Good Night, Sweet Princes: Iowa City Denies Permit For Magic Bus
by Adam Jacobi on Jul 29, 2010 1:57 PM CDT
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One of the fixtures of the Iowa tailgating scene, the Magic Bus, will no longer be part of the scene on Melrose on gameday Saturdays. As KCRG reports, the Bus has been denied a permit to operate:
IOWA CITY -- The "Magic Bus" won’t be rocking out for tailgaters in Iowa City at the location they were hoping for, and might not be rocking out at all this football season.
The Iowa City Housing and Inspection Services Department had the sole decision on the new permit. More information is expected later Thursday afternoon.
And here's what the Magic Bus operators had to say in a statement released this morning:
The word has come in from the city of Iowa City this morning the Magic Bus has been denied its permit to operate. We will regroup and make a plan. The Magic Bus shirts you see as the profile picture are being printed today and will be for sale through the site by contacting me or the team. We will try to have some at Grizzlys’ Bar and Grill too. Each shirt will come with a vinyl Magic Bus decal. The Magic Bus fish from a shirt about 10 years ago. Proceeds once again will go to a worthy cause. Thanks to Erin N., are two lawyers, and all those who helped us with our battle. We will look for another site or a rich elderly lady without any kids who wants to adopt some rugby players.
Obviously, this is tough news for tailgaters, especially since the Magic Bus pretty much did things the right way; they checked IDs, provided entertainment, and cut down on the amount of cars necessary to entertain the hundreds of guests they welcomed every week. Obviously, the dynamics of tailgating are somewhat different than those of regular traffic and mass transit, but providing a reliable destination for tailgaters means they (or their friends) don't have to figure out how to get a car in and out of the area on game days.
Clearly we disagree with the city's decision, but we haven't heard anything from the city itself about why the permit was denied, and it would only be fair to wait for more information from their side. Still, not good news.
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Correct me if I'm wrong
But wasn’t their new proposed site near Olive Court part of University Heights and not Iowa City?
It should have been somewhere close to the red mark towards the bottom of the pic.
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Jul 29, 2010 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions
They should rezone that triangle piece of land south of the stadium
into commercial zones, and turn it into an adults playground with bars and restaurants, memorabilia and appearal shops, and let the families and kiddies have their Disney-PG fun in the university approved activities. Line the streets with those stores and give the backyard area back to the Bus! and tax the shit out of it so Iowa City can plow the roads for once in the winter.
Keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, for uh, domestic, you know, within the city - that aint legal either, Dude.
by AcrimoniousAngerererer on Jul 29, 2010 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions
The real problem
is that they don’t use salt anywhere. Including those big hills by the Pentacrest. At IC Transit we had a rule that if it got even close to bad enough, you waited at the top of Washington St. until the bus in front of you was out of the way. That rule probably saved my life when I slid a bus about 1/3rd of the way down that thing. (See, I worked in something about a bus)
Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable. - Werner Herzog
It could be called:
Black Heart Acres. And it would be GLORIOUS!
Who's leg do I have to hump to get a drink around here?-Brian
Would that help?
University Heights is not exactly known for their love of fun or alcohol.
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Jul 29, 2010 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions
True
More than anything, I was holding out hope that they could get one there even if they were denied by IC. I guess this is the end of the bus as we know it.
by Hank Thrasher on Jul 29, 2010 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Why is it that,
The smallest group of people that scream the loudest, and always seem to have the most irrational arguements. Always get what they want. Ah, Democracy is a beautiful thing.
Who's leg do I have to hump to get a drink around here?-Brian
The golden rule...
…he who holds the gold, makes the rules.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jul 29, 2010 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions
For some reason,
I think the Magic Bus will somehow make it to Hawk games this year regardless the permit.
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by EastLosRandy on Jul 29, 2010 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions
when I originally posted the gif
it was a cool animated magician pulling all kinds of stuff out of his hat. The library seems to have hijacked my gif.
If you feel like singing along, don't.
James Taylor
Magic, you say?
representing a whole group of people out there
by IPeeBlackAndGold on Jul 29, 2010 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions
As in...
…“Candy is dandy.”
Don’t get a sugar booger.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jul 30, 2010 9:16 AM CDT up reply actions
whoosh goes the reference
Ceci n'est pas un blogue.
by Adam Jacobi on Jul 30, 2010 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions
Yup.
Clue me in if you’d be so kind. People around here tend to have good taste. I’ll check it out. {Was it an Everything’s Sunny reference?}
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jul 30, 2010 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Nevermind.
Googled it. Somehow I missed that episode of AD.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jul 30, 2010 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions
From what I was told...
its because the proposed site does not have the required access that the other site had, people would have to walk over private property to get to it.
It was also mentioned that accessing the proposed site would be difficult for fire and police to access in case of emergency.
by J.R. Angle has a posse on Jul 29, 2010 2:41 PM CDT reply actions
They shouldn't have built houses and condos back there then either.
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Jul 29, 2010 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions
See, that's why I was hoping to hear the city's side.
Because regardless of how awesome the Magic Bus is, those are legitimate reasons to deny a license—especially where alcohol’s concerned.
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
Gorilla party on the front yard of the condos?
Anybody seen SkiSchool? If we can’t bring the mountain Magic Bus to the party, we’ll take the party to the mountain Magic Bus. (Or something like that. Strike that, reverse it. Or maybe not.)
Simple: Wet t-shirt contest in front of the windows to Apt 1A. Beer-pong in front of the windows to 1B. Bean bags out by the sidewalk.
That’s not a protest denied permit, it is a cry for help. They’re begging us… Please have a party (on the lawn)! Feed us drinks! Get us laid (and tickets to the Hawks)! Aahhhhhh!
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jul 29, 2010 4:30 PM CDT reply actions
If a few hundred students and fans just start rocking out there...
…what are they gonna do?
[Oh yeah, the beanbag guns and tasers. Yeech.]
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jul 29, 2010 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
You mixed Ski School with PCU you brilliant bastard!
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Jul 30, 2010 8:31 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah...
…both have shaped me in ways I’ll never be able to articulate. Norm Parker too. We both like to lambada (not together… at least not often) and throw meat around (hamburger fight anyone?).
Also I clearly meant “guerilla” up there, but if someone wants to wear a monkey suit to party in, I’m okay with that.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jul 30, 2010 9:20 AM CDT up reply actions
How far are they going to take this anti-tailgating movement
First Lot #6 (by the Fieldhouse), then Olive Ct., now the Magic Bus. Soon, we won’t have anywhere to go except University property where they will outlaw any form of alcohol.
HS mentioned it in another thread,
but the police officer that threw us out of the parking lot during the spring game went out of his way to confirm that alcohol will be allowed during the season. Of course, that means you’ve got to get your hands on a Kinnick lot pass, which won’t be easy, but at least you’ll be able to booze all day without harassment.
by The Mexican't on Jul 29, 2010 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I have a great tailgate spot already
but I’m concerned for all of the other fans without lot passes or familiar houses to go to. Also, I’ll have nowhere to go and drink during the game and wait for friends if I’m asked to leave historic Kinnick Stadium again.
by Hank Thrasher on Jul 29, 2010 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Kindly leave ...
Crap what am I going to do
by o-lineu on Jul 29, 2010 6:53 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
To be fair
Olive Ct wasn’t so much a tailgating ban, as a we’re going to develop this chunk of valuable property near the hospital. Not quite the same as the magic bus.
Was lot #6 what the lot was called before they built the parking ramp? Were you ever allowed to tailgate in the ramp? Again, I don’t think that building a parking ramp where it is actually needed is part of an anti-tailgating movement. But I could be wrong.
Before they built the new ramp
tailgating was banned there for a full season or close to it. I guess throwing full cans of beer at Michigan fans is a fairly justified reason for shutting it down. As far as tailgating in the ramp, idk about being able to tailgate IN the ramp but I will always remember seeing that beer bong hanging all the way from the top floor.
by Hank Thrasher on Jul 29, 2010 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, that thing was...
…full of WIN (and beer).
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jul 30, 2010 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions
The the article title...
were you going for “Princess”? Cause I only see one magic bus and I am confused.
I think there were a few guys who "ran" the Magic Bus together.
Unless you were being sarcastic, in which case, I look like an idiot (or more of one than I already did).
I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
-- Judge Smails
by WaterlooChazz on Jul 29, 2010 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions
aw gee
now how m’gonna impress my out-of-state friends who never been to IC on a saturday in october?
vito’s?
by KentuckyThunderPussy on Jul 29, 2010 6:32 PM CDT reply actions
Does that one guy still sell big turkey legs?
Friend of the Pants since 2009.
by ReadingRambler on Jul 29, 2010 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Big deal, he has turkey.
Friend of the Pants since 2009.
by ReadingRambler on Jul 29, 2010 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions
That is literally the dumbest thing I have ever read.
Friend of the Pants since 2009.
by ReadingRambler on Jul 30, 2010 8:11 AM CDT up reply actions
don't you mean figuratively?
Keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, for uh, domestic, you know, within the city - that aint legal either, Dude.
by AcrimoniousAngerererer on Jul 30, 2010 8:16 AM CDT up reply actions
I think he means hyperbolically.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
Now your posts make more sense:
you can’t read.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Jul 30, 2010 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions
well at least we have these photo galleries on the IC Press homepage
County Fair Queen Pageant
County Fair Hog-Calling Contest
by KentuckyThunderPussy on Jul 29, 2010 6:58 PM CDT reply actions
The anti-tailgate thing is an offshoot of the 21 only movement
Most of the 21 only people see dragging tailgating into the 21 only fight is a strategic mistake that will piss of many people who would otherwise support limiting bar access to 21 year old. With luck the issue will die quietly.
If you feel like singing along, don't.
James Taylor
I'm pretty sure that's why they got KF on board with the 21-only crew
He should give them much more cred with the tailgaters.
"especially since the Magic Bus pretty much did things the right way; they checked IDs"
Maybe. But, I do know the Bus was a helluva lot more fun before they starting fencing it off and acting like my mom.
Your mom is a special, special lady with her own hopes and dreams.
by HawkeyeRecon on Jul 30, 2010 8:42 AM CDT up reply actions
The Magic Bus totally should have paid their last rent...
…with a pubecheck. By the way, HFMR, I totally showed my pregnant wife your pubes last night. (That sentence seemed so awesome I had to write it just to make sure. And you know what? I was right.)
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jul 30, 2010 9:26 AM CDT reply actions
the bus!!
the iowa city ducks rugby team which alot of iowa grads play for….runs the magic bus…the best people who would have fought this tooth and nail ..chuck.. boom boom.. O.D. are all gone. its a shame what my former team has become.
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