Welcome! Hopefully you all have a good time here.

Well, basically, there’s SO much to do in Atlanta, it’s hard to know where to start. Definitely go to the World of Coke as well as the Georgia Aquarium, the largest aquarium in the World. It’s right by the arenas, as a matter of fact. Right around Centennial Olympic Park (which is like the hub of all touristy places, go there for sure). But hit those two places up, maybe try and head over to the Peachtree Plaza Hotel (can’t miss it, huge circular hotel with windows blown out from the Tornado last year, the factory thad made the windows is being reopened specifically to remake the glass). Get to the top, and either eat at the restaurant or just enjoy the rotating view of Atlanta. It’s a moving restaurant, moving about the entire way around in an hour. REALLY cool views of Atlanta. Also, Phillips Arena is connected to the CNN Center, so if you want to hit up a tour of the Center, by all means, do it. It’s fun to see where it’s all at.

If you want a nice nightlife spot, you can drive the 20 minutes or so it takes to get to Buckhead. Nice places to eat, plus it’s somewhat classy. Brio’s a good restaurant in Buckhead, there’s a Cheesecake Factory as well :D. But there’s really lots and lots of restaurants all over the Atlanta area. You can’t miss it.

The arena itself is an AWESOME place for hockey, I mean it. There are a lot of us rabid fans there. Even if we don’t sell out, we’re loud. ANY seat at Phillips is a good seat, I mean it. You can get lower level seats if you want, but my favorites are the front of the upper deck seats for like no more than 50 dollars a seat at the most expensive. Lower deck seats are pricier, but there are always great deals for tickets at Thrasher games. Again, you can’t really go wrong wherever you sit, as Phillips is really a great arena. If we can get some playoff hockey here, we could get noticed nationally for how awesome a hockey arena it is, which I’d love.

If you guys need any more advice on things, you can hit me up at my e-mail, it’s my username that this post says @yahoo.com. I’m not a blogger here, but I read this blog religiously. These guys are awesome.

I might head out to the game as well, or at least attempt to. Not sure what my weekend plans are, but I’m hoping to be able to drive down to be there. Hopefully y’all get some seating arrangements ahead of time, but you can always get walk-up tickets at the box office. That’s not a problem here (unfortunately, I guess).

I guess I’m rambling, but I do hope this helped.

Have fun!

-chipperboy1

Patrick

Welcome Sharks fans. Visiting fans are treated pretty well in Philips. We hate Buffalo fans (because they are the biggest asses on the planet) and there is a lot of hate towards Rangers fans, but generally everyone else is OK. Not to digress, but a lot of the anti-Rangers sentiment isn’t quite fair as Rangers fans aren’t all that bad in Philips. Sabres fans are MUCH worse. Friday and Saturday games often sell out, but whether your game will or not remains to be seen.

“Nifty food court” in the CNN center? No offense aaron b, but I would describe it as equivalent to any bad mall food court anywhere in the USA. There’s nothing really spectacular about the food in Philips except the high prices, but the best meals at Philips are probably the pasta place at ground level (actually surprisingly good pasta here) and any of the pizza places. That’s just my opinion. I’m not personally as fond of Taco Mac’s food as a lot of people in Atlanta are. I would say “It’s good for sports bar food” and leave it at that. Whether you agree with me or are one of those people who raves about it remains to be seen.

Yeah, was gonna mention the “Knight” thing, but figured a bit of surprise would be nice as well. :D

But yes, the food court’s alright, I personally am a Chick Fil’ A fan, so that usually goes well for me. The pasta place on ground level is AWESOME for arena food, I mean, I was surprised we had pasta at all here.

Where were y’all thinking of sitting? Any ideas? And/or have you already bought the tickets?

chipperboy1

Patrick

Nice! Glad to know there will be other Sharks fans there as well! Any idea where your seats are? I’d look for you guys… :)

Not really sure where my seats are.. but the game should be awesome!

115, that’s where I used to sit for Hawks games. Moved around the lower deck. Ownership TRIPLED prices though after the Hawks 13-69 season, the worst in franchise history. We stopped our season tickets then. That was idiotic.

But yes, the fans are great, it’s a great atmosphere, and it should be a great game.

Plus Heatley returns to town. So that’s always big.

I’ll see if I can make it out there, if I can, I’ll be sure to drop by and say hello.

at the CNN center you can get 56 oz of beer (newcastle, sierra nevada, guiness, etc. NOT crappy bud lite or the sort) for 7 dollars at numerous restaurants. its a good way to avoid spending $7 for a 12 oz ice house bottle at the game.

also, you should take MARTA to the decatur stop and go to BRICKSTORE PUB. It was recently rated the 2nd best beer bar in Atlanta. Decatur is also a cool place to go and is way cheaper than buckhead. and dont worry about figuring out marta. its really only 2 lines.

Was gonna say, if it’s the second best, why not recommend the best? XD

Well, it was great meeting you guys at the game last night, and even with the loss, ‘twas still a fun game. Hope you guys enjoyed Atlanta, look forward to reading what y’all ended up thinking about our humble city. :D

-Patrick