09-29-2021, 09:56 PM
(09-29-2021, 09:32 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I went to at least one game a year from '06 to '14. My last game was the playoff loss to San Diego. I was moving and working on my house in fall of '15, and when I went to buy a playoff ticket like i did in '14 they were sold out. My dad died before the 16 season and in 17 I was dealing with a bad knee that made it VERY painful to do the walking required at a game. Since then they have been a hot mess that I have not cared to go to the cost and trouble to watch live.
But I will be there Thursday.
In 2006 I went with Joe From Florence, who was one of my main nemisis from the old board. We did some tailgating where I met BengalThing and Turk and some more I can't remember. But every year after that I stayed with a good friend of mine in Mason until I went straight to the game. I always parked in a garage in Newport and took the shuttle to the stadium. So no tailgating since '06.
This year I will be driving straight up from Tennesse before the game. I plan on getting there way before the game.
So any suggestions on where to hang before the game. Are the lots restricted to the people parking there?
I doubt they are restricted. I've never had a parking pass and tailgated in main lots several times. The Banks area between the two stadiums has a DORA area where you can have open containers outdoors on the streets. Lots of good places to eat there, too. I personally like Mainstrasse for my pregaming, then take an uber over the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge in time for kickoff. I've walked it many times, too. I believe there will be a pregame party for the ROH induction over at the new Icon Music Center lawn next to PBS. Don't know if it costs anything, but I went to a concert there about a month ago and it was nice.
I'm jealous. It's the only game I can't make out of my season tickets due to having to be at work at 5:30 am and my son having a baseball game Thursday evening. I'd try to have a beer with you if I was going. Have fun.
