Re: Football Tailgating Policy
Originally Posted by
BisonAccountant44
Here's my problem. Our tailgating group has 16 tickets between 3. One of those also had basketball tickets and we have one other with both, but I don't know how many seats they have. The 4 of us who have the seats in our names, plus some others, have been teammakers for a few years, are alumni and give more then our seats now require (none of our seats required it until 2 years ago), but nobody in our group has more than probably 60 priority points so when we emailed Helena about these spots we were told they we're "pretty far down the list". To me that's a way of saying that we're not getting spots. We're in the ga lot every week, for the last two years someone has been in line every Friday afternoon to make sure we get to that same spot each week.
This expansion of the reserved spots without expanding ga does screw us because we now have 4 bad choices:
1. One of our local guys have to get in line even earlier because nobody else in our position that tailgates in ga today is getting reserved spots either so yes this reduces supply even though it increases revenue so that line isn't getting any shorter.
2. We adapt PL's walk about idea. This basically breaks our group up and as far as in concerned defeats the whole purpose of tailgating.
3. We go with TSCF's route and host an illegal tailgate in a different route and risk the dome nazis and being the ones who ruin chances at real expansion for everyone.
4. We say to hell with it if our money isn't good enough for a spot. Teddy would love for us to come before games like we do after or Pete is going to have a big investment to pay off so we could do our part to help with that too.
I've got no problem with expanding reserved spaces if it's truly an expansion of tailgating. This change is really a reduction being sold as an expansion because it will bring in more guaranteed money though, and since it will force out the little guys and casual fans alike I have a really hard time supporting it.
And yes, PL, I would accept expanded tailgating near the BBF because it would show they there is at least an attempt being made to accommodate everyone who wants to tailgate by finding a way to give them the opportunity somewhere.
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Even though some here poo poo it and rail that nothing is being done there are efforts to expand tailgating. But there is resistance from the entities that have to sign off on it. But from what I understand the resistance gets weaker every year. In time it will happen. Just dont get caught up in all the drama of which you have no control over.
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