Two comments. 1) The manufactured rivalry (by the B1G) is a joke. 2) Perhaps Illinois fans are getting the team we deserve.Those Northwestern games are such dogs.
Two comments. 1) The manufactured rivalry (by the B1G) is a joke. 2) Perhaps Illinois fans are getting the team we deserve.Those Northwestern games are such dogs.
I wish they would just go back to paper totally. I always kept the ticket for collectionHonestly, after years of outdoor music festivals, I'd rather bring my own bottle/CamelBak and be able to refill as much as I like without having to pay for plastic. I know it's a personal preference, but as long as they keep those water filling stations full and flowing, I'm good with that kind of change.
I do wish they'd go back to paper tickets for some folks. Watching my parents mess with mobile tickets can be painful, even if my husband or I are there to help.
I did the same. I’d don’t see that it’s that difficult to give people the option, but they’ve been adamant about it. I’m sure it saves a couple bucks, but in the big picture where you are selling an experience, I’m not so sure.I wish they would just go back to paper totally. I always kept the ticket for collection
Is the wifi/cell service at MS still terrible?They just need to step up some temporary fencing or something and create a walkway that funnels the crowd where they want. Also I think the mobile tickets make for more problems than they solve given how they never want to load or scan. I keep requesting my season tickets as printed ones and I refuse to change until they make me
See not for me. I'm younger and when I went to a basketball game last year vs Purdue it took me forever to figure out how to download the ticketsIs the wifi/cell service at MS still terrible?
Because that's a solved problem at as ancient a venue as Wrigley Field now, it's just a matter of doing it.
I'm as big of a Boomer luddite as you'll find, but phone-based ticketing is very convenient and a big improvement, IMO.
At the Wyoming game I had a solid 4 or 5 bars for cell service (AT&T) yet the internet via that cell service was almost non-existent. I've never experienced that before--usually when I've got bars I've got internet, but maybe it was a capacity thing.Is the wifi/cell service at MS still terrible?
Because that's a solved problem at as ancient a venue as Wrigley Field now, it's just a matter of doing it.
I'm as big of a Boomer luddite as you'll find, but phone-based ticketing is very convenient and a big improvement, IMO.
Yeah, that's how it always used to be. Not just at MS, anywhere you were in a big crowd of people.At the Wyoming game I had a solid 4 or 5 bars for cell service (AT&T) yet the internet via that cell service was almost non-existent. I've never experienced that before--usually when I've got bars I've got internet, but maybe it was a capacity thing.
I think they need to expand the towers and/or the specific routes for internet traffic. Hopefully that's what is taking place in JW's reference to AT&T working on the towers near MS.Yeah, that's how it always used to be. Not just at MS, anywhere you were in a big crowd of people.
I don't know what the tech fix is that solves that, but they've done it at Wrigley, Solider Field, the UC, I haven't had that problem in awhile.
You can print paper tickets from the e-ticket, but they take a full sheet of paper. I still print them for backups, especially for parking in case it's raining.For my season tickets, I had to pay $5 extra to get paper tickets. Well worth it.
They should just revert back to paper for everyone.
Internet and phone still stink at Ohio Stadium even after the "supposed" upgrades.Yeah, that's how it always used to be. Not just at MS, anywhere you were in a big crowd of people.
I don't know what the tech fix is that solves that, but they've done it at Wrigley, Solider Field, the UC, I haven't had that problem in awhile.
Hey Ran , do you listen to Brian B. and Martin O. when you are at a home game ?I think they need to expand the towers and/or the specific routes for internet traffic. Hopefully that's what is taking place in JW's reference to AT&T working on the towers near MS.
I guess I'm spoiled having lived in a pretty large metro for 25 years (ATL) where the cell coverage was almost over-saturated in some areas. Moving back to the flat land has been an adjustment on a few of those things. That and finding bars that stock proper single-malts.
Fighter, your choice A is correct for the first two games. I agree with your B, but I’m hoping your C and D will be wrong because the Illini keep winning…How has Grange Grove been through two games? I feel like it follows this path each year:
A) Early Home Games: About a third to a half full with the diehards but pleasant enough due to great weather
B) 2-3 Big Ten Games vs. Decent Opponents: Legitimately great environment that shows the tailgating potential we have here
C) November Home Games: Same as (A), with the weather being worse but the opponent being better
D) Thanksgiving Break and/or Northwestern Game: An empty and depressing joke
I imagine the Iowa game will have our best crowd and tailgating atmosphere of the year, especially if we can go into it 5-1.
It was very solid yesterday. Had most of the new basketball players signing autographs and posing for pics, which attracted folks. Had a band that a lot of local Parrot Head fans follow (Boat Drunks).How has Grange Grove been through two games? I feel like it follows this path each year:
A) Early Home Games: About a third to a half full with the diehards but pleasant enough due to great weather
B) 2-3 Big Ten Games vs. Decent Opponents: Legitimately great environment that shows the tailgating potential we have here
C) November Home Games: Same as (A), with the weather being worse but the opponent being better
D) Thanksgiving Break and/or Northwestern Game: An empty and depressing joke
I imagine the Iowa game will have our best crowd and tailgating atmosphere of the year, especially if we can go into it 5-1.
Wow, this should have been my trip down from Chicago! I’m a proud second generation Parrot Head or “Parakeet.”It was very solid yesterday. Had most of the new basketball players signing autographs and posing for pics, which attracted folks. Had a band that a lot of local Parrot Head fans follow (Boat Drunks).
I was never in the student section (worked for the team during my years there), but I really have never thought it was that big of a deal. They aren't "that" far away from the action, they have the whole area to themselves, and it is especially cool with the band right in front of them when a team is marching towards that endzone. Is it perfect? No. But I think we also have not seen many good seasons besides its first year so I am willing to see where it goes from here!Does anyone actually think putting all the students in the NEZ is a good idea? I was on campus when it happened and thought it absolutely sucked. In the 15 or so years since I've yet to see a convincing argument for it. It's kind of shocking this still hasn't been rectified.
The whole redesign was a debacle, from the idiotic decision to take out 10k seats to the idiotic idea to segregate all the students in the NEZ. I can't imagine anyone thinking this was a good ideaDoes anyone actually think putting all the students in the NEZ is a good idea? I was on campus when it happened and thought it absolutely sucked. In the 15 or so years since I've yet to see a convincing argument for it. It's kind of shocking this still hasn't been rectified.
They are closer than the fans in the horseshoe.I was never in the student section (worked for the team during my years there), but I really have never thought it was that big of a deal. They aren't "that" far away from the action, they have the whole area to themselves, and it is especially cool with the band right in front of them when a team is marching towards that endzone. Is it perfect? No. But I think we also have not seen many good seasons besides its first year so I am willing to see where it goes from here!
Memorial Stadium is lacking in atmosphere. You're quarantining the people that will actually get loud and create an intimidating environment to the farthest part of the stadium. Much like the Orange Krush needed to be right on the court, Block I should be right on the sidelines where they used to be.I was never in the student section (worked for the team during my years there), but I really have never thought it was that big of a deal. They aren't "that" far away from the action, they have the whole area to themselves, and it is especially cool with the band right in front of them when a team is marching towards that endzone. Is it perfect? No. But I think we also have not seen many good seasons besides its first year so I am willing to see where it goes from here!
I long for the day we actually get good enough to justifiably redesign it. Neither aesthetically pleasing nor functional. Just a hideous waste of space.They are closer than the fans in the horseshoe.
Which isn’t saying much … an otherwise beautiful stadium is so severely handicapped by the abomination of the horseshoe. It’d seriously look better if nothing were there.They are closer than the fans in the horseshoe.
Does anyone actually think putting all the students in the NEZ is a good idea? I was on campus when it happened and thought it absolutely sucked. In the 15 or so years since I've yet to see a convincing argument for it. It's kind of shocking this still hasn't been rectified.