Fiesta Bowl Travel Thread

[SkinnyBenny]

post Phoenix-y stuff here or whatever

[Boom Roasted]

Staying right by stadium Wednesday and Thursday. Getting in town late wed night and one guy thurs am. Should be able to throw a decent tailgate right at our hotel.

[TheHamburglar]

Staying in downtown Scottsdale.  Supposed to be the best bar district in the Phoenix area.  Flying to/from Vegas and driving down. 

[06wildcat]

Scottsdale NYE party is OK. If you're driving down, plan on stopping at a casino about every 2 hours. Phoenix in January is perfect hoodie weather at night.

[EMAWesome]

Jeezis

Southwest in & out of Vegas on 12-31 & 1-5 is $320...same dates in & out of PHX is $995

Vegas NYE Pak followed by a caravan into PHX hungover as eff on 1-1 sound good to anybody?

[Phil Titola]

Jeezis

Southwest in & out of Vegas on 12-31 & 1-5 is $320...same dates in & out of PHX is $995

Vegas NYE Pak followed by a caravan into PHX hungover as eff on 1-1 sound good to anybody?

Caravan down from LAS on 1/2 here to catch the pep rally  back to the strip on the 4th for a postgame celebration weekend.

[GoodForAnother]

flights are ridic into phx...hoping that in a couple days maybe they drop down a bit into tus or phx from mci.  might also look into driving up to omaha and flying down from there?  idk.  trying to buy tickets for 10 people so it's going to be a massive pain in the ass and probably impossible.

[scottwildcat]

driving with bros....it'll kinda suck but its what evz

[AbeFroman]

I did the drive in 2003, it's not unbearable if you have a van and multiple people switching driving, but still prob going to fly this time.

[GoodForAnother]

I've done the drive twice, both from Wichita, both times in a van, and both times I was young enough that I didn't have to drive.  We also stopped in Tucumcari to overnight at a hotel and drove the rest of the way the next day.

[yoga-like_abana]

there is a large hill the locals are proud of called camelback mountain, doesn't have crap on the konza and is also something only a mother would call pretty. scottsdale people are very uppity.. There are quite a few good restaurants though the salt cellar is pretty awesome

[Tobias]

driving with bros....it'll kinda suck but its what evz

used to drive from phoenix to salina all the time with the fam growing up for christmas and stuff, but didn't have to worry about the hangover part.  don't really remember it being that bad.  i mean, flying is way better but if you've got some bros and free time i say go for it.

[The Big Train]

I've done the drive twice, both from Wichita, both times in a van, and both times I was young enough that I didn't have to drive.  We also stopped in Tucumcari to overnight at a hotel and drove the rest of the way the next day.

Went to the '97 Fiesta Bowl, once from MHK but wasn't old enough to drive, stayed in Albuquerque on the way there

[g2brg]

AMTRAK train from newton to flagstaff, rental car.  20 hours in train..

[hemmy]

My bro lives in Tempe, I will ask for some insidery local info.

[Teddy_Westside]

driving with bros....it'll kinda suck but its what evz

Same

[420seriouscat69]

Flying out Wednesday morning and back on Friday morning. I  can already feel the hangover.

[DQ12]

I'm spending the night in Albuquerque on the evening of January 1.  That'll be pretty strange I bet.

[ksufan10]

try getting there from michigan.... still dont know if i'm gonna drive or fly 

[B_Bogue]

Between the proximity of the game to NYE/holidays, and the fact that lots of people winter in the PHX area, flights are expensive and already selling out fast.  I traveled 150 days/year last six years or so, trust me; if you plan to fly to the Fiesta Bowl, book ASAP.  southwest.com is already sold out on 12/31 and 1/1 for their "wanna get away" fares.  I booked 4 tickets today and we're going MCI-TUS (Tuscon).  R/T airfare from MCI-PHX was in the $800-900 range, and the options weren't great (early departures, multiple connections etc). 

K-Staters in southern KS looking for alternative air options should check out SW Air out of Will Rogers Intl (OKC).  Can get into Tucson cheaper that way than Phoenix. 

Tucson just over a 90 minute drive, not bad.

Anybody here where the pep rally and official University pre-game will be yet?

[ChiComCat]

Going to game first, then vegas.  Flying everywhere.  Between LAS/DEN/PHX its impossible to get a flight on SW over $100

[irishpunk]

Flying to Tucson is tons cheaper than flying into Phoenix. There are shuttles that run from Tucson to Phoenix as well. I live in Tucson and will be making the 1 1/2 hour drive to Phoenix for the game on Thursday. 

We shall figure out something for tailgating as well.

[Diamond Dave]

Just booked the round trip flight from Santa Ana to Phoenix for $179  . Getting in on the evening of the 2nd and heading out the morning of the 5th. Don't think I'll make it in time for the pep rally.

I was in Tempe 4-5 years ago for NYE and had a blast downtown. Other than that, no clue on what to do or where to go.

[EMAWesome]

Anybody know wheat time line we are looking at for the AD to start announcing events that will take place in Tempe (Pep Rally, etc)?

[Phil Titola]

Seeing things that there may be buses organized for game day transportation which would really help out with pregame paking.