Any Philly area guys want to go to the Arnold

I would like to know if any of you guys and gals would be interested in a trip to the 2004 Arnold Classic in Columbus Ohio.
http://www.arnoldclassic.com/index.asp
I am looking into chartering a small bus for about 20 people or a big one if we have 45 people. I am also talking to the local hotels about group rates and packages.
We would leave from the Philly area on the 4th mid-day and return late on the 7th. I think that we can get the cost of the round trip down to about $100-125 a head if we get 20 people. Its about 8and a half hours from Philly. I am not sure I can save us any money by buying show tickets but I am checking.
Here is a link to the ticket info from this year, it should be about the same.
http://www.arnoldclassic.com/2003_tickets.asp

This year I got my room for about $125.00 per night and we should be able to do better with a group. We also got the VIP package read up on it - not sure I will do that again.

Anyway let me know if you are interested – I don’t need hard commitments –yet but I will when and if this works out.

me and Saks only payed about $130 for a double occupancy and we stayed for 4 nights.......

I'm interested............

Here is the first price I got back:
bus is $3500.00 plus tip and drivers room - that’s about 4000.00.
With 30 to 40 people that’s not a bad price to get there and back. Plus we would have the bus all weekend to run around and go to eat and party. Speaking of party the bus is just us - that could be fun in itself, VCR, bathroom and a driver (what else could you want) for about 100.00 to 135.00 a head.
Rooms at the Hyatt since its attached to the conv. center are from 135.00 to 150.00.
I am calling the other hotels also I just wanted to start with the closest.
I think we can do this for under $325.00 per person for transportation and rooms if we get 40 people.
I was thinks about putting some signs up in local gyms to see what kind of interest we get.

How about some feedback.
Someone should look into setting this up from other areas and let MC crash this party.

too bad you are not closer to ny or I would be down it only takes me a bout 7.5 from upstate ny have gone 3 years in a row

The Big Cheese said:

too bad you are not closer to ny or I would be down it only takes me a bout 7.5 from upstate ny have gone 3 years in a row

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Well hook up some NY peeps this year cheese:thumbsup:

I think I will. Hey any ladies want to go to the Arnold Classic w/me in 2004. I am looking for about 15- 20 women to split the cost or just flat out pay for me

p.s. I will drive

just kidding