stAteNation
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Anybody make the trip over to Jonesboro?
Any that came, you guys treated ok? Saw quite of few of Memphis fans tailgating behind the baseball field.
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Bill83
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RE: Anybody make the trip over to Jonesboro?
(09-13-2021 10:22 AM)stAteNation Wrote: Any that came, you guys treated ok? Saw quite of few of Memphis fans tailgating behind the baseball field.
we paid and parked in the Embassy Suites lot and tailgated in the green space near the RV parking. Mostly ASU inside mostly Tigers outside.
Treated very well, great fans!
Only knock, Concessions seemed a bit overwhelmed and it was what about 60% of capacity.
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HornLakeTiger
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RE: Anybody make the trip over to Jonesboro?
(09-13-2021 10:22 AM)stAteNation Wrote: Any that came, you guys treated ok? Saw quite of few of Memphis fans tailgating behind the baseball field.
Had a wonderful time over there. The stadium looks great. Not a single negative comment from any stAte supporters. Like someone else mentioned, the visitor side concessions definitely seemed overwhelmed, but otherwise, no complaints. Look forward to coming over there again in two years.
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MemphisBlue
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RE: Anybody make the trip over to Jonesboro?
Made the trip, arrived about 5:00 and parked in the free parking out past the Baseball Field and Embassy Suites. Nice walk to the stadium and everyone was very nice.
I agree with the issue regarding the concessions. The lines were at least 20 min long for most of the game. Since we didn't tailgate before the game, our plan was to eat at halftime. I decided to try to beat the crowd and ended up in line for most of the 2nd Quarter. On a positive note, I could still get AT&T data so I was able to watch ESPN+ while in line.
To help with the concessions, I would highly recommend putting some bottled drink only satellite stations to serve those only wanting drinks. This would free up the full service lines for those needing more.
Easy walk back to the car and quick exit resulted in getting back to the 901 by 11:15.
Go Tigers!
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Toll Booth Willie
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RE: Anybody make the trip over to Jonesboro?
I made the trip and was pleasantly surprised, nice campus, stadium, overall a very good experience. Ate at JTown's before the game, the place was abbot 50% Tiger fans. Someone started a T-I-G-E-R-S spell out, and the Red Wolves fans including staff started to howl to offset, very good natured!! Parked for free as well and walked, not bad.
Worse thing I would say is that the visitor's side men's restrooms has tubs/trough to pee in. I remember they had those in the upper level at the LBMS, but have been removed.
The fans were very nice, no bad words or looked down upon, very accommodating. I will be returning for future games.
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9eaux1
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RE: Anybody make the trip over to Jonesboro?
(09-13-2021 10:22 AM)stAteNation Wrote: Any that came, you guys treated ok? Saw quite of few of Memphis fans tailgating behind the baseball field.
It was a pleasant trip! stAte fans were very friendly. I know it's a smaller stadium but they seemed much more organized when it comes to parking/flow of traffic before and after the game. I would have bet money that leaving parking lot would take forever but we were out in 5 minutes (Embassy Suites parking lot). Visitor concessions were the only downside. Talked to an stAte fan that even said he's never seen it that slow before.
Also, didn't hurt that the weather was absolutely perfect!
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Anybody make the trip over to Jonesboro?
