Take your ticket and then bring it inside to get validated for the event rate. We'll have a STATS employee help you get the discounted parking rate. Self parking is $10 for NFBC members for 0-10 hours (instead of $20) and $22 for overnight guests. That's for the entire weekend.
Our friendly host in Chicago will be STATS veteran Dean Peterson, who competed in Tout Wars this past weekend in New York. Dean is an AL veteran in Tout Wars, but he actually switched to the NL this season because of a wedding he had to attend in the Big Apple. Ask him all about his Tout Wars team because he LOVES IT!!!
If you need to contact Dean, try him at [email protected]. Dean will be our auctioneer on Friday in the Mixed Auction League and he will be working with NFFC veteran Rob Benetti and STATS veteran Eric Fann each day. Rob won our $100,000 grand prize in football a few years ago, so he knows a thing or two about what it takes to win in this type of competition. Rob will also be taking pictures for us and he's going to pose each of you holding the $100,000 check. Make sure you get your picture taken because all of those are going up on the web site this year. We want to see what all you handsome folks look like beyond your Message Board names. Work with Rob and Dean and don't be afraid to stop in early to talk with these guys.
We will be in these conference rooms downstairs at the Hyatt:
Friday, March 30th
NFBC Auction League
4 p.m. CST
United B Conference Room
we will have a deli buffet at 7 pm to keep you guys fueled for the second half of the draft. Eric has been advised to push this along a little bit, so be ready. These auctions should be done in 5 1/2-6 hours.
Saturday, March 31st
Main Event, Noon CST
Grand E Conference Room
we will have a lunch buffet at 2:30 pm so that folks can eat after Round 20. That will give you the energy to finish your drafts strong
6 p.m. CST NFBC XII
We'll then have the NFBC XII in the same room at 6 pm, with some appetizers at 8 pm to take you down the stretch. Enjoy all.
We have several owners coming into Chicago on Thursday night. Some folks are going to the casino and some folks are looking to meet up in the hotel bar. There's a great bar at the Hyatt, so feel free to post here where you'll be either night and how to hook up with each other. And I'm sure some of the locales would help get together for a beer beforehand. Let us know how we can help and we'll get this party started. Thanks all and good luck in the Windy City.
