# What's Going On in Binghamton, NY? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 14, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-binghamton-ny/819614 "2018-08-14T20:36:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-binghamton-ny/819614/1 "2018-08-14T20:36:04Z")
We wanted to visit friends this weekend in Binghamton, NY. Would believe all the hotels are packed? What’s going on? Is this a college town swamped by Freshman move-in weekend, maybe? What gives? ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-binghamton-ny/819614/2 "2018-08-14T21:01:07Z")
All I know about Binghamton is you’re supposed to pronounce it BING-uhm-ten. Not bing-HAM-ten. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-binghamton-ny/819614/3 "2018-08-14T21:52:21Z")
Move-in at the university; it’s also move-in weekend an hour away at Cornell. Hotels in Ithaca charge way more those weekends (I checked because our son moves in at Ithaca College the following weekend), so I’m sure people stay far away to not have to pay $3-400 a night. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-binghamton-ny/819614/4 "2018-08-14T22:06:35Z")
Maybe a lot of people had an urge for spiedies. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-binghamton-ny/819614/5 "2018-08-15T12:29:37Z")
SpiedieFest was LAST weekend. This weekend is move-in week at SUNY Binghamton. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-binghamton-ny/819614/6 "2018-08-15T22:49:56Z")
It figures. I should have known being that Binghamton is the only “major” town in the surrounding area. So, I guess it’s worth it for those in need to stay in Binghamton even if you’re trying to get to Ithica, etc. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-binghamton-ny/819614/7 "2018-08-16T01:44:29Z")
Yeah, we’re staying in Elmira next weekend. Hotels in Ithaca make out like bandits on move-in and graduation weekends. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-binghamton-ny/819614/8 "2018-08-16T02:07:17Z")
Do they still have a AAA baseball team there? As a kid I went to summer camp near Binghamton and we would always take in a game or two each year. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-binghamton-ny/819614/9 "2018-08-16T02:21:31Z")
I think the Mets’ AA team is there. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-binghamton-ny/819614/10 "2018-08-16T02:22:15Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > I think the Mets’ AA team is there. Just looked it up. Apparently they changed their name to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. That might be the stupidest team name since the Utah Jazz. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-binghamton-ny/819614/11 "2018-08-16T02:43:30Z")
When driving to Binghamton from my hometown, Latham, it’s about 125 miles and the Baseball Hall of Fame is on the way! That’s about it here, about Binghamton. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-binghamton-ny/819614/12 "2018-08-16T13:08:50Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Just looked it up. Apparently they changed their name to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. That might be the stupidest team name since the Utah Jazz. A relative was visiting last week who is involved in minor league baseball. We started mentioning some minor league teams of old and wondered if they still had that name. So a lookup was done and … there’s a ton of [weird names](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Minor_League_Baseball_leagues_and_teams) out there. Just amazing. But the all time champs are Toledo Mud Hens for over a hundred years. Bonus points: they play at Fifth Third Field. (If they get a new stadium will it be the Sixth Third Field or the Fifth Fourth Field? :)) A recent WtF: The Gwinnett Braves AAA team just changed their name to the Stripers. Which makes no sense and can be easily misread as the Strippers, which does make sense.