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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?
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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 8:50 am to MorbidTheClown
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no way
Posted on 10/6/15 at 8:50 am to Lessuccess
Not a chance.
Posted on 10/6/15 at 8:51 am to redneck
nope
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 8:53 am to Lessuccess
Maybe halftime
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 
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 8:58 am to duaneb87
i beat you to it
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.
I'd choose one or the other. In this case I'd choose the game.
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
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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