I am currently in negotiation with the event director at the Elks Lounge in Naugatuck, CT. It looks like I may have found us a place to LAN!

As of now, I am arranging for space to accommodate 24 people comfortably. Pricing will be $20 a person to cover hall rental fees. Unfortunately, the hall does not have internet access; more info is located on the information page.

Regarding food, it looks like this will end up being a “Potluck” party – everyone brings food to share with each other. I will try to provide beverages such as sodas and water. Until I can arrange a deal with a local pizza place, this LAN and potentially the next few will have to get “Potluck”.

On another note, I have fully upgraded the LAN party networking gear to 1 gigabit speeds!

I will post another update soon once things are final with the hall as well as mass email everyone.

-Jason

Now that the Holidays are over, I am getting the ball rolling to start hosting monthly parties.

First things first – I still cannot find a location suitable and cost efficient in the Southbury/Naugatuck area. Does anyone have any suggestions? I’ve contacted a handful of Hotels in the area and they either do not have enough room or are WAY too expensive. Please send me an email with locations and prices.

I will continue to try and find a place – at this point I should just begin looking for a house with a large, unfinished basement!

I am currently looking for a location to hold the next LAN party. I’d highly recommend against doing any business with the Comfort Inn in Naugatuck, Connecticut. Their failure to return calls, hold up to agreed terms and overall lack of customer service has forced me to resign from further business dealings with them.

I’d like to apologize to all the possible attendees for the cancellations – you’d expect places would want business…

I am looking to have a LAN on October 24th – mark your calendars and I will keep everyone updated with details soon!

I was able to re-negotiate the hotel rental with the OWNER of the Comfort Inn – I was able to knock a significant amount off of the rental price, along with more added amenities. I am planning of re-scheduling the LAN party for sometime in September. If you are still interest, please shoot me a quick reply.

Sorry for all of this and I look forward to gaming soon!

-Jason Romano

Unfortuantly, the August 8th LANmonkeys event is canceled. As of now, there is not enough gamer demand to hold an event. Please keep checking back as we’d like to plan an event before the end of the year.

Thank you all for the support.

Jason Romano (Hudson187)

Upcoming LAN parties:

Hawks LAN, June 27 – 28, 2009
http://lan.crimsonpaintball.com/

NorEaster 2009, August 1 – 2 2009
http://noreaster.lpane.net/

Registration for the August 8 LANmonkeys closes July 25! Anyone interested in coming please register and send payment along – we still have plenty of seats open!

In addition to LANmonkeys, the Nor’Easter LAN party is officially being held August 1st & 2nd at the Shriner’s facility in Wilmington, MA. Check out their website HERE. Myself and a few other LANmonkeys will be there – hope to see you!

Due to conflicting events, we have decided to change the date of the LAN party to August 8, 2009. Update your calendars!