Steve
En-Route
we call it supper in the south...get over it....
It seems the major downside to holding the June fly-in at Gaston's is the Saturday evening meal experience.
There are other options.
I made a quick search of dining facilities in the Mountain Home area and this is a sample of restaurants that indicate they can accommodate a large group that I came up with:
http://www.wellcomemat.com/ar/mountain_home/business-type/the-red-fern/local-business/videos/3CF74B9F42.html
http://www.178club.com/menus.htm
http://www.wellcomemat.com/ar/bull_shoals/business-type/the-178-club/local-business/videos/45A9A4989CAPT.html
http://www.pjslodge.com/dining.html
http://www.bigcreekgolf.com/weddingsbanquets.html
There are a few other local establisments that can seat >100 but do not have individual web sites listed on the arkansas.com website.
A review of a few local restaurants by a local resident:
http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/tm.aspx?m=420882&mpage=1#420889
Since the group would need transportation to/from the off-resort location, bus charter service available in the area:
http://www.mtnhomecharter.com/services.nxg
Of course holding the Saturday evening meal would entail establishing a schedule which would have to be adhered to to coordinate transportation and table seating. Also, additional expense could be incurred to secure suitable ground transportation. There is probably a fixed minimum and a weekend overtime fee for a local shuttle such as this. Some of the more "up-scale" establishments are upwards of 20 miles from the resort. For a reasonable seating time the transportation would have to start early and stay late. This would necessarily cut into the evening flight hours on Saturday.
I would be willing to request a list of banquet facilities from the local chamber of commerce if there is enough interest to pursue this. I could be diplomatic and say we would discuss the choices in this thread and arrive at a group consensus or I could just do what I normally do and pick one and tell you to be there or be square.
I prefer some one else look into transportation options that would support allowing a single seating time (no running back and forth to get the entire group to the venue).
The other option is to do nothing different in 2010, including the complaining. Just don't do it around me, ok?
It seems the major downside to holding the June fly-in at Gaston's is the Saturday evening meal experience.
There are other options.
I made a quick search of dining facilities in the Mountain Home area and this is a sample of restaurants that indicate they can accommodate a large group that I came up with:
http://www.wellcomemat.com/ar/mountain_home/business-type/the-red-fern/local-business/videos/3CF74B9F42.html
http://www.178club.com/menus.htm
http://www.wellcomemat.com/ar/bull_shoals/business-type/the-178-club/local-business/videos/45A9A4989CAPT.html
http://www.pjslodge.com/dining.html
http://www.bigcreekgolf.com/weddingsbanquets.html
There are a few other local establisments that can seat >100 but do not have individual web sites listed on the arkansas.com website.
A review of a few local restaurants by a local resident:
http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/tm.aspx?m=420882&mpage=1#420889
Since the group would need transportation to/from the off-resort location, bus charter service available in the area:
http://www.mtnhomecharter.com/services.nxg
Of course holding the Saturday evening meal would entail establishing a schedule which would have to be adhered to to coordinate transportation and table seating. Also, additional expense could be incurred to secure suitable ground transportation. There is probably a fixed minimum and a weekend overtime fee for a local shuttle such as this. Some of the more "up-scale" establishments are upwards of 20 miles from the resort. For a reasonable seating time the transportation would have to start early and stay late. This would necessarily cut into the evening flight hours on Saturday.
I would be willing to request a list of banquet facilities from the local chamber of commerce if there is enough interest to pursue this. I could be diplomatic and say we would discuss the choices in this thread and arrive at a group consensus or I could just do what I normally do and pick one and tell you to be there or be square.
I prefer some one else look into transportation options that would support allowing a single seating time (no running back and forth to get the entire group to the venue).
The other option is to do nothing different in 2010, including the complaining. Just don't do it around me, ok?