Redskins to Restrict Large Tailgate Parties

[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...

[jdlea]

Originally Posted by 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...

So long as you're rooting for the Ravens, otherwise a lot of the fans there are a$$holes! I've seen them act like jerks to Browns fans and I experienced during the Sunday Night game last year. What's worse: I don't think the a$$hole Baltimore fan is the minority.

I actually know a lot of them (from living in B-More) and I had a Ravens fan tell me, before last season, "Joe Flacco can die in a car fire for all I care, he hasn't proven anything, it's all about Troy Smith, F*@K FLACCO!" Immediately after saying that every Ravens fan at the party cheered. Come the middle of the season when I was saying, "I told you he would be good." They all claimed he had earned his stripes and was the "new Troy Smith." True Story.

[sportscurmudgeon]

jdlea:

There are idiotic fans everywhere - - not just in Baltimore.

Recall I said that going to the luxury suites at the Linc was a great experience; we need not contemplate the rationality and the sobriety of a large number of Philly fans in the same stadium.

[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.