Gameday tailgating has disappeared

[Champ967]

Some of yall are missing that the current policy is basically pay-to-tailgate.

The free option requires you to complete your setup and clear out by 8:00A. Not impossible for serious fans, but a tall order for most.

[PawDawg]

That's TOTALLY different. I don't see where it says Tailgaters have to have their Tailgates in place by 8 AM on game day? To the contrary, it says that cars that DON'T HAVE PASSES, have to be moved out of the parking lot by 8 AM on GAME DAY, which totally makes sense. If I've paid for a parking slot to Tailgate on game day, that just means any cars parked on that lot must be gone. What about that doesn't make sense to you?

Are you kidding me? Is this what you have been interpreting as a "nobody can get in after 8 AM" policy? Surely not? Is there more to this story than I can see here?

Good grief HD! They WILL NOT let you enter (TO UNLOAD) after 8:00AM unless you have a parking pass. I realize you think it is crazy, but that is what they've been enforcing and refused to change for years. For years we were able to pull up late morning or even after lunch, unload, and leave the parking lot.

[HogDawg]

Yeah, it looked bad on TV too. Gray shirts blend in with concrete & metal behind them.

I'm willing to give them a mulligan on that. That's the kind of thing that somebody ordering new shirts for the BOP could have reasonably been expected to overlook. So take a free "oops my bad" and dont use the gray tops again until bball season.

But I'm afraid they will wear them again. They wore them in both home games so far. Not a good look.

[HogDawg]

Yes -- any parking pass (including red) gets you unlimited in-and-outs. If you have a parking pass (including red) that's how they know you give to the program.

That's like saying "All I showed them was my passport. But they have no idea whether I'm an American."

People without a parking pass are SOL after 8AM.

No, I'll repeat myself. The red pass CAME WITH THE PARKING SLOT, we all pay for. Whether you pay $1,500 per season, or $300 per game for your parking slot, they all come with RED PARKING passes. It's a package deal, folks!

[HogDawg]

The issue is for those of us that tailgated on the hill surrounding the TAC. As those aren't dedicated tailgating spots, you don't get parking passes for tailgating there. We had a group of 20 that would regularly tailgate on the hill right beside the TAC sidewalk. To me, that shady area is the best area for tailgating. For my group, driving from Bastrop or Shreveport to setup the tents and grill by 8AM for a 6PM kick on a Saturday during hunting season was a no-go. Getting there by noon or 2PM would have been feasible. Ever since that season, I have dropped all season tickets and LTAC. I'll spend time at the house with my kids, parents and friends and maybe catch the game on TV.

I guess I don't understand why you had a problem with it. It's my understanding that you don't pay for that Tailgate spot. I was told it's free to Tailgate on the grass around the TAC. Is that correct? That's what I was told. If so, why should the university give you --or anyone-- a parking pass for a FREE tailgate spot?

Folks, this ain't hard stuff to understand.

[PawDawg]

No, I'll repeat myself. The red pass CAME WITH THE PARKING SLOT, we all pay for . Whether you pay $1,500 per season, or $300 per game for your parking slot, they all come with RED PARKING passes. It's a package deal, folks!

Yes, you get some parking passes when you have an RV space in the designated area of the red lot which is at least a $1500 value.

[PawDawg]

It's my understanding that you don't pay for that Tailgate spot either? I was told it's free to Tailgate on the grass around the TAC. Is that correct? That's what I was told. If so, why should the university give you --or anyone-- a parking pass for a FREE tailgate spot?

Folks, this ain't hard stuff to understand.

NOBODY is asking for free parking

They are asking for temporary entry to a drop off spot to save a few hundred yards of lugging tables, chairs, ice chests, etc. from the car to the shady spots we had been using for years (some over 20 years).

[Champ967]

No, I'll repeat myself. The red pass CAME WITH THE PARKING SLOT, we all pay for . Whether you pay $1,500 per season, or $300 per game for your parking slot, they all come with RED PARKING passes. It's a package deal, folks!

YES -- and if you dont have one, you CANT tailgate -- not even in the grass/hill -- unless you:

a) complete your setup before 8a, OR
b) schlep in your tent, grill, coolers, tables, and other gear from a remote location\

These are generally unreasonable requirements for a program trying to build a fanbase. It's effectively pay to play

[PawDawg]

YES -- and if you dont have one, you CANT tailgate -- not even in the grass/hill -- unless you:

a) complete your setup before 8a, OR
b) schlep in your tent, grill, and gear from a remote location

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This is HD

[HogDawg]

Some of yall are missing that the current policy is basically pay-to-tailgate.

The free option requires you to complete your setup and clear out by 8:00A. Not impossible for serious fans, but a tall order for most.

Correct. I guess Tech fans just have to decide if they want Tech Athletics to have those additional revenue sources or not.

[HogDawg]

Yes, you get some parking passes when you have an RV space in the designated area of the red lot which is at least a $1500 value.

........or $300 per game.

Or you can Tailgate in numerous FREE places and not deal with parking passes at all.

[Champ967]

Correct. I guess Tech fans just have to decide if they want Tech Athletics to have those additional revenue sources or not.

Aaaaaand there's the elitism.

HD -- How come nobody wants to tailgate?

BB&B -- It's either expensive or difficult.

HD -- LOL! Poor people!

[Champ967]

........or $300 per game.

Or you can Tailgate in numerous FREE places and not deal with parking passes at all.

Only if you're done setting up by 8A. OR willing and able to lug several hundred pounds of gear roughly 1/2 mile.

[qng001]

Any potential areas of the white lot to tailgate?

[johnnyb019]

Ok I have a question then. I quit tailgating some years ago when they started the whole 8am thing. The first home game this year there were probably 20 cars parked up of the grassy hill (south of TAC tailgating spot) and this was at about 11am. So I was thinking maybe the rules changed. This past week I was driving down Alabama and had to stop as someone was turning up onto the grassy hill to tailgate. This was about 10:30am. So I pulled up to the officer and the person standing at the entrance to the road that goes by Hideway park and asked can people drive up to tailgate on the south hill again after 8am. They said that there was no time limit to come in to tailgate and that there was no vehicle allowed to tailgate on the grassy area on the North side of the TAC. SO are the vehicles allowed at anytime to tailgate on south side and if not then why were there so many parked up there? Are they just not enforcing? I want to start tailgating again as I cant afford to take my family inside the stadium. After reading on here I am so confused now to if I can.