I was right behind you for about 20-25 minutes, then I turned around, went to the end by the first row, parked and tailgated for an hour or so.
Getting out of the blue lot
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I was right behind you for about 20-25 minutes, then I turned around, went to the end by the first row, parked and tailgated for an hour or so.
Yellow was a little messed up last night too. We exited the north side and the traffic was jammed while the police did nothing to direct traffic. And we left early in the 4th quarter.
Blue lot its best to arrive later and park near the exit buy the tree or in grass area.
No.. how about the smug senior associate AD for operations stops lying about banning fans from bringing an apple or a water into the stadium gets off his ass and tries to solve these problems?
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How about this. We haven't had a crowd this size in probably 5 or so years and add on top of that a night game so people aren't hanging out after the game so everyone is leaving around the same time. The blue lot has and will always be an issue when you have these circumstances. Unless you expand roads for 7 times a year it will be like this. Some of you think it is your right to walk to your car and drive out with any traffic. Name one stadium that you can do that. I feel the OP's pain because I went through it many times when I was parking in that lot. But when you look at the layout of roads there in much you can do to fix it.
I moved to the Scarlet lot and did not like how they packed you in and traffic out is bad during games like last night because of River Road. I moved over to Yellow instead and never have waited longer then 5 minutes to get out. The reason why is solely based on two exits that get on to multi lane roads that get onto Metlars / RT18 within minutes. Traffic is always flowing and that is the key , no pedestrians blocking exiting and no cars you have to merge into.
So once again, if you expect RU to do major road construction so that for a few times a year people can get out quicker, it is not happening.
As a visitor I found my way out of the blue lot in five minutes and was surprised everyone was lined up in traffic going the wrong way. Odd.
Oh no no no no!
Rutgers' Tailgate Queen has PROCLAIMED a special ROYAL LOCATION for all of the tailgate members to park in the FRONT of the Blue lot. That's why THE ROYAL TAILGATE PROCESSION always leave's the house at 5:15 AM.
The actual time of Kickoff not withstanding. LOL
Be quiet & go back to your nap. You don't come to the tailgate or the game. You have no say in the matter!
The Queen, and your wife, have spoken 😁
Worst year of my life was the only year I was in Blue (2014). I miscalculated my PP's that year. Will never let that happen ever again.
Sherriffs run that lot . Not surprised . Those guys have no business directing traffic or interaction with people in public . They don’t do any of that in their full time jobs , so rutgers expects them to do it adequately 5 or 6 days a year ??
I get it rutgers probably has to use them for whatever backroom deal was made . But they should be assigned to stadium security or just checking parking passes etc
I get it rutgers probably has to use them for whatever backroom deal was made . But they should be assigned to stadium security or just checking parking passes etc
No. Blue lot was miserable. We used to be in the first 3 rows and always tailgated after. Always took another hour or so to get out. Penn St and Michigan tailgates are still talked about (not always in a good way) with my group...Even yesterday.
I mean, no one from jersey knows how to drive to begin with so of course those in charge of traffic decisions are clueless…
This too. We left a little early to catch a train and it was a mess then. Rutgers Operations are just always a cluster. ZERO forethought.
That's why we left blue years ago. Used to be worse. There were times when folks I sit with were HOME and I was still in the lot.
Totally off topic but it still makes me smile when the Screws post to each other on the forum.
Whoever designed having the RAC buses park past the exit to the Blue Lot has their head in their ass. The traffic officers made it that much worse. I was two cars from the exit and watched them allow 4 to 5 minutes of pedestrians to walk in front of our cars while the traffic piled up.
It's the way way to communicate in 2022. I envision them sitting in the living room together and responding to each other. Kind of like the teenagers who sit in the back seat of the car, dont speak actual words, but text the person sitting right next to them.
That's the benefit of parking in a lot that has 12 cars.
I had red, but I was told to park in blue for an easier in and out. I was told correctly. Guy that cooks in a restaurant up there, Angelo Lutz the snitch, his friends called the NJ Sheriffs, and it cost me $100, which was well worth it. Escorted out actually. But I know some people, so there's that.
The food was mediocre, typical overpriced east coast marginal crapola, but I had them make it correctly. No pepper flake at the end, but they had some pepper infused olive oil that was aged, so the way I requested it made was acceptable.
Pepper flake at the end burns the roof of your mouth off. That's neither good, nor is it Sicilian. But since most don't want hot, that's the only choice. You have to marry in the heat over time so it has several levels of flavor. I learned that visiting a bunch of New Jersey and New York guys in prison.
I never went to prison because I quit and was smarter than those guys, but always kept my mouth shut, so still get favors like police escorts out of football parking. It's not like that in Iowa. New Jersey is so wide open it's no surprise they all end up getting arrested and going to prison. I couldn't believe how wide open the gentlemen were. Spent most of my time at the caffe playing scala. The way they play it is different than what I'm used to. They call it a different name also. Actually a nice Italian social club near the stadium. Pretty private though.
Anyway, I appreciated all the hospitality.
A couple of observations. Rutgers never quit. That QB got hit hard all night. Several others also. If you notice LG1 kept missing assignment, and we ran right over him. Rutgers didn't pull often, but when they tried and were successful, it looked much improved from the last time I watched Rutgers in Iowa City. I sat in the Rutgers donor section and the crowd was pleasant, but most of the people around me didn't understand what they were watching based on their comments. I passed up the indoor as the weather was nice.
Very nice area on my second visit. The area around the stadium and university is nothing like the East Coast to me. There are hints of East Coast, but a more muted version. I enjoyed it. Last time we brought the motorhome. This time was a bit different as we flew and rented a car. One thing that is hard for me to get used to is the East Coast driving. Very polite, and not aggressive at all. Iowa is the exact opposite. New Jersey drivers would get run over where I'm from. Same thing in the City. I can't believe how slow and passive the drivers are. It's the exact opposite of everything we hear about NYC.
The food was mediocre, typical overpriced east coast marginal crapola, but I had them make it correctly. No pepper flake at the end, but they had some pepper infused olive oil that was aged, so the way I requested it made was acceptable.
Pepper flake at the end burns the roof of your mouth off. That's neither good, nor is it Sicilian. But since most don't want hot, that's the only choice. You have to marry in the heat over time so it has several levels of flavor. I learned that visiting a bunch of New Jersey and New York guys in prison.
I never went to prison because I quit and was smarter than those guys, but always kept my mouth shut, so still get favors like police escorts out of football parking. It's not like that in Iowa. New Jersey is so wide open it's no surprise they all end up getting arrested and going to prison. I couldn't believe how wide open the gentlemen were. Spent most of my time at the caffe playing scala. The way they play it is different than what I'm used to. They call it a different name also. Actually a nice Italian social club near the stadium. Pretty private though.
Anyway, I appreciated all the hospitality.
A couple of observations. Rutgers never quit. That QB got hit hard all night. Several others also. If you notice LG1 kept missing assignment, and we ran right over him. Rutgers didn't pull often, but when they tried and were successful, it looked much improved from the last time I watched Rutgers in Iowa City. I sat in the Rutgers donor section and the crowd was pleasant, but most of the people around me didn't understand what they were watching based on their comments. I passed up the indoor as the weather was nice.
Very nice area on my second visit. The area around the stadium and university is nothing like the East Coast to me. There are hints of East Coast, but a more muted version. I enjoyed it. Last time we brought the motorhome. This time was a bit different as we flew and rented a car. One thing that is hard for me to get used to is the East Coast driving. Very polite, and not aggressive at all. Iowa is the exact opposite. New Jersey drivers would get run over where I'm from. Same thing in the City. I can't believe how slow and passive the drivers are. It's the exact opposite of everything we hear about NYC.
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We parked in the Scarlet lot for years before retiring to the Yellow lot. Scarlet is too crowded, too tight, the pavement is torture on hot days and getting out sucks.
I was in Scarlet but parked close to the exit and it still took me 30 minutes...Left with 5 minutes left
Still cannot figure out why Scarlet Lot is most expensive it’s far from the best or most desirable lot
Closest lot to the stadium is always premium. Especially for older fans. They tend to be the largest donors. Some just prefer the paved lot in case it rains.
Right? Keeping the riff-raff out of the yellow lot is serious business.
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