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re: Death Valley Jr. - most cramped major venue ever?

Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:36 pm to
Posted by TheBear60
Member since Aug 2017
504 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:36 pm to
Ever been to Norte Dame...I'm a big guy, not fat, just big. When I stood up, the whole row stood up!!!
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
38049 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:37 pm to
Dont forget having the 30 minute concession lines run right into the beer area. Someone should honestly be fired for that
Posted by OU812
Michigan
Member since Apr 2004
13577 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:44 pm to
Tennessee
Posted by SmoothBox
Member since May 2023
2450 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:46 pm to
Tennessee or the big house are the two most cramped stadiums I’ve ever been in. I wasn’t there, but I can’t imagine Clemson being worse than either of them..
Posted by lovinLSU
lafayette
Member since Nov 2007
14567 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:54 pm to
One of several embarrassing things was watching them loading all the players on a bus to go halfway around the stadium then let them off to walk down a ramp to enter the field..LSU brings their players to the game by bus and drop them off at the top of the hill and they walk down to the locker room with thousands of fans cheering them on.. all I saw @ Clemson was a few hundred fans, a guy with a toy cannon strapped to what looked like a UHaul dolly with a crack eyed cat following close behind… is that the best they can do for a major college honestly?… Hell, ULL has a way better setup than Clemson…
This post was edited on 9/2/25 at 2:59 pm
Posted by Artificial Ignorance
Member since Feb 2025
1424 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 3:05 pm to
Somebody has never been to Neyland’s hillbilly roller coaster.
Posted by SaveFarris
Member since Apr 2012
2528 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 3:50 pm to
Fenway Park says "hello!"
Posted by dfunklsu
Somewhere down in Texas
Member since Sep 2004
671 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 4:00 pm to
We sat in Section P, visitor side lowers. Seats were great and no lines for bathroom and concessions.

Traffic leaving campus after the game looked like a disaster.

Overall, good experience.
Posted by ElderTiger
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2010
7678 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 4:07 pm to
Kyle Field in the late 90’s was abysmal. It was an afternoon game, temps in the mid-90s, took almost a hour to go and return from concessions/bethroom…worst stadium experience I’ve ever experienced.
Posted by I 10 one lane merge
Member since Oct 2018
315 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 4:49 pm to
Horrible stadium. Not conducive to anything remotely good for an attendee
Posted by vl100butch
Ridgeland, MS
Member since Sep 2005
36740 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 4:58 pm to
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Ever been in Neyland Stadium?

6” wide seats


That's the first thought that came to my mind as well. I went to the LSU-Tennessee game when JaMarcus was QB and the Pimps showed up in force (I think 2006). That is the only football game in my life where I stayed in my seat for the entire game, you couldn't move!!!!
Posted by Hale Lipari
Member since Jul 2025
41 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:29 pm to
Without a doubt - and I have been to Tenner - to get around the lower bowl was an absolute cluster frick - lines into the bathrooms across from lines to the concessions with people trying to cross both in different directions was absolutely absurd - but then again, maybe Clemson is not used to having such a packed house
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
38521 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 6:05 pm to
quote:

lines into the bathrooms
This is the only time I've ever seen the line to the men's bathroom be super long, even during non-breaks.
Posted by ATLTigerJacket
Hot-lanta
Member since Mar 2009
7 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 6:44 pm to
I've been to at least 40 venues in my time, and that stadium was the scariest place walking up the stairs in the upper deck.
Posted by LSUDad
Still on the move
Member since May 2004
61946 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 7:10 pm to
quote:

Ever been in Neyland Stadium?


Bingo. This is the true answer.
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
35825 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 7:14 pm to
quote:

I heard maybe the upper bowl wasn't the same

It most certainly was. And damn, those stairs were steep as hell.
Posted by LSUDad
Still on the move
Member since May 2004
61946 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 7:16 pm to
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Ever been in Neyland Stadium? 6” wide seats


Even the women can’t fit in a seat. My sister went last year to a game, I told her, once in, never leave your seat. She did what I said.
Posted by Bryno1960
Off River Road
Member since Aug 2013
3377 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 7:47 pm to
Lambeau Field was the most cramped I’ve ever been to.
Posted by CharlestonTiger
Summerville, SC
Member since Nov 2019
985 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 7:56 pm to
quote:

Everything bottlenecks at the single entrance/exit to the upper deck serviced by the skywalk.


Yes! That Skywalk is AWFUL and before the game it was moving so slowly...and they had faux security....the one inept guard at the metal detectors didn't checking any bags or stop anyone that triggered the detector....and another thing

quote:

Traffic after the game looked horrendous


Yes...it was awful. The contract flow only really worked for certain lots. We waited for an hour to get out of the lot we were in....ugh
Posted by WhiteMandingo
Member since Jan 2016
7464 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 9:08 pm to
The way the upper deck seating was crazy the seats were 2 inches below the next row with no seat back and a 5 inch gap just enough for a shoe to fall into.
Also the even numbers vs odd numbers for whole sections was also very odd.
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