ways to improve tailgating?

[acoustimac]

From an RV perspective...a dumping station. You could even charge $10 or so for it. Currently have to drive up or down the interstate to do this and then bring the beast back to park it. Strange that Ames doesn't have one.

 

[mganzeveld]

Over/under passes for the student/grass lots would be a HUGE improvement. You have to wonder how many people from G2, G3, G4, G5, and G8 cross the road at the corner of 16th and University (plus all the paid grass lot spots further up 16th). The flow to the game isn't terrible but the outflow is a mess.

 

[dunar]

And more people need to fly flags damn it. Fly your colors above your tailgate, people.

Done. Biggest flag in the north lots!

 

[Rhoadhoused]

Last I knew FPM was saying for basically anything else to go up on campus another building has to come down because 65% of the campus has to be greenspace or something ridiculous like that. I think that was after the plans for Troxel were unveiled but I could be a year or two off.

Yeah I've definitely heard that anything going up needs to have something go down to counter it.

 

[Me State]

The walkways need to happen. Would be very beneficial and if done right could look great.

 

[CycloneGB]

The walkways need to happen. Would be very beneficial and if done right could look great.

 

[Rabbuk]

I think you should be required to wear a special shirt and get points for tailgating that goes towards prizes.

 

[SoapyCy]

I think you should be required to wear a special shirt and get points for tailgating that goes towards prizes.

but drinking before the games is not allowed.

 

[bringmagicback]

I think you should be required to wear a special shirt and get points for tailgating that goes towards prizes.

And remember to get irate when people point out how stupid it is.

 

[Rabbuk]

And remember to get irate when people point out how stupid it is.

I don't know how student sections existed before there was a group of people telling students how to be one.

 

[cyclonedave25]

We should at least be able to buy some weather treated 2x6's.

 

[IcSyU]

Looks like the bridge to the 2nd tee at Veenker!

 

[dunar]

Ways to improve tailgating? More tail, less gating! Tss Tss Tss Homerun, Chipperson!

 

[Farnsworth]

if you think tailgating needs improvement, you are doing it wrong.

 

[NickTheGreat]

I think opening public lots earlier would be smart. For big games you have large amounts of people parking alongside the road the night before. When it gets too bad, they move you into, wait for it, a tailgate lot. But not the lot you're in line for.

I fail to see the logic in moving people waiting for G2/3 into G4/5 until 6 hrs prior to kick.

I could also see moving the IM fields farther to the east and putting the G6/7 tailgating right along University. For one, its closer for those people to get to the stadium, and secondly I think it would improve the look of things. Rather than having these isolated lots a few hundred yards away, you would have everything bordering University being one big tailgate.

I like your idea of moving the G6/7 lots. :yes:

I suppose if you just added that area east of University and kept the existing lots, it'd get too torn up for intramurals? Nothing like running after a guy in flag football and stepping in some jerk's coals he didn't take home.

 

[capitalcityguy]

Traffic management...

And more people need to fly flags damn it. Fly your colors above your tailgate, people.

This comment sponsored by Heartland Flag and Flag Poles??

 

[Cycsk]

Traffic management...

And more people need to fly flags damn it. Fly your colors above your tailgate, people.

On a related note, the businesses and homes in Ames need to fly more flags! As a town, we need to do more to embrace gameday. The whole town should have the feel of the tailgate!

 

[ISUboi12]

I think having local vendors is a good idea. It doesn't have to be a farmers market, but a row of vendors so people know where they can go outside of the stadium to buy some food, ice, cups, clothing, coolers, coozies, umbrellas, hats, a change of clothing (if necessary). The university could profit by requiring a permit and maybe a percentage of the profits. It would basically just be taking some of the money that would usually go to Wal Mart, Target, or HyVee to go towards local hands.

It works pretty well for the College World Series and does not significantly impact tailgating.

 

[Bestaluckcy]

I would like to see some rules for solicitation. Maybe the solicitors have to be registered and sanctioned by the University or Athletic Dept.. An ID of some sort would help. I don't mind donating to a worthy cause like the dance marathon, but we were hit up for money 8 times last year. I have no idea if they were all legit. Students could have been soliciting beer money and calling it something else for all we knew.

 

[CarlHungus]

Other than having strippers come out to the lots to entertain, there isn't much you can do to make it better