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Game Traffic
Posted on 7/19/23 at 8:44 am
Posted on 7/19/23 at 8:44 am
CBK’s concern about fans leaving early is legit. Until the horrendous traffic is resolved, people will leave early. Not sure how much effort/$ has been invested, but it seems like a good traffic engineering firm could figure this out, which may include building/improving roads. But BRPD would still need to implement and they’re a joke in every way.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 8:52 am to PlaySomeHonk
Not time to complain about traffic yet.
You have to hold on to that card.
You have to hold on to that card.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 8:54 am to PlaySomeHonk
Traffic problem solved:
Leave the game when the clock hits triple 0s. Calmly walk back to your vehicle. Open the doors to the truck, turn on the post game show on the radio, drop the tailgate, grab a cold one, and hang out until traffic is flowing nicely. That's what we do. Traffic is never an issue for us.
Leave the game when the clock hits triple 0s. Calmly walk back to your vehicle. Open the doors to the truck, turn on the post game show on the radio, drop the tailgate, grab a cold one, and hang out until traffic is flowing nicely. That's what we do. Traffic is never an issue for us.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 8:56 am to PlaySomeHonk
It also helps not to be down my three scores in the first half.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 8:58 am to PlaySomeHonk
Why is it so bad exactly? I’ve been to 9-10 SEC venues as well as semifinals and national championships. NOTHING is as bad as traffic after an LSU football game. It makes no sense really how awful it is compared to literally everyone else.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 8:59 am to SouthEndzoneTiger
Yeah, I plan on an hour long event leaving the game doing the same thing. These people complaining about traffic are ridiculous. It’s the same in Athens, same in Gainesville, etc. you got 90k+ trying to leave in the same direction. It happens every where.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 9:02 am to PlaySomeHonk
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Not sure how much effort/$ has been invested, but it seems like a good traffic engineering firm could figure this out
They have been trying for several years now. It's been said based on the location of the stadium, there is only so much you can do. There are a limited number of exit routes.
Where did Kelly talk about this? SEC Media Day? Bottom line, if it is a close game against a big time opponent, the vast majority of fans aren't going to leave.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 9:06 am to JJ27
Most on campus stadiums have bad traffic. Campuses are not designed to handle an event with 100,000+ event.
I get if you want to choose not to go to a game because of traffic but at this point once you decide to go to an event with 100k+ people and traffic problems we all know exists why do you then complain when said traffic comes?
Either decide not to go or go and deal with all the issues that come with it. It isn’t that hard.
I get if you want to choose not to go to a game because of traffic but at this point once you decide to go to an event with 100k+ people and traffic problems we all know exists why do you then complain when said traffic comes?
Either decide not to go or go and deal with all the issues that come with it. It isn’t that hard.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 9:08 am to SouthEndzoneTiger
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Traffic problem solved: Leave the game when the clock hits triple 0s. Calmly walk back to your vehicle. Open the doors to the truck, turn on the post game show on the radio, drop the tailgate, grab a cold one, and hang out until traffic is flowing nicely. That's what we do. Traffic is never an issue for us.
^^^^this though.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 9:12 am to PlaySomeHonk
There are probably some % of the leaving early crowd that do so because of traffic. But that is the minority. 30 years ago Tiger Stadium held 80,000 people. So it's not as if the stadium suddenly went from 15k people in one area to 100k creating a traffic mess that previously never existed. Yet, 30 years ago leaving early wasn't a huge issue. Why?
1. 30 years ago tailgating wasn't as big as it is now. Yes, you had tailgates. But pretty much everyone that was tailgating was going to the game. Now, for many, the tailgate is the actual event. Not the game. Some don't even go to the game (yet they take up space and add to congestion on campus). Some go to the game but leave soon thereafter because they want to get back to the tailgate and party more. The game is almost an inconvenience rather than the "event".
2. Every game is on TV now. 30-40 years ago maybe 1/2 (or slightly more) of the games were on TV. Thus, if you wanted to see all of the action you had to stay at the game. Now, you can leave at HT and get home to watch the entire second half (if you are recording the game) from the comfort of your home without missing a thing.
3. Cell phones. When I first started going to games no one had cell phones on their person. So the way things usually went was I'd get to campus a few hours early and meet at the tailgate with a group friends. Everyone had tickets to the game, but not everyone sat near one another. That included sometimes the people with whom you carpooled to the game. Plans had to be made BEFORE going into the stadium. Those plans often consisted of "we'll meet (here) after the game". Because we had no cell phones we couldn't text/call one another during the game to to say "hey, you want to leave early to go ____?" You also couldn't call/text anyone who didn't go to the game to see if what they were doing may be a better option. You had to stay throughout the game or risk being at the meeting place alone for a long period of time if you decided to leave early. So you just stayed until the end. It was better than leaving early and having no one to meet.
1. 30 years ago tailgating wasn't as big as it is now. Yes, you had tailgates. But pretty much everyone that was tailgating was going to the game. Now, for many, the tailgate is the actual event. Not the game. Some don't even go to the game (yet they take up space and add to congestion on campus). Some go to the game but leave soon thereafter because they want to get back to the tailgate and party more. The game is almost an inconvenience rather than the "event".
2. Every game is on TV now. 30-40 years ago maybe 1/2 (or slightly more) of the games were on TV. Thus, if you wanted to see all of the action you had to stay at the game. Now, you can leave at HT and get home to watch the entire second half (if you are recording the game) from the comfort of your home without missing a thing.
3. Cell phones. When I first started going to games no one had cell phones on their person. So the way things usually went was I'd get to campus a few hours early and meet at the tailgate with a group friends. Everyone had tickets to the game, but not everyone sat near one another. That included sometimes the people with whom you carpooled to the game. Plans had to be made BEFORE going into the stadium. Those plans often consisted of "we'll meet (here) after the game". Because we had no cell phones we couldn't text/call one another during the game to to say "hey, you want to leave early to go ____?" You also couldn't call/text anyone who didn't go to the game to see if what they were doing may be a better option. You had to stay throughout the game or risk being at the meeting place alone for a long period of time if you decided to leave early. So you just stayed until the end. It was better than leaving early and having no one to meet.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 9:13 am to PlaySomeHonk
In order to "beat" the traffic I leave after the pre game salute . I do run into those trying to get seated. But once in the parking lot it is smooth sailing to I10. Home by 1/2 time. No line at the bathroom and cold beer on hand.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 9:15 am to PlaySomeHonk
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traffic
The worst of the worst fans bitch about traffic that happens a handful of times per year for something they supposedly love. Weak.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 9:29 am to JJ27
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Why is it so bad exactly? I’ve been to 9-10 SEC venues as well as semifinals and national championships. NOTHING is as bad as traffic after an LSU football game. It makes no sense really how awful it is compared to literally everyone else.
I think to some degree it is the location of TS and where the fans who are attended are coming/going from.
West of TS is the river
North is downtown and NBR
East is the lakes and SE BR
South is the most "open" area...but its undergone a lot of development over the decades and continues to do so.
I would guess the majority of fans at the game (at least the ones who are driving home after) are from the BR metro area, or areas SE down the river to Nola. Given you probably don't have a large group of people from NBR attending the games, that means the majority of people are trying to got East and South following the game. That causes a ton of congestion because you'll find that if you are traveling North or West after the game traffic isn't all that bad. For instance, if you are traveling out towards the west side of the river it is not all that difficult to take river road to downtown BR and hop on I-10W there. Same if you are going north (Baker, Zachary, St. Francisville, parts beyond). Once you can get to downtown it's pretty easy to get where you are going.
Not so if you want to go east. Everyone has to wind their way through campus, the lakes, Burbank, etc. In BR most of the people attending the games live in the eastern/southeastern part of the parish. You also have a lot of people from the Nola metro area attending the game all trying to go in the same direction.
If you are in other, smaller, towns. Starkville, Oxford, Auburn, College Station, etc, not that many people live in the same town where the stadium is located. So everyone is taking an outlet out of town.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 9:34 am to Alt26
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Not so if you want to go east. Everyone has to wind their way through campus, the lakes, Burbank, etc. In BR most of the people attending the games live in the eastern/southeastern part of the parish.
Nah, I live in Denham and my parking pass is in the Bernie Moore track parking lot. I wait for Nicholson traffic to start flowing, head north to Florida, get on I-110 to I-10 and cruise from there. Those who want to go east can do so much easier going that route than maneuvering thru the lakes or Burbank, if they can get to Nicholson from where they parked.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 9:42 am to PlaySomeHonk
This does not appear to be changing anytime soon. Your alternative is to search out strategically the most time efficient way out of campus. I have been going to games for 40 years and have honed in on the best parking / tailgate location that fits me. I am 30 minutes max getting off campus to I-10. If you keep parking in the hayfield / levee lots you will continue to get the same terrible results. Move about and find the place that works for you.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 9:44 am to Alt26
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I think to some degree it is the location of TS and where the fans who are attended are coming/going from.
West of TS is the river
North is downtown and NBR
East is the lakes and SE BR
South is the most "open" area...but its undergone a lot of development over the decades and continues to do so.
Agreed. There is only so much that can be done when the campus is surrounded by the MS River to the west and the Lakes to the east.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 9:44 am to SouthEndzoneTiger
quote:i'll disagree with this. tailgating was huge up until 10 years ago when Clown Joe Aleva changed every damn thing about campus on gameday. they used to have live bands at tailgates all over campus in the 80's , 90's. Those games were hardly on TV except when Tigervision came around. Different generation of folks always looking for the next best thing to do.
1. 30 years ago tailgating wasn't as big as it is now. Yes, you had tailgates. But pretty much everyone that was tailgating was going to the game. Now, for many, the tailgate is the actual event. Not the game. Some don't even go to the game (yet they take up space and add to congestion on campus). Some go to the game but leave soon thereafter because they want to get back to the tailgate and party more. The game is almost an inconvenience rather than the "event".
Posted on 7/19/23 at 9:48 am to SouthEndzoneTiger
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Nah, I live in Denham and my parking pass is in the Bernie Moore track parking lot. I wait for Nicholson traffic to start flowing, head north to Florida, get on I-110 to I-10 and cruise from there. Those who want to go east can do so much easier going that route than maneuvering thru the lakes or Burbank, if they can get to Nicholson from where they parked.
That is because you are going North initially. Which isn't that bad. A lot of people though. Especially those from BR metro want to go E/SE from the stadium. Same for many people if they want to go on I10-E. They chose to wind their way through the glut of traffic on Nicholson, Highland, Burbank rather than maybe backtrack a bit (north) to eventually get where they want to go.
If you are willing to travel North initially before heading East the traffic (while not fast flowing) is better than if you are trying to wind your way through campus to go E/SE. I used to live in the Westminster area of BR (in the triangle between 10 and 12). Directionally it would have been more reasonable for me to travel to and park on the east side of campus. But I would purposely park in the hayfield lots by the river so after the game I could go north to downtown and easily jump on I-10E (like you do) to get home. Theorectically I could have gone Burbank to Bluebonnet, then NE on Bluebonnet. But it was just easier (and quicker) to backtrack a bit to downtown before going E/SE
Posted on 7/19/23 at 9:59 am to SouthEndzoneTiger
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Leave the game when the clock hits triple 0s. Calmly walk back to your vehicle. Open the doors to the truck, turn on the post game show on the radio, drop the tailgate, grab a cold one, and hang out until traffic is flowing nicely. That's what we do. Traffic is never an issue for us.
Yep, this is the answer. Don’t know why people are in a rush to get away from something they spent money on and built their day around.
We always sit around and tailgate post game, and that’s with having to drive home to Kenner after.
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