Wisconsin33
Banned
A big hello to my Corn Husker brethren from Wisconsin. I first want to start out by expressing the absolute pleasure it was to host so many of you at our university this past Fall as well as in the city of Madison. Never in my life have I encountered or experienced such a wonderful, loyal and knowledgeable group of supporters as when Nebraska fans - all 30,000 (or more!) - came up to support their football team. We sure hope that you enjoyed yourselves and that it was a worthy start to the new traditions that we are sure to build between two great Midwestern States that love their only college football programs.
Well, just as excited as we were to meet Nebraskans in Madison this last year, I think many (though probably not AS many as Husker Nation) Badger fans will be equally as excited to return the favor and make the inaugural visit to Lincoln this Fall to see your wonderful university and beautiful football stadium. In fact, I'm writing this inquiry because I know I, as well as a group of fellow Badger fans, are very interested in making the trip this Fall for the Badger/Husker game!
While we are still very much in the early planning stages of our trip, I'd like to get some good insight from the people who know best- you all! I'll try to keep it simple, but any information that you'd be willing to give to help us out would be greatly appreciated!
In all, I'd expect our particular group to be about 15 people. We're all either in college still or recent graduates who would still probably be looking for the "student experience" as it pertains to game day in Lincoln. I'll post some questions and hopefully that will help make things easier:
1.) Tailgating:
As I just mentioned, we're a group of about 15-20 college-aged fans who are looking forward to both taking in as much of Nebraska's game day as possible, as well as settling down for several hours before kickoff to meet, eat and drink copious amounts of alcohol at a great location where we would be around the center of action as far as students go. I know this routine differs form place to place- for example if you were in Madison last Fall, you would have noticed that there were not real "tailgate lots" or parking lots where students and other fans often party before kick-off, but rather a series of house parties on campus and beer gartens tucked in and amongst the many bars and restaurants near the stadium. At other places like Michigan State or Iowa, they'll have huge plots of land like parking lots or golf courses sectioned off for people to park their cars and do a more traditional tailgate. What's the routine in Nebraska? Where is the center of action? Do students usually end up at different places than everyone else? Where would you recommend our group setting up to be in the midst of Nebraska game day glory? Are there any kind of special passes or anything that we should start thinking about?
2.) Parking/Cars
We'll probably have several cars, but we certainly won't be bringing them all to the tailgate. Where would be a good place to park extra cars within walking distance of the stadium? For the 1 or 2 cars that we'd probably want near our tailgate for supplies and set-up, can you usually just bring them right along to the site? Are there any special passes that we'd need to obtain to get into a good spot?
3) Hotels/Nightlife
We're college kids, so we're probably going to be OK with staying pretty much anywhere so long as it's half-way decent and it's semi-close (at least a cab ride's distance) from Nightlife and the Stadium. Any suggestions for something pretty inexpensive that would cater to that? The closer the better.
More importantly than that, where should we be for Friday night to take in the night life of UNL and Lincoln? We'd probably be interested in the pretty typical college bars and hotspots of your campus. Even though you might think of some of them as 'douchy' or 'fratty' or 'overcrowded' because you went to school there- as long as it's a happening place and there are lots of drinks and people- we honestly won't care because we're just visiting. For example... I cringe to send people to State Street Brats or Kollege Klub here in Madison because they are packed full of douche bags and sorostitues on any given night, but for visitors and first-timers, they are certainly neat inside and full of energy and so I swallow my pride (and my much more boring local favorite that I wanted to recommend) and send them there because I know that's what they're probably looking forward to. Does that make sense? With that in mind- where are some places we need to go to get our eat and drink on while we are visiting campus?
4) Other recommendations
Any other ideas or recommendations or must-sees while we visit? Any advice on tickets or whether it's worth it to try and get student tickets? Where's the visitor section?
Alright- Thanks for all the help in advance and I'll let you know that we are really excited to come see your city this Fall!
Well, just as excited as we were to meet Nebraskans in Madison this last year, I think many (though probably not AS many as Husker Nation) Badger fans will be equally as excited to return the favor and make the inaugural visit to Lincoln this Fall to see your wonderful university and beautiful football stadium. In fact, I'm writing this inquiry because I know I, as well as a group of fellow Badger fans, are very interested in making the trip this Fall for the Badger/Husker game!
While we are still very much in the early planning stages of our trip, I'd like to get some good insight from the people who know best- you all! I'll try to keep it simple, but any information that you'd be willing to give to help us out would be greatly appreciated!
In all, I'd expect our particular group to be about 15 people. We're all either in college still or recent graduates who would still probably be looking for the "student experience" as it pertains to game day in Lincoln. I'll post some questions and hopefully that will help make things easier:
1.) Tailgating:
As I just mentioned, we're a group of about 15-20 college-aged fans who are looking forward to both taking in as much of Nebraska's game day as possible, as well as settling down for several hours before kickoff to meet, eat and drink copious amounts of alcohol at a great location where we would be around the center of action as far as students go. I know this routine differs form place to place- for example if you were in Madison last Fall, you would have noticed that there were not real "tailgate lots" or parking lots where students and other fans often party before kick-off, but rather a series of house parties on campus and beer gartens tucked in and amongst the many bars and restaurants near the stadium. At other places like Michigan State or Iowa, they'll have huge plots of land like parking lots or golf courses sectioned off for people to park their cars and do a more traditional tailgate. What's the routine in Nebraska? Where is the center of action? Do students usually end up at different places than everyone else? Where would you recommend our group setting up to be in the midst of Nebraska game day glory? Are there any kind of special passes or anything that we should start thinking about?
2.) Parking/Cars
We'll probably have several cars, but we certainly won't be bringing them all to the tailgate. Where would be a good place to park extra cars within walking distance of the stadium? For the 1 or 2 cars that we'd probably want near our tailgate for supplies and set-up, can you usually just bring them right along to the site? Are there any special passes that we'd need to obtain to get into a good spot?
3) Hotels/Nightlife
We're college kids, so we're probably going to be OK with staying pretty much anywhere so long as it's half-way decent and it's semi-close (at least a cab ride's distance) from Nightlife and the Stadium. Any suggestions for something pretty inexpensive that would cater to that? The closer the better.
More importantly than that, where should we be for Friday night to take in the night life of UNL and Lincoln? We'd probably be interested in the pretty typical college bars and hotspots of your campus. Even though you might think of some of them as 'douchy' or 'fratty' or 'overcrowded' because you went to school there- as long as it's a happening place and there are lots of drinks and people- we honestly won't care because we're just visiting. For example... I cringe to send people to State Street Brats or Kollege Klub here in Madison because they are packed full of douche bags and sorostitues on any given night, but for visitors and first-timers, they are certainly neat inside and full of energy and so I swallow my pride (and my much more boring local favorite that I wanted to recommend) and send them there because I know that's what they're probably looking forward to. Does that make sense? With that in mind- where are some places we need to go to get our eat and drink on while we are visiting campus?
4) Other recommendations
Any other ideas or recommendations or must-sees while we visit? Any advice on tickets or whether it's worth it to try and get student tickets? Where's the visitor section?
Alright- Thanks for all the help in advance and I'll let you know that we are really excited to come see your city this Fall!