Airlines, Horizon Air, America West, Delta, and flights connecting from many major airlines. Some visitors choose to fly into Portland International Airport and drive two hours south to Eugene. For Eugene Airport information, call (541) 682-5544.
By Train or Bus
For information, contact Amtrak, Eugene (800) 872-7245, Greyhound-Trailways, Eugene (541) 344-6265, or
Lane Transit District (Eugene's bus system) (541) 687-5555.
By Car
From the Eugene Airport: Follow Highway 99 until it becomes West Seventh Avenue. Get in the right lane and follow West Seventh Avenue until it becomes Franklin Boulevard. Get in the right lane and follow Franklin Boulevard to Agate Street. Turn right onto Agate and right again onto East Thirteenth Avenue. Proceed to the Information Kiosk.
From Portland and the North: From I-5 South, take Exit 194B. Take Exit 2, keep left and follow the signs to the UO. Proceed in the left lane over the Ferry Street Bridge, exiting onto Broadway, which becomes Franklin Boulevard. Follow Franklin Boulevard to Agate Street. Turn right onto Agate and right again onto East Thirteenth Avenue. Proceed to the Information Kiosk.
From Ashland and the South: From I-5 North, take Exit 192. Merge onto Franklin Boulevard. After merging, get in the left lane and follow Franklin Boulevard through two lights. At the third light, turn left onto Agate Street (Agate Street is unmarked from this direction, but has a sign for Riverfront Drive which goes to the right). At the first stop sign, turn right onto East Thirteenth Avenue. Proceed to the Information Kiosk.
From the Oregon Coast: Take Highway 126 East until it becomes West Eleventh Avenue. Follow West Eleventh Avenue to Garfield Street and turn left. Take Garfield to West Seventh Avenue and turn right. Get in the right lane and follow West Seventh Avenue until it becomes Franklin Boulevard. Get in the right lane and follow Franklin Boulevard to Agate Street. Turn right onto Agate and right again onto East Thirteenth Avenue. Proceed to the Information Kiosk.
From Bend and the east: Take Highway 126 West through Springfield and into Eugene. Take Exit 2, the Coburg Road exit ramp; keep left at the fork in the ramp. Go straight onto southbound Coburg Road, which becomes the Ferry Street Bridge. Stay in the left lane on the bridge, exiting onto Broadway, which becomes Franklin Boulevard. Follow Franklin Boulevard to Agate Street. Turn right onto Agate and right again onto East Thirteenth Avenue. Proceed to the Information Kiosk.
Hotel. We're still trying to figure out to do with the Hotel arrangements (trying to get a group rate), but given the early game time, are people more likely to stay Friday or Saturday? For those who want to wrap up the arrangements by themselves, here's a google map of the Hotels in the immediate area:
http://www.google.com/local?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&safe=off&q=hotels&near=Eugene,+OR&sa=X&oi=localr . MacArthur Court is located on University, north of 18th (in the middle bottom portion of the U of Oregon gray area on the map).
Pre/Post Game Celebration. Plans to come.
Alan
alanmgreene@yahoo.com415 595 7895
Hello Fellow Alumni!
If you haven't noticed, John Thompson III has done a tremendous job turning around the Georgetown Basketball program in just a single year at the helm. After barely missing the NCAAs the last year but returning every starter, at least one preseason publication has them ranked in the Top 25! Excitement is building around the program as we work our way back to the glory days.
If you're looking to catch a game live and in person, the Men's Basketball team only has one away game scheduled anywhere near us in the Bay Area. They play the University of Oregon Ducks in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday, December 3, 2005.
We're planning a road trip. We have significant interest from our fellow Hoyas in Seattle, Portland, the Bay Area, Reno, Las Vegas and Sacramento so far, and I expect some interest from Southern California as well. So this could turn out to be quite the reunion.
Our plans right now are to meet in Eugene. We're trying to get tickets through GU or Oregon but that may not work out. So keep in mind you may have to procure tickets on your own if we can't come up with a centralized source. But even without tickets, we'll try to provide a group rate at a hotel and a place to meet up before the game. Then we'll invade a local bar before game time and then watch the Hoyas beat a tough Oregon team on their home court.
The first step though is to get a list of interested people. You aren't committing to anything here, just letting us know that you'd like to go. Once we have that, we can go about getting group rates, seeing how many tickets we need, etc. If you are interested, email me at alanmgreene@yahoo.com. Please include # of people and # of rooms. Feel free to forward this on.
