Game day Operations

[T-Dog]

They need to seriously rethink the entrance at the West Gate. Almost missed kickoff due to being crushed, and that's not hyperbole.

"Well get their earlier!" Some actually clean up their tailgate, put away tents, tables and cool down grills before going in.

People coming down the stairs are bottlenecked by turning left and then having to do a 180 to go in the security lines. Add on drunk students trying to push their way through and its a bad recipe that whoever decided on security created.

I saw an App State Baseball player yell at a longtime season ticket holder and his family because the baseball player was trying to push through the crowd and the season ticket holder wouldn't let him.

Once Im getting home today Im definitely writing emails with pics of the baseball player in question.

[311neers]

They need to seriously rethink the entrance at the West Gate. Almost missed kickoff due to being crushed, and that's not hyperbole.

"Well get their earlier!" Some actually clean up their tailgate, put away tents, tables and cool down grills before going in.

People coming down the stairs are bottlenecked by turning left and then having to do a 180 to go in the security lines. Add on drunk students trying to push their way through and its a bad recipe that whoever decided on security created.

I saw an App State Baseball player yell at a longtime season ticket holder and his family because the baseball player was trying to push through the crowd and the season ticket holder wouldn't let him.

Once Im getting home today Im definitely writing emails with pics of the baseball player in question.

This was always going to be a problem when we botched the NEZ layout. Took up a ton of plaza space with a building and didn’t improve the ingress/egress into/out the stadium (made it worse). Should have been built closer to the field with connecting concourses so people could have used the NE gate and NW gate to get to the West side.
Maybe we should force students to use the SE Gate up near the A to keep them separate. They don’t care to walk up the hill.

Also, don’t go get a baseball player suspended for this.

[T-Dog]

The problem is that this year, they've extended security gates out in front of the gate but only going down the sidewalk. Theb you got the stage for the pregame concert that tightens the space even more.

Last year, the security was at the gate, then the tickets were taken beyond the gate. The first 2024 game was a calamity, but after that it was fine. I dont know why they changed it up this year. It was bad for Lindenwood but way worse today.

[appfanjj]

Sat in the west side club seats yesterday. Sound was awful. Music was too loud and the high pitched feedback was very annoying and continued to happen throughout the game. The PA announcer also cut in over music several times and it sounded ridiculous.Everyone sitting around around me was complaining.

Also have a question. Do other stadiums show replays of reviewed calls during the entire review?
Some of the replays shown on the scoreboard were really weird. Like what the officials were seeing.

[AppState222]

Also have a question. Do other stadiums show replays of reviewed calls during the entire review?
Some of the replays shown on the scoreboard were really weird. Like what the officials were seeing.

What a weird thing to be upset with. That's exactly what it was. We were seeing what they were seeing. The ACC Network literally has the replay center and the conversations with the officials piped into their broadcast. It's all about transparency and having us see why the official is making the decision they're making. Years ago we wouldnt even show the replay on challenged calls on the video board, and now we're seeing exactly what the ref is seeing and youre annoyed by it.

[appfanjj]

Never said I was annoyed or upset. Just thought it was a bit unusual to show the replays for the entire review.

Thank you for clarifying that for me.

[appstate24]

Sat in the west side club seats yesterday. Sound was awful. Music was too loud and the high pitched feedback was very annoying and continued to happen throughout the game. The PA announcer also cut in over music several times and it sounded ridiculous.Everyone sitting around around me was complaining.

Also have a question. Do other stadiums show replays of reviewed calls during the entire review?
Some of the replays shown on the scoreboard were really weird. Like what the officials were seeing.

Our seats are in 206 on the west side. The sound was A MILLION times better than last time. They definitely improved the system. I thought the DJ did a great job in the 4th to keep the energy up and keep the student section going strong.

The admin clearly heard everyone’s complaints from game one. Sean Connery’s “Welcome To Tbe Rock” was back, the sound was way better, they did a lot to keep fan engagement up (something they can still continue to improve). Yosef’s zip line in was great. We criticized them greatly after game one, they deserved it. They also deserve some praise for the improvements made for game 2.

Incredible game yesterday. Incredible atmosphere. One of the best games at The Rock in a while. Now let’s keep it going.

GO APPS!!

[JTApps1]

The timing of the intro video, team entrance, and fireworks was laughably bad yesterday. I missed hearing "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" as that has gotten good crowd participation since we started playing it a few years ago. We could have used something like that in the third quarter to get the crowd engaged again.

[ASUFan4863]

They need to seriously rethink the entrance at the West Gate. Almost missed kickoff due to being crushed, and that's not hyperbole.

"Well get their earlier!" Some actually clean up their tailgate, put away tents, tables and cool down grills before going in.

People coming down the stairs are bottlenecked by turning left and then having to do a 180 to go in the security lines. Add on drunk students trying to push their way through and its a bad recipe that whoever decided on security created.

I saw an App State Baseball player yell at a longtime season ticket holder and his family because the baseball player was trying to push through the crowd and the season ticket holder wouldn't let him.

Once Im getting home today Im definitely writing emails with pics of the baseball player in question.

It is like that on the East side as well. There is really just not much that can be done when that amount of people go to the gates at the same time. An alternative idea could be to allow students to enter on the backside to go to the hill.

[311neers]

They need to seriously rethink the entrance at the West Gate. Almost missed kickoff due to being crushed, and that's not hyperbole.

"Well get their earlier!" Some actually clean up their tailgate, put away tents, tables and cool down grills before going in.

People coming down the stairs are bottlenecked by turning left and then having to do a 180 to go in the security lines. Add on drunk students trying to push their way through and its a bad recipe that whoever decided on security created.

I saw an App State Baseball player yell at a longtime season ticket holder and his family because the baseball player was trying to push through the crowd and the season ticket holder wouldn't let him.

Once Im getting home today Im definitely writing emails with pics of the baseball player in question.

It is like that on the East side as well. There is really just not much that can be done when that amount of people go to the gates at the same time. An alternative idea could be to allow students to enter on the backside to go to the hill.

Yep, I like the thought of giving the Students the SE gate to enter.
And anyone can exit out of it.