2017 Tailgating Changes

[Professor Chaos]

Interesting article in the Forum today about changes to tailgating coming this fall: http://www.inforum.com/sports/425218...ilgating-spots

Some very welcome changes in my opinion. In particular:

• 250 of the approximate 500 general admission spots will now be reserved.
• NDSU is also changing its tailgating pass system from a season pass to individual game passes. That way if somebody knows they won't be at a certain game they can give it away or sell it to somebody else through an online blog system.

It is also mentioned that expanding tailgating to another parking lot is under discussion but according to Simmers "Where and what that looks like? I don't know."

[BisonNation11]

I welcome anyway for NDSU to make a little more money, especially at something with such high demand. However, you're pushing away people probably faster than you're bringing them in. They need to focus on the reserved tailgaters that rarely/never use their spaces. Hopefully the new per game passes help, but I don't see it happening. Expansion needs to be done and done quickly. Even if it's for the first 3 or so games that are high demand.

[EndZoneQB]

I'm sick of it. "Behind the scenes, behind the scenes!" is such a bullshit excuse. You don't know what that would look like? Are we looking to the past or are we trying to ACTUALLY look forward. You are going to dump half of the GA spots for reserved spots...but yet there are a LOT of new season ticket holders in the tailgate lots.

Seriously, figure it the hell out. Why even say anything if the only response is "I don't know what that would look like". Christ. How about the rest of the damn dome lots? Hell, I'd GLADLY tailgate in the grass lot where we line up - that would be absolutely perfect and I would have ZERO problem walking.

[HerdBot]

Hopefully 90% of the people who get the spots are also the people waiting in line

[MNLonghorn10]

"But we get more requests about reserved than we do about general admission."

Uh no shit pat. lol. Who the hell inquires about anything general admission? whether its a concert, bison football game or ndsu tailgating, its pretty standard of what it is.


This might be the death of the GA lot now that theyre cutting it in half. itll look like the North half of the new reserved lot for playoff games in November for games vs shitty opponents. It really fizzled when it got colder and colder, and once September was done, the line in the rugby field was short. But when those new reserved tailgaters dont want to bare the elements but still take up x amount of spots, itll look bad.

Again, $5 bucks a spot is robbery and cheaper to park there than the other side of the fargodome. triple it to 15 and youll cut that line in half real quick once the free loaders go park for free/cheaper elsewhere.

[BisonFan02]

My group was pushed out of tailgating a few years ago already with the majority elimination of the GA....now it is just laughable. #bringbackthegrass

[SDbison]

I'm sick of it. "Behind the scenes, behind the scenes!" is such a bullshit excuse. You don't know what that would look like? Are we looking to the past or are we trying to ACTUALLY look forward. You are going to dump half of the GA spots for reserved spots...but yet there are a LOT of new season ticket holders in the tailgate lots.

Seriously, figure it the hell out. Why even say anything if the only response is "I don't know what that would look like". Christ. How about the rest of the damn dome lots? Hell, I'd GLADLY tailgate in the grass lot where we line up - that would be absolutely perfect and I would have ZERO problem walking.

It took Pat Simmers over 3 years to come up with: "Where and what that looks like? I don't know." You got to be kidding me. Some of the dead wood needs to leave teammakers real soon. No expanded seating in the dome for the next 50 years........since they don't have anything to worry about there let's just sit on our hands regarding tailgating overflow for the first 3 games. How brilliant, expand reserve tailgating, and shrink GA to close to nothing. Why don't they really make something better and increase revenues at the same time? So simple to just raise fees and pat themselves on the back. Bison football Nation at zero growth. Home crowd 18,500 fans and stagnated. Season tickets 12,800 seats and stagnated, Tailgate 1500 spots and stagnated. Hope NDSU's president, AD and head of teammakers is proud of that. Apparently they are not familiar with the word growth. I suppose all the FBS, both P5 and some G5 schools, once had the same football capacities as NDSU (40, 70 or 100 years ago). Obviously their vision wasn't to stay the same size for dozens and dozens of years. I have heard of backward thinking, and forward thinking, but I think the status here can best be summarized as no thinking. Congrats on essentially doing nothing and riding the coat tails of success enjoyed by several Bison football teams.

[El_Chapo]

ONLY D2 thing left at NDSU is Teammakers President and Teammakers idea's.

last 5 years they have left MILLIONS on the table, as has this university.

Open up more lots, don't make more lots reserved, how about open up the east side for tailgating too, seriously, its 2017, who cares.

[MNLonghorn10]

It took Pat Simmers over 3 years to come up with: "Where and what that looks like? I don't know." You got to be kidding me. Some of the dead wood needs to leave teammakers real soon. No expanded seating in the dome for the next 50 years........since they don't have anything to worry about there let's just sit on our hands regarding tailgating overflow for the first 3 games. How brilliant, expand reserve tailgating, and shrink GA to close to nothing. Why don't they really make something better and increase revenues at the same time? So simple to just raise fees and pat themselves on the back. Bison football Nation at zero growth. Home crowd 18,500 fans and stagnated. Season tickets 12,800 seats and stagnated, Tailgate 1500 spots and stagnated. Hope NDSU's president, AD and head of teammakers is proud of that. Apparently they are not familiar with the word growth. I suppose all the FBS, both P5 and some G5 schools, once had the same football capacities as NDSU (40, 70 or 100 years ago). Obviously their vision wasn't to stay the same size for dozens and dozens of years. I have heard of backward thinking, and forward thinking, but I think the status here can best be summarized as no thinking. Congrats on essentially doing nothing and riding the coat tails of success enjoyed by several Bison football teams.

Out of the park....you hit it with this post

[EC8CH]

Who would have thought increasing the area where people are allowed to drink in a parking lot for a few hours 6-9 days a year would take so long and be so difficult? Who ever is making the creation of an overflow lot for tailgating such a long and difficult process seriously should find something better to do with their lives.