Redskins to Restrict Large Tailgate Parties

[jgalecpa]

Note:

The team will no longer maintain game day, cash parking lots since there are numerous private operators in the stadium vicinity providing the service.

From their website

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by jgalecpa

Note:

The team will no longer maintain game day, cash parking lots since there are numerous private operators in the stadium vicinity providing the service.

From their website

If I'm correct the only pay lots still left were pretty far out and you needed to take a shuttle and for the past couple years parking around the stadium has been by pass only. I'm not sure if its still true today but a couple of years ago there was a waiting list for a parking pass. So if you finally got season tickets you had to get on a waiting list to now get a parking pass. So I don't think that's much of a change.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by firstdown

If I'm correct the only pay lots still left were pretty far out and you needed to take a shuttle and for the past couple years parking around the stadium has been by pass only. I'm not sure if its still true today but a couple of years ago there was a waiting list for a parking pass. So if you finally got season tickets you had to get on a waiting list to now get a parking pass. So I don't think that's much of a change.

No not much of a change but getting to and from those lots may now be a giant pain in the ass since they'll be private deals.

[MTK]

I've never been a big fan of tailgating at games, concerts, whatever. If I'm going to an event it's to see the event, not to get all tanked up before hand. So even if I did go to games this wouldn't bother me.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I've never been a big fan of tailgating at games, concerts, whatever. If I'm going to an event it's to see the event, not to get all tanked up before hand. So even if I did go to games this wouldn't bother me.

So are you saying you cannot tailgate because you drink too much and could not stay sober enough to enjoy the game? LOL Actually tailgating keeps me more sober as I get stuffed eating and then it cuts back on how much I can drink durn the game.

[GMScud]

Just one more thing that makes FedEx Field a logistical nightmare and a lousy place to go see a game. I get so much more out of the game watching it at home in HD anyway. The gameday experience is fun - it's great to grill burgers and dogs with friends and get a buzz on, but honestly, when I do that for football games, I don't get a lot from watching the game itself in the stands. Not nearly as much as I do in front of crisp HD with a DVR so you can rewind plays, pause for bathroom breaks and beer runs, etc etc.

I had the opportunity to buy season tickets this year and declined. It stinks to say, but I hate FedEx Field. I just happen to love the team that plays there. I'll probably go to one or two games this year, and that will be plenty.

[Gmanc711]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I've never been a big fan of tailgating at games, concerts, whatever. If I'm going to an event it's to see the event, not to get all tanked up before hand. So even if I did go to games this wouldn't bother me.

I'm 100% the opposite. I'm not a type of guy who goes to the tailgate and gets hammered. But to me, what makes it worth driving 7 hours to DC to 2-3 games a year is the tailgating. Theres nothing like being at the staidum at 9am with a beer cracked, get a little buzz working and grilling... I love it.... of course there are a TON of idiots who are the entire reason for this decision. Does anyone know what "colors" they're going to be doing this with?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Gmanc711

I'm 100% the opposite. I'm not a type of guy who goes to the tailgate and gets hammered. But to me, what makes it worth driving 7 hours to DC to 2-3 games a year is the tailgating. Theres nothing like being at the staidum at 9am with a beer cracked, get a little buzz working and grilling... I love it.... of course there are a TON of idiots who are the entire reason for this decision. Does anyone know what "colors" they're going to be doing this with?

It's always the idiots that ruin things for everyone else.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Gmanc711

I'm 100% the opposite. I'm not a type of guy who goes to the tailgate and gets hammered. But to me, what makes it worth driving 7 hours to DC to 2-3 games a year is the tailgating. Theres nothing like being at the staidum at 9am with a beer cracked, get a little buzz working and grilling... I love it.... of course there are a TON of idiots who are the entire reason for this decision. Does anyone know what "colors" they're going to be doing this with?

The only lot where tailgating won't be allowed is the Platinum...they'll tailgate in the Purple lots

[sportscurmudgeon]

jgalecpa:

You have it right. The game-day experience at Fed Ex is not much fun anymore and it is nowhere near worth the cost on a season-ticket basis.


And since you can get single game seats to ANY game you want, you can pick and choose only the best games with the best weather.


If I wanted to be hammered - - or buzzed since 9:00AM - - while watching a game, I can do that at home in front of my HDTV anytime I want. Funny, but I don't choose to do that very often...


I'll probably pick two games to see live this year - - maybe one. I'll go with four or five friends. We will hire a limo to take us from one of our houses to the game and then to pick us up and drive us home afterwards. We will have had a few adult beverages; we will still be functional and rational - - but not necessarily legal for driving purposes after the game.


Total cost to me for those two games - getting prime seats even if we have to pay more than face value which we don't usually have to do plus limo plus our adult beverages and food along the way - will be far less than a decent season ticket without parking or any food costs.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Smootsmack:

Ravens' home games are more fun than Skins' home games from the perspective of "game day experience".


One of the absolute best NFL stadium experiences is to get invited to one of the top-shelf luxury boxes in Philly at the Linc. You do NOT want to be in the parking lots among all of the mouthbreathers who are tailgating there, but once you get to the premier luxury boxes at the Linc, you are in a very good place...

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I've never been a big fan of tailgating at games, concerts, whatever. If I'm going to an event it's to see the event, not to get all tanked up before hand. So even if I did go to games this wouldn't bother me.

You know you don't have to get drunk before the game at a tailgate. I do, but you don't.

Sometimes it's fun just hanging around other fans, eating, chatting it up, watching the girls shake their breastesses and stuff; alcohol or not.

Oh and this is a pretty good move in my opinion, I get there mad early but there are often people taking up a lot of up front spaces with grills and other setups. Most of the bigger ones are at the edges of the lots anyways, at least in Green.

Sounds like this will make it easier to do a tailgate crawl for the big ones that invite whoever.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I've never been a big fan of tailgating at games, concerts, whatever. If I'm going to an event it's to see the event, not to get all tanked up before hand. So even if I did go to games this wouldn't bother me.

Agreed , first never been to e Redskin game at Fed Ex ...yes I've been to Redskin games but not at Fed Ex and yes I've been to Fed Ex.The problem is threw out the league.Giants at least have the race track or the Izode center to park at,plus you must remember if people taking up more then one spot ...well that's a spot that someone else might have.
At age 53 I can say I have never drank at a football game,I like my beer but I like to watch the game and.....well............why pay all that money and get three sheets to the wind?

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Agreed , first never been to e Redskin game at Fed Ex ...yes I've been to Redskin games but not at Fed Ex and yes I've been to Fed Ex.The problem is threw out the league.Giants at least have the race track or the Izode center to park at,plus you must remember if people taking up more then one spot ...well that's a spot that someone else might have.
At age 53 I can say I have never drank at a football game,I like my beer but I like to watch the game and.....well............why pay all that money and get three sheets to the wind?

I agree with you 100%. Why should someone feel entitled to take up two or more parking spots? And i would argue that someone who wants to get hammered before the game isnt a true fan. It disgusts me to see so many people drunk before the game even starts. Whats the point?

Getting in and out of FedEx is a mess. I live in NC and can only arrange to attend 1-2 games per year if i'm lucky. Without traffic, its a 5+hour drive to and from the stadium area. Then getting out of the stadium generally takes 2-3 hours. I'm spending 12-14 hours in one day in a car to see the redskins play and ive got to be at work the next day - if FedEx can do something to help traffic move smother and get me home earlier, then i'm all for it. Its about time.

[Dirtbag59]

Crap now people will have to go to the game sober. Actually now that I think about it, given last years performance they shouldn't be allowing people to go to FedEx field sober otherwise people might realize whats going on. Hell after last year they should start selling oxycotton to insure the happiness of the fanbase during tough times. "Oxy Cotton Candy get YOUR oxy cotton candy. Cotton Candy with the power of oxygen! First One's free!"

But in all seriousness is this really such a bad thing? Does anyone remember the Mike Wise story about his experience at FedEx field with his son during the Bears game? Now of course if this is a scheme to increase sales inside the stadium then that would be pretty messed up, but they must have had a lot of problems to put something like this into effect.