Hello, everyone! PLEASE HURRY!

Margaritaville Resort is our AMAZING host hotel!

Located right on the beach, with breathtaking ocean views!

 We are fast approaching our Road Trip Rally Party weekend! We don't want anyone to miss out!


We have a great Promo Code for the famous Margaritaville Resort Hotel that offers a significant discount!
 The Promo Code is "OAK0921", and anyone may use this Promo Code to extend your stay at this rate beyond our listed itinerary.

Spacious rooms with a "Let's Just Chill" motif!

And our activities for this event? Yes, they are embedded here in this blog. Please feel free to download this pdf to your phone, tablet, and computer. Each activity in the .pdf is a link that, when clicked, will bring you to the appropriate Ticket Site.

Our Activities for the 2018 Road Trip Rally Party in Miami, with links to the Ticket Sites


                                     Click each of these activities for tickets.

We want to show that city that what they saw last year in 2017 was not a dream! Let us all return and show the fans of the Dolphins how deep Raider Nation rolls!

Always,
Afro

The Road Trip Rally Party is HERE!

Yes, everyone! 2018 will bring the SEVENTH ANNUAL Rally Party to the world! Who knew at our first event in 2012, this would grow to become an anticipated gathering for all each year!

We are definitely grateful to you all for making this happen!

We have our itinerary set for the this year's Road Trip Rally Party. What we have planned will be:

• A Day Trip to the Bahamas. Freeport, on the Grand Bahamas island
• A nighttime Beach Bonfire Party at Mizell-Johnson Beach
• A full day of Saturday fun & sun (more on that later)
• A Sunday morning tailgate party.

Yes, Road Trippers...the beach beckons! 

Please feel free to click the links there for purchasing tickets to our scheduled activities.Our downloadable 2018 Rally Party Itinerary is HERE. 

We have our host hotel ready for your bookings, the renowned "Margaritaville Resort", located right there on the beach boardwalk. 3 swimming pools, an adults-only pool deck with full bar, live music, restaurants, even beach lounge chairs and umbrellas provided for your stay! A discount group rate is available to our group, as well. Find the link in the downloadable 2018 Itinerary to make your room reservations.

A charter bus has been arranged to take us from Margaritaville to the game, if you so desire. 

We are discussing with Margaritaville about hosting our Saturday afternoon activities, as well as our Sunday morning tailgate party. As soon as we reach an agreement, we will be certain to announce it to you all.

And yes! We do have group-rate tickets to the football game, too! . Unfortunately, the Dolphins' ticket website does not allow you to select specific seats or rows. The Dolphins have assured us, however, that tickets purchased during a single transaction will be grouped together. Please go here to get your Raiders vs Dolphins seats.

We are offered group Field-Level seats, as well as Club Seats.

So, we are all set! We had an ABSOLUTELY great time last year! The Ft. Lauderdale Convention Bureau really took care of us, and worked for months to make sure everyone would see the best that the Hollywood community has to offer. 
They really wanted us to come back again, and you all will be happy you did!

Check back here for updates to our itinerary, including our finalized plans for Saturday!

Thanks!
   ~~Afro

   

The NFL Draft Is Today, And TV Coverage Of It Has BIG Changes!

Hello, everyone!

Well, have you enjoyed your off-season thus far? Were you able to get into the NBA playoffs, or find interest in the opening weeks of Major League Baseball? Man City soccer, perhaps?

 If so, then you've found lots of entertaining stories to follow! The red-hot Red Sox, the surprising  Oakland A's, the amazing Utah Jazz, the over-hyped Oklahoma Thunder, the upstart Philadelphia 76ers...so much to see!

 But, if these teams didn't get you in the mood, then you'll be happy to know that the NFL 2018 Season gets rolling TODAY with the 2018 NFL Draft! 

The 2018 NFL Draft on Thursday, April 26, 2018.

Hopeful college players will await a phone call from an NFL team, telling them that they were selected to join them in a quest for a Super Bowl championship! Some of these young men will be selected in the First Round, guaranteeing them a place on the team's roster. Others will be chosen in later Rounds, where they may have to fight to get a spot, lest they be placed on the team's Practice Squad (a holding area where players are allowed to practice but cannot play in real games), traded to another team, or simply cut.

Fox Sports' Troy Aikman Shares The Desk At NFL Network.

 The NFL Draft this year will be hosted inside the opulent AT&T Stadium, aka "Jerry's World", where the Dallas Cowboys call home. What's interesting this year is that the televising of the NFL draft will be far different this year than in the past. For one, Fox stations will broadcast the draft live in partnership with the NFL Network channel. Troy Aikman, the top NFL analyst at Fox Sports, will share a desk with Steve Mariucci of NFL Network. 


ESPN will also show the NFL Draft, but a studio replacement will
be in place for Jon Gruden, who normally works on TV for the NFL Draft but is no longer at ESPN now that he's been hired as the Oakland Raiders' head coach. Who will Jon Gruden's replacement be today, you ask?

 You can find how it all shakes out here in this article from the Miami Herald.

Cleveland Fans Had Only This To Cheer For.

 So, what will the NFL Draft have in store for your favorite team? Will the Cleveland Browns take a quarterback, having passed over Carson Wentz AND DeShaun Watson the past two years (but taking Johnny Manziel), to try to get back to glory? 

49ers QB Jimmy Garappolo

Will the San Francisco 49ers find players to help new pretty-boy QB Jimmy Garappolo continue his win streak? Has post-Harbaugh misery finally left that team? Will owner Jed York ever be forgiven?

New/Returning Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden

And will the Oakland Raiders strike gold in the draft with a new head coach now calling the shots?

 Stay tuned!

      Yours,
                Afro

Our Road Trip Rally Party Returns To MIAMI !!

Good morning, Everyone!

Well! After having such a GREAT TIME IN FLORIDA last year, we were wondering if we can have that same magic for 2018. And then we knew: the best way to have that same magic is to do Hollywood Beach and Miami again!

Hollywood Beach Boardwalk. Plenty To See And Do!

Yes, your Road Trip Rally Party is returning to Florida! Every vendor that provided that wonderful experience for us has said over & over again how much they enjoyed our group of people. They really want us back! So, why not give these people what they want!

Our Saturday Night Rally at Whiskey Tango Restaurant!

The 3-day weekend of September 21st -thru- 23rd is when we will be there. Many enjoyable activities will be planned for you, as the South Florida region comes alive with Raider Nation bringing the vibe!

Please go to our website, **www.roadtriprallyparty.com** for information and updates. We will start posting the information toward the end of May, roughly one month from now. 
You can also stay current with updates by signing up for our newsletter, where you are automatically entered into our totally free contest to win prizes as we approach our event. 

So, mark the day! Mark the weekend! September 21st -thru- 23rd is when the Road Trip Rally Party comes back to Florida!

Maybe you missed last year's event and maybe you were a little disappointed after hearing about all the fun we had...well, here is another chance to join us!  :-)

All These Wonderful Delicacies Await You!

And yes, there are many Food Network-quality restaurants there that want to show us what's up! We can certainly take them up on their offer! 

Thank you for making the Road Trip Rally Party an event that people look forward to each year. It is special because of YOU!

Stay tuned!

    Yours,
              Afro

NFL Schedule for 2018 Will Be Released TODAY!

 Happy Thursday, Everyone!

 How nice to be able to speak with you again! After months of an off-season filled with NBA story lines, Washington DC politics, and a Marvel movie that exceeded all box office projections, we are now at the cusp of beginning of all things NFL. Yes, the schedule for the 2018 NFL Season will be announced today!

  Thursday, April 19th, brings us the specific dates that all Raiders games will be played. We will know if a game is on a Sunday, or on Monday Night Football, or Thursday Night. There's even the possibility that a high-profile Sunday Night game may be on this soon-to-be-announced schedule!

  The schedule will be announced at 8:00PM, eastern time zone, and broadcast live on NFL Network. You may also watch it on ESPN, where an individual team's games will be announced there shortly after being announced on NFL Network.

  The Raiders will play their AFC-West rivals twice, the AFC-North, the NFC-West, the Indianapolis Colts, and the Miami Dolphins.

   Home:   Broncos, Chargers, Chiefs, Browns, Colts, Rams, Steelers (7 games)
   Away:    Broncos, Chargers, Chiefs, Cardinals, Ravens, Bengals, Dolphins, 49ers (8 games)
   London: Seahawks 

   It is the specific dates for each of these games that will be announced today. And once we have this information, we will formally announce our upcoming Road Trip Rally Party in Miami!  All info and updates for Miami will be posted here at our website over the coming months. 

   Stay tuned!

         Thanks,
                      Ken