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Can I make it in time for the UF game - 4 pm from Hopedale?
Posted on 10/6/15 at 8:48 am
Posted on 10/6/15 at 8:48 am
First post, and I'm asking for help. Hopefully that's not against the rant rules. I'm a long time LSU fan who hasn't caught a game in person since South Carolina '12 (great memory with my Dad). Anyway, I will be in Hopedale for a fishing tournament the day of the UF game. Best guess...I would probably get out of there just before or right at 4 p.m. that Saturday. Do you think it is practical to try to make it to the game with the complication of having to find a place to park a truck and boat? If so, what would be your best guess as to what time I would arrive at the stadium?
Mapquest says it's right at a 2 hour drive, but I don't know how the traffic/parking is nowadays right before kickoff. I've actually never arrived to a game less than a few hours before kickoff. I don't even know if there would be any place to park my rig at that point. Plan B is shrimp po'boy and hotel room, but I hate to be that close to the game and not go. If I think I can make it before the end of the first quarter, I'm coming. And when it has been a few years since my last game, I will be so hoarse I won't be able to speak the next day. Is it hopeless?
Mapquest says it's right at a 2 hour drive, but I don't know how the traffic/parking is nowadays right before kickoff. I've actually never arrived to a game less than a few hours before kickoff. I don't even know if there would be any place to park my rig at that point. Plan B is shrimp po'boy and hotel room, but I hate to be that close to the game and not go. If I think I can make it before the end of the first quarter, I'm coming. And when it has been a few years since my last game, I will be so hoarse I won't be able to speak the next day. Is it hopeless?
Posted on 10/6/15 at 8:49 am to Lessuccess
no way you get from hopedale to tiger stadium in 2 hours.
Posted on 10/6/15 at 8:50 am to Lessuccess
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Can I make it in time for the UF game - 4 pm from Hopedale?
unless you own a helicopter, not a chance in hell
It's two hours with no traffic, traffic will be insane and you won't find parking within a couple miles of the stadium so be prepared for a long walk
Posted on 10/6/15 at 8:51 am to Lessuccess
also, there's no way I'd leave my boat and gear anywhere near campus on gameday
Posted on 10/6/15 at 8:52 am to Lessuccess
Its 2 hours from Hopedale to Baton Rouge on a day without traffic to an area not holding an LSU game. You could get into the LSU lakes area and park and have a good 35 min walk to the stadium. Best guess is that you would make the second half.
Posted on 10/6/15 at 8:52 am to Lessuccess
umm, you bringing fish,shrimp anything like that with you?
Posted on 10/6/15 at 8:56 am to Lessuccess
youd be better off making the run in the boat and parking in the river ![](https://images.tigerdroppings.com/Images/Icons/IconLOL.gif)
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Posted on 10/6/15 at 8:57 am to LSUCouyon
leave the truck in hopedale, drive boat up the river to the game. park it near the levee and walk to stadium? only shot you have... :-)
ETA: Geaux23 beat me to the idea...
ETA: Geaux23 beat me to the idea...
This post was edited on 10/6/15 at 8:59 am
Posted on 10/6/15 at 9:07 am to Lessuccess
Impossible. Especially pulling a boat. I can't even imagine where you'd park.
I'd choose one or the other. In this case I'd choose the game.![](https://images.tigerdroppings.com/Images/Icons/Iconcheers.gif)
I'd choose one or the other. In this case I'd choose the game.
![](https://images.tigerdroppings.com/Images/Icons/Iconcheers.gif)
Posted on 10/6/15 at 9:12 am to Geaux23
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youd be better off making the run in the boat and parking in the river
I had the same thought, but 125+ river miles says otherwise.
Stay in Hopedale and watch it at the camp!!
Posted on 10/6/15 at 9:23 am to ScottieP
I actually considered the river route, only I came up with closer to 165 miles. That pipe dream didn't last long. Thanks for saving me the cost of the ticket, though. I might have gotten caught up in the traffic leaving the stadium on my way in.
Posted on 10/6/15 at 9:28 am to Lessuccess
Park your truck and boat at College walmart, if you can get to that parking lot by 5:45 you can uber right up to the stadium.
Posted on 10/6/15 at 9:28 am to Lessuccess
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find a place to park a truck and boat
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Posted on 10/6/15 at 9:39 am to Lessuccess
I've driven/rode the river from Venice to BR a number of times. You would be done by the time you get off the boat. That can be a brutal trip.
Posted on 10/6/15 at 10:16 am to Lessuccess
Yes. If u hurry u can make it to College Drive Walmart by 5:50 and taxi from there. There will be no traffic as everyone will already be at the game.
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