In the past couple years I've seen $10 being pretty common and even as low as $5. Attendance has really gone to the shits so parking on private property have not been as busy as before therefore the prices tend to be lower now. With that said, prices will fluctuate because on the odd really busy day it'll go up to your traditional $15-$20. There are also plenty of free spots in the hood which have been easier to come across in the past couple years. Obviously along Hastings if you are early enough, around the perimeter of AR Lord elementary which is quite massive. I also started noticing a few years ago people discovered a bunch of free spots in a particular lane adjacent to a house that according to the bylaw if you read it seems perfectly legal. I've attached a picture of the location but YMMV.

I've been quite shocked at the attendance actually having lived in the area fore the past 12 years I got multiple times a year because of free tickets and last year was oddly quiet. The first time I went was on a weekday with decent weather, no rain at all and not too hot. I kid you not there were zero lineups for anything the entire time I was there on the PNE side.

Okay, this is gong to sound really weird, but..........


I guess I'll be seeing your mom holding up a sign on the street?


Damn, now that I've actually posted this, I'm ashamed of myself. Forgive me....................... or better yet, god bless.


more ammunition for the failbots or failwhores like whitev70r to fail people. That asshat fails people (not just me) more than the VPD hands out VI's. Someone should disable the Fail button from his account.

Lol we don't partake in the selling spot business.

I would hope any self respecting person wouldn’t lol..stand out in the rain and shit to make $20 when a family spends the entire day there. Not worth it.com

Wife's grandma used to do it and I will say when attendance was still fairly solid it was the easiest money you could make. On average each house has 2 spots to sell @ $20 a pop for literally 5 mins of work and if they leave half day you get a 2nd round x 2. That's $80 a day for 10mins or less of work times 2 weeks each a nice banquet dinner. Those times however are gone, you actually have to stand out there for a while now and may not even get 1 car.

https://www.pne.ca/ways-to-save/


Some of the ways you can save on admission...............

pretty slow for opening day yesterday, dueling pianos great as usual though.

Grabbed some perogies and a corn dog, top notch! lol

Does anyone know if they still have those Beast refillable cups this year? My red one is three years young, but looking a bit worn out. It’s time for a new one. If they don’t anymore and the new cups are a funky, useless shaped one, then I’ll take my old Beastie with me on Tuesday.

tia

Yeah, I went yesterday I'd rather just pay the $20 and not take that outside chance that the person doesn't even live in the home they are selling spots for. I ended spending over $300 for the day, $10 isn't going to make a hill of beans difference either way.

Yea, from a money saving perspective the difference isn't even huge + I rather be closer if I had a choice especially if you're lugging around little ones as well.

Especially when some of them live no where near where they are standing lol

Have heard and seen stories of the elderly people selling their spots right off Renfrew and then when they bait somone in they take 10 minutes to walk up the back alley guiding a car halfway back towards nanaimo lol.

If you want to park for free and walk, anywhere within 2 blocks of nanaimo is generally open and under 10 minute walk. Don’t worry about the permit signs, there are no permits

Truth lol I laugh my ass off as I see them running for blocks as they're guiding these cars like oh they got one!

legit saw someone selling their street parking spot as they were leaving on opening weekend

btw anyone know if that game where the guy guesses your age/weight and if not close enough gives you a prize is back this year? easiest game to win something at

I'm didn't notice it on the weekend when I went.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canad...ers/ar-AAFICul

I will be going next week with family. :)

Man they fucked up with the game where you have to hang your body on the rung for a minute and a half or whatever.

Last year you won $100 if you could do it. We sat in the beer garden and watched literally hundreds of people attempt it from your biggest jacked buddy guy to lean ripped yoga types and no one could do it, probably fucking raked in the money

Now if you do it you only get a fucking large plush toy :/

Its 2 minute to win the game lol
they still pay out $100 on a $20 buyin for the game, if your buyin is $5 then you win some plush toy. They do give you a small plush toy if you do hang on for 60 seconds or longer.

I am banned from that game, because I can do it 9 out of 10 times.............



j/k


guys with big biceps cannot do it for obvious reasons.......

skinny 98 lb weakling who have no biceps, maybe, but no stamina.

hold hands close together and tuck

there is no easy way.......... you notice they don't have anyone showing you how it's done? It is impossible.

Ahh good to know, I didn’t see the dollar winning amount on the sign

I’d say it’s virtually impossible to do, hence it being a carny game lol

As someone who works out a lot I might have a slightly better chance than your avg joe but even then I'd get destroyed. I was at the gym this morning and was hanging from the pullup bar stretching and thought let's see how long I can hold for. Probably after like 10 seconds I was dieing haha

been going to the opening weekend for the past couple of weeks

best time to go imo. always slow in the first couple of nights and no line ups for anything


i always go for the 2nd time with a big group instead of just being my girl and the last week if brutal.... so many fucking people and unbearable. Everyone goes last minute because they are panicking that its closing in a couple of days

Had gators 2 for 1 special + beans

they overflowed my corner slot of pulled pork and looked like I had too much....... I love that they over stuff the meat inside my boxes :)

anyone test out the mini donuts???..any good?

Always, gotta get em fresh though.

Line up at a stall where the conveyor is running and they are coming out hot

Have you not had mini donuts before? Same as always and agreed on getting them fresh!

wasn't PNE but another place and they tasted like nothing :heckno:
not sure if cheap flour or too much water that time,so was wondering if PNE's standards are better.