Re: Kansas Highlights
If you like baseball, want to go to a MLB game and will be getting to the conference a little early; the Toronto Blue Jays will be in Kansas City to take on the Royals Saturday April 26 and Sunday April 27 (times TDB). These aren't exactly two powerhouse teams so tickets will be easy to get and probably reasonably priced. Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Ford" <aford@networkip.net> To: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 4:05 PM Subject: Re: Kansas Highlights > This Kansas City video shows people drinking, smoking, listening to music, > eating massive amounts of food, gambling and riding fake bulls. > > http://www.visitkc.com/visitor_info/video/index.cfm?page=entertainment_nightlife.html > > This Kansas City video opens with a water show that looks to rival the > Bellagio, more animals than a couple of white tigers, roller coasters and > a water park. > > http://www.visitkc.com/visitor_info/video/index.cfm?page=unique_discoveries.html > > > See, Kansas City is just like Vegas but without that funky smell and high > murder rate. > > > Seriously, if a city has a NFL team, a MLB team, a MLS club, art museums, > a zoo, 2 million people in the area, a visit from Wheel of Fortune > (http://www.visitkc.com/meeting_planner/book_your_meeting/index.cfm?page=kansas_city_video_wof.htm) > and most importantly 5 casinos, there is more going on in that city than > growing grass and browning apples. > > This will be a great conference with more Informix developer involvement > than ever before and I don't think Kansas City will disappoint anyone (you > know you're just going to go to the hotel bar after a long day of > conferencing anyway.) > > Andrew > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cindy Lichtenauer - IIUG Board" <cindy@iiug.org> > To: <indeep@indeep.com>; <informix-list@iiug.org> > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 2:21 PM > Subject: Re: Kansas Highlights > > >> >> >> Come on folks. We are not talking about "Great Bend" Kansas, out in the >> middle of the prairies! >> >> Lenexa and Overland Park are suburbs of Kansas City, Missouri - which is >> a >> metropolitan area of about 2 million people. >> >> There ARE things to do in KC including museums, Art Galleries, Shopping >> and >> great restaurants. >> >> http://www.visitkc.com/ >> >> >> Don't be so narrow minded. I personally, have been to WAY too many tech >> conferences in Las Vegas and don't care if I ever go back. >> >> >> >> On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:14:23 -0800, InDeep wrote >>> Obnoxio The Clown wrote: >>> > InDeep said: >>> > >>> >> Las Vegas would be fun, and a lot more memorable than Kansas, and in >> many >>> >> ways probably cheaper than Kansas simply because of a lot of >>> >> promotional >>> >> opportunities there. In the future, if you time it right, Vegas >>> >> would >> be >>> >> good for techies simply because other tech venues can happen at the >>> >> same >>> >> time >>> >> and allow you to slip over to other events. Kansas is great for >> watching >>> >> the >>> >> grass grow, apples turning brown, that kind of thing. Of course >>> >> there's >>> >> no >>> >> reason why you can't have it somewhere else outside the US, maybe >>> >> Mexico >>> >> would >>> >> be good too, lots of nice resorts with cheap accommodations and it's >> WARM >>> >> there too. >>> > >>> > There's only one problem with Las Vegas: it's a shithole. >>> > >>> >>> Just about every major tech venue has been put on at Vegas. Not >>> that it's the only place to put on a conference. But I just can't >>> imagine booking a flight to Kansas City for a conference of any kind, >>> it's just not something I would make time for, especially since >>> getting time off is already a challenge. I have to look at >>> something optional like a tech conference as also a mini-vacation, >>> so Vegas would still be more desirable than Kansas City. ( geez, who >>> picked that one? ) >>> >>> BTW If you think Vegas is a shithole, you should drive through El >>> Paso Texas, now THERE is a shithole. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Informix-list mailing list >>> Informix-list@iiug.org >>> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list >> >> >> Cindy Lichtenauer >> International Informix User Group - Board of Directors >> http://www.iiug.org >> E-mail: cindy@iiug.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Informix-list mailing list >> Informix-list@iiug.org >> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list