Per this picture they are keeping the parking lots adjacent to the SC Deck long term but eliminating the IC lawn. Not sure how this makes sense. I also went searching for the plans for the new SC but came up empty. It's strange to me that there are no readily available plans online given that the project is starting shortly and there was lots of "community input" taken during the design phase.
Isn't there an area somewhere on campus that Tech has set up for a "tailgating experience" or something like that, where you can pay a fee, and they provide all the food, etc. Is that area on your map, and is entrance to it only for those who choose to pay, or is "private" tailgating allowed there too?I did a lot of googling after I got the email about the parking last month. There were three plans that were final candidates for the project and I couldn't find anything definitive about which plan won, but this one seems most likely as it fits the descriptions I've seen (the new student center is a series of buildings, rather than one huge building).
Here is a link to the project as well as the clearest picture of what is happening to the lot. There IC is the clouded building in the upper left.
So you are getting season tickets this year and flying down from Wisconsin 7 weekends? WOW. Well, since you ended up not being able to go to the bowl game, I hope we get to meet sometime this Fall.
The Tech Green is where private tailgating was located this past season and it is in the only grass field in the rendering. Hopefully they allow public tailgating this season with the loss of the IC lawn. Little did I know it was named Tech Green because it would shortly be the only green area on campus.
That's appears to be a long way from the Student Center. That's not much of an option. I don't mind tailgating on a paved surface, since the two lots I have used over the past 10 years are both paved, and there were never any problems. But from what has been said thus far, it doesn't seem like there are even many, if any, paved areas available for tailgating now either.
There are virtually no lots available now where tailgating is allowed. The Varsity lot and deck, and the lot behind the Varsity which was formerly run by Tech allow tailgating, but neither sell in advance. This is going to affect ticket sales even more.
It's not that Tech is limiting it. The problem is all the construction going on in the midtown and on campus have made it impossible.
I don't understand what your referring to. What will be"Tech run"? Tech Green is already used exclusively by Tailgate Guys unless something changes this season
It still doesn't help much if you can't tailgate where you park, and the number of lots available for that is decreasing astronomically.
That is easy.....Tech run = $$$$$
That sounds RIDICULOUS. That should never happen
I really can't imagine that that's what they want to do. As long as other lots are available that allow tailgating (and there are not many that do), that would be a meaningless endeavor on Tech's part. What is really working against the fans now is all the construction going on in the midtown area. Some former (privately owned) lots have been bought and construction is going on there too. I think Tech is probably just trying to give fans an opportunity to tailgate, even though at a cost to the fans.
There are still a few decks on the east side, but I'm not sure tailgating is allowed in any of them. Been doing some research all afternoon, and I found one lot that you could reserve in advance for every Tech game, but dammit, now I can't find the site. Don't think they allowed tailgating, but at $4.00 for 12 hours, I think we could manage. LOL
