twballgame9 {l Wrote}:talon {l Wrote}:commavegarage {l Wrote}:I see your point- but the thing I fear is if they let people tailgate during the duration of the game, many people won't come in at all, and some won't come in until halftime (i.e. attendance will be worse than it already is.)
If the product on the field is truly worth it, this shouldn't be a problem.
The product has been worth it the past 4-5 years, and it has still been a problem. A large portion of BC football fans suck balls. Period. If you let them stay out there they will, and it is a fucking embarrassment.
That's not to say that the tailgating experience is good - it is not. But your average BC fan could give a fuck about the game. If your ass ain't in the seats for kickoff, you suck.
That is all.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:talon {l Wrote}:commavegarage {l Wrote}:I see your point- but the thing I fear is if they let people tailgate during the duration of the game, many people won't come in at all, and some won't come in until halftime (i.e. attendance will be worse than it already is.)
If the product on the field is truly worth it, this shouldn't be a problem.
The product has been worth it the past 4-5 years, and it has still been a problem. A large portion of BC football fans suck balls. Period. If you let them stay out there they will, and it is a fucking embarrassment.
That's not to say that the tailgating experience is good - it is not. But your average BC fan could give a fuck about the game. If your ass ain't in the seats for kickoff, you suck.
That is all.
commavegarage {l Wrote}:
Talon- I already pointed out how it's different for alumni, but the fact that the team was top 10 two years ago and people were still angry when they had to pack up the tailgate and go in effin sucked.
campion {l Wrote}:HJS {l Wrote}:ZBC2001 {l Wrote}:Do those schools need to get an entertainment license from their city? Isn't that where the limit on tailgating comes from?
The tailgating situation is something that has always struck me as being a problem that is not BC created, but one in which BC is doing the best it can given the state of Mass politics, lack of parking space, and the proximity of houses to the stadium.
That certainly would be what Gene would lead you to believe. I find it surprising that we can successfully win a war where we are allowed to expand student dorms adjacent to those same neighbors... yet, we can't get a couple of extra HOURS to drive past their homes (and soon-to-be-dorms) on 7 Saturdays a year (a day when many of them are supposed to be walking anyway). Yes... BC has to get a license... but they don't put up any really battle when the town says "BTW, you got 2 hours before and after... OK?" If the donations and ticket sales fall off the GDF created cliff, I can pretty much assure you that you will see a different hourly tailgating window to woo season ticketholders back into the fold. This could be the single achievement of the Spaz error... being so effing bad that Gene actually has to allow people to tailgate.
The dorms are not next to the million dollar homes-- the dorms are in Brighton. Brighton does not have million dollar homes.
Show me a stadium anywhere in the country where there are million dollar homes DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET -- within 50 yards of the stadium.
Not all of the world looks like fucking Newark or West Orange.
talon {l Wrote}:commavegarage {l Wrote}:
Talon- I already pointed out how it's different for alumni, but the fact that the team was top 10 two years ago and people were still angry when they had to pack up the tailgate and go in effin sucked.
I don't think I've tailgated at a spot within the past 5 years that was longer than a five minute walk to the stadium. I don't need someone treating me like a felon because they think it'll take me six times that to get to my seat.
campion {l Wrote}:HJS {l Wrote}:It's been said a million times... people bitch about being forced into the game BECAUSE of the limited time before said forcing in. No car is allowed on campus before 3hrs beforehand. That means a shitload of traffic builds as people line-up waiting for the witching hour. Gates finally open. It takes a solid 30 minutes to wind your way to the spot... stopped dead in traffic on Comm Ave or Beacon for the most of it. Once you are there you have to get moving as you only now have 2hrs before the Gestapo start their march. Unload the car... set up coolers... grills... chairs... table... snacks. Honestly, by the time you are ready to bite into your first burger, you got slightly more than an hour to enjoy and clean up.
BTW... forgot to mention that Gene... in all his infinite wisdom refuses to let people access Shea via foot until 2 hours before kickoff. So, if you are throwing a tailgate for more than the four people you crammed into your car on the way in, your window is that much more restricted. Look... if you are just looking to drive onto campus with one other person... crack open a Diet Pepsi from a lunchbox cooler and eat a sandwich from Subway in collapsable chairs all before checking out the bookstore on your way into the game... BC tailgating is the place for you.
How many games do you go to each year, HJASS?
EDIT: I mean BC games, not ST Peter's Prep.
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 203 guests