I am wondering what time will I be able to enter the Stadium Lot for the Miami game. I would love to roll in no later than 7:30 a.m. to begin tailgate set-up.

Found this in the policy:

4.2.6 Tailgating sites will not open on weekends prior to 9:00 A.M. and on weekdays before 5:00 P.M. unless otherwise announced.

http://policy.appstate.edu/Tailgating

We are already talking about cooking breakfast before the Miami game and lunch after!

ASUGrad2014 wrote:Found this in the policy:

4.2.6 Tailgating sites will not open on weekends prior to 9:00 A.M. and on weekdays before 5:00 P.M. unless otherwise announced.

http://policy.appstate.edu/Tailgating

We are already talking about cooking breakfast before the Miami game and lunch after!

Was this policy partially desired by the town of Boone? Given the magnitude of this Miami game, Doug should push hard to open the lots earlier. 3 hours is just not long enough. Not if you want the stadium packed at kickoff. Keep in mind everyone might have to depart the tailgate early because of the expected wait and lines to enter the stadium. I feel 7 a.m. is a reasonable time to help spread out the incoming traffic. Die hards will be waiting to get in the lots, but some will come the hours after 7.

If I were a betting grandma, I'd bet that the lots will open at 8:00 a.m. (with students cleared out by 7:00 a.m.) for Miami. It makes sense to have a four hour window for folks to get parked and get to the stadium. The athletic department seems keenly aware of the need for the Miami game logistics to go smoothly. I'm sure they'll let us know soon enough.

Go Apps! Beat UT!

Yea, I'm planning to do to eggs, sausages and bloodies as early as I can get into my parking spot. I was hoping for 8:00 a.m.

Does anyone have stadium or Peacock parking for sale?

Talked to a friend of mine closely involved with this issue. They are tossing some things around, but the hope is to get people in there at around that 8am mark. Kind of a lot more going into it than I had first thought, but it seems like an event well worth the effort.

The fact that we're exactly one month from the game and there's still debate about it among the power brokers shows how some folks in the town of Boone are completely tone deaf.

T-Dog wrote:The fact that we're exactly one month from the game and there's still debate about it among the power brokers shows how some folks in the town of Boone are completely tone deaf.

It's a bit ridiculous. IMO these are the same folks that have prevented App and Boone from reaching its full potential. Gates should be opened at 7AM.

When was the last time we hosted a noon kickoff? Unless it was a playoff game, I'm thinking it must have been 2004 or earlier. IOW, when stadium capacity was less than half of the expected attendance for this game.

EastHallApp wrote:When was the last time we hosted a noon kickoff? Unless it was a playoff game, I'm thinking it must have been 2004 or earlier. IOW, when stadium capacity was less than half of the expected attendance for this game.

There were a few playoff games over the years one I remember were the leathernecks when it snowed a bit during he game and we did cook breakfast for tailgate

Had a lot of Noon kickoffs in the FCS playoffs. Furman 2005, JMU and EWU 2007, Richmond 2008, SCSU 2009, WIU and Villanova 2010 are the ones I remember.

Yosef10 wrote:

T-Dog wrote:The fact that we're exactly one month from the game and there's still debate about it among the power brokers shows how some folks in the town of Boone are completely tone deaf.

It's a bit ridiculous. IMO these are the same folks that have prevented App and Boone from reaching its full potential. Gates should be opened at 7AM.

Yea man. Screw Boone. For real, no sarcasm behind this thought.

Security and parking officers generally attend the lots starting at 7am on gamedays, even for a 3:30 kickoff. Generally if you keep to yourself, and don't draw any attention, they won't bother you.

bigCasu wrote:Security and parking officers generally attend the lots starting at 7am on gamedays, even for a 3:30 kickoff. Generally if you keep to yourself, and don't draw any attention, they won't bother you.

Are you also suggesting we bring a little cash? haha

mountaineerman wrote:

EastHallApp wrote:When was the last time we hosted a noon kickoff? Unless it was a playoff game, I'm thinking it must have been 2004 or earlier. IOW, when stadium capacity was less than half of the expected attendance for this game.

There were a few playoff games over the years one I remember were the leathernecks when it snowed a bit during he game and we did cook breakfast for tailgate

That ranks as one of my favorite games of all time - snow, yucky roads (particularly in Avery County), BOD playing halftime from the stands so grounds crew could clear the field. I had a huge hot chocolate station set up as part of our tailgate that day. It was quite the hit. The poor leathernecks thought they were coming to warmer climes ... oops.

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bigCasu wrote:Security and parking officers generally attend the lots starting at 7am on gamedays, even for a 3:30 kickoff. Generally if you keep to yourself, and don't draw any attention, they won't bother you.

Are you also suggesting we bring a little cash? haha

I've never paid them off, but a hot thermos of coffee and a biscuit would likely suffice.

Not trying to discredit anyone or the powers that be and maybe or hopefully I will find their planning to be superior to my expectations!

But when you schedule a game like Miami the township can kiss our apps because in a scenario such as this, the foo foo politics goes out the door, because like it or lump it......WE the fans are COMING EARLY! It's just plain common sense.

I will be in town at 7:00 am and will bet not the lone ranger.

EastHallApp wrote:When was the last time we hosted a noon kickoff? Unless it was a playoff game, I'm thinking it must have been 2004 or earlier. IOW, when stadium capacity was less than half of the expected attendance for this game.

I could be wrong, didn't we have a few noon kicks during the regular season of 2010?

T-Dog wrote:Had a lot of Noon kickoffs in the FCS playoffs. Furman 2005, JMU and EWU 2007, Richmond 2008, SCSU 2009, WIU and Villanova 2010 are the ones I remember.

I guess my point being that no noon game has ever had anywhere near the crowd we're going to have for this one, so it would be wise to allot extra time for the crowd to arrive.