We met Phish at this show too. Me and my buddy were in the lot super early and we were trying to get in to either listen to soundcheck or meet the band or whatever. We struck up a convo with a security guard and he said to 'Remember how Rockford did it' and luckily my buddy Ando did! We slipped the dude a $10 or $20 and he told us to meet him at a gate somewhere across the lot. He then opened the gate and let us in. We walked pretty much straight into Fishman who was coming off the bus or something. We talked to him for a bit and then went into the performance area to watch soundcheck. We watched from the front row and we were the only ones in the place except for the crew. We went back to the lot after that since we still had our tickets, partied our asses off (telling everyone our story) and then headed inside for what ended up being a sick show. This is the best Phish show I've ever been too. It was right on the cusp off the band getting too big and it was one of the last times I remember being second level dead center and having the entire aisle stair landing platform entirely to myself to dance the night away. Very, very sweet.