laughing girl cyprus

laughing girl cyprus, originally uploaded by dgcroadie.

Hey everyone! I am having a lovely time in Cyprus... Going home soon though, to see my other extended family and then Daddy!!

denver hockey 3

denver hockey 3, originally uploaded by dgcroadie.

800 mile drive from Las Vegas to Denver for our only day off. We arrive at the hotel at 4PM, What do we do? Go to the hockey game! Our industry revolves around comp tickets. We trade them like young kids trade baseball cards or heroclicks! The GM of the building asked me if there was anything he could do for us since we sold out his venue and I responded with tickets for hockey the night before please! We were given 20 tickets for our own use. Most people were tired and stayed in the hotel, 5 adventurious souls headed out for some fun at the game. Expensive beer notwithstanding (I only wanted one or two anyways), we had a great time. And it was nice to see the home team beat the stanley cup champions!!!
The game was over at 10:30PM and by 7:30AM we would be in the same building unloading our 8 semi trucks. They will changeover and clean the building in 8 hours. Impressive!

denver hockey 4

denver hockey 4, originally uploaded by dgcroadie.

Here is a view from our seats at the Avalanche game. Amazing to think that in less than 24 hours, 14,000 different people will be enjoying our show!

Pepsi arena same seat new day

Pepsi arena same seat new day, originally uploaded by dgcroadie.

Here is a view of the Pepsi arena the day after the hockey game. Overnight, the operations staff removed all the nets and glass, covered the ice with a protective cover and covered the boards with black advertising panels. They also added staging for seating so that we could have more seats for the show where the end boards go. After we load out for our concert, they will turn the building over to Basketball. .. amazing.