Quote: @Mike Olson said:
@"Viking Bob" said:
@ JimmyinSD said:
@ badgervike said:
Jimmy - Can you PM me if you guys come up with a plan? Thanks.
I will try to remember. lots of stuff happening right now, i will try but also keep checking back to be on the safe side.
You have some new members on board that have connections Jimmy...
I think that, like myself, Jimmy doesn't want to presume anything.....
However, I wouldn't mind doing one hell of a cookout for the most amazing tailgate of all time. Just sayin'!
That is if everyone was down for some good old food before the game.
That would be great, but I am not sure we are able to do something quite that big just yet. I've seen their crowd be well over 50 people at any given time and add in our numbers, it would be a very big challenge to pull off in a tailgate lot with the restrictions that MNPLS puts on cookers and such. we would need multiple connected parking spots as well IMO.
Perhaps if we were going to do a meet and greet with the VWO members that want to get to know the rest of us it would be best to do a saturday thing jointly?
If we can get some details I may be able to get my hobbled ass there lol
Quote: @Canthony said:
If we can get some details I may be able to get my hobbled ass there lol
details is one thing we are lacking. lots of ideas, not much on details at this point. best I can say is stay tuned.
After talking with Mike.
In light of not being able to secure a tailgating spot, due to the greed of the Wilf family and the City of Minneapolis, we will likely NOT be doing a Vikefans tailgate this year. With spots being limited they are going to come at a premium and nobody is willing to part with theirs. ( cant really blame them myself)
STAY TUNED FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS!!!
We will continue to discuss a get together the evening before the game, but at this time we dont have anything planned for sure.
I will be starting a new thread to gauge the interest of just a Saturday afternoon/evening gathering prior to a home game that we can use as an opportunity to get to know our newest members that will be joining us on the boards from the VWO.
Any other ideas would be welcome as well for some sort of annual gathering to replace our tailgate event.
Greed Sucks! ( not you Greediron, the Wilfs and the City kind ) :#
Well that blows, but I can't really blame the city (or the Wilfs). That's prime real estate now. I thought very seriously about buying a condo down there when the stadium was approved. Wish I had. Anyway, I'm no expert on tailgating etiquette, but what's to stop me from buying a sixer and walking around the lots with my beer caddies (er, I mean kids) and just mingling? Nothing against you guys, and I hope to join you on Saturday if it works out, but for me it's more about soaking in the pre-game atmosphere, the sounds, the smells. I can still do that, right? Also, since I've always gone to a tailgate, I've never experienced all the radio and Viking sponsored activities surrounding the stadium. Might be fun to finally check out what that's all about.
Quote: @MaroonBells said:
Well that blows, but I can't really blame the city (or the Wilfs). That's prime real estate now. I thought very seriously about buying a condo down there when the stadium was approved. Wish I had. Anyway, I'm no expert on tailgating etiquette, but what's to stop me from buying a sixer and walking around the lots with my beer caddies (er, I mean kids) and just mingling? Nothing against you guys, and I hope to join you on Saturday if it works out, but for me it's more about soaking in the pre-game atmosphere, the sounds, the smells. I can still do that, right? Also, since I've always gone to a tailgate, I've never experienced all the radio and Viking sponsored activities surrounding the stadium. Might be fun to finally check out what that's all about.
I blame them because tailgating is part of the football game day experience for many and if they had no intentions of having it at the new facility they should have either said so from day 1, or put the damn thing somewhere that would have made tailgating more feasible for the future. they are making plenty of money off of everything else surrounding the damn stadium, they could have left something for the fans.
as far as trolling for your experience, no issues at all that I could see unless maybe they would bust you in the plaza area with a beverage not purchased there, but I dont know for sure.
Mike said that there might be something going with the VWO on Sunday, but I dont have any details.
Quote: @JimmyinSD said:
@ MaroonBells said:
Well that blows, but I can't really blame the city (or the Wilfs). That's prime real estate now. I thought very seriously about buying a condo down there when the stadium was approved. Wish I had. Anyway, I'm no expert on tailgating etiquette, but what's to stop me from buying a sixer and walking around the lots with my beer caddies (er, I mean kids) and just mingling? Nothing against you guys, and I hope to join you on Saturday if it works out, but for me it's more about soaking in the pre-game atmosphere, the sounds, the smells. I can still do that, right? Also, since I've always gone to a tailgate, I've never experienced all the radio and Viking sponsored activities surrounding the stadium. Might be fun to finally check out what that's all about.
I blame them because tailgating is part of the football game day experience for many and if they had no intentions of having it at the new facility they should have either said so from day 1, or put the damn thing somewhere that would have made tailgating more feasible for the future. they are making plenty of money off of everything else surrounding the damn stadium, they could have left something for the fans.
as far as trolling for your experience, no issues at all that I could see unless maybe they would bust you in the plaza area with a beverage not purchased there, but I dont know for sure.
Mike said that there might be something going with the VWO on Sunday, but I dont have any details.
No, I meant walking around the tailgate lots. They do still have a couple tailgate lots, right? Or are they all gone now?
Quote: @MaroonBells said:
@ JimmyinSD said:
@ MaroonBells said:
Well that blows, but I can't really blame the city (or the Wilfs). That's prime real estate now. I thought very seriously about buying a condo down there when the stadium was approved. Wish I had. Anyway, I'm no expert on tailgating etiquette, but what's to stop me from buying a sixer and walking around the lots with my beer caddies (er, I mean kids) and just mingling? Nothing against you guys, and I hope to join you on Saturday if it works out, but for me it's more about soaking in the pre-game atmosphere, the sounds, the smells. I can still do that, right? Also, since I've always gone to a tailgate, I've never experienced all the radio and Viking sponsored activities surrounding the stadium. Might be fun to finally check out what that's all about.
I blame them because tailgating is part of the football game day experience for many and if they had no intentions of having it at the new facility they should have either said so from day 1, or put the damn thing somewhere that would have made tailgating more feasible for the future. they are making plenty of money off of everything else surrounding the damn stadium, they could have left something for the fans.
as far as trolling for your experience, no issues at all that I could see unless maybe they would bust you in the plaza area with a beverage not purchased there, but I dont know for sure.
Mike said that there might be something going with the VWO on Sunday, but I dont have any details.
No, I meant walking around the tailgate lots. They do still have a couple tailgate lots, right? Or are they all gone now?
my understanding is that there are still some lots, Im just not sure which ones or where they are at. maybe thats what we should all do is just get together with a few coolers and other stuff in wagons and roll around the lots until we find some place to hijack!
Quote: @JimmyinSD said:
@ MaroonBells said:
@ JimmyinSD said:
@ MaroonBells said:
Well that blows, but I can't really blame the city (or the Wilfs). That's prime real estate now. I thought very seriously about buying a condo down there when the stadium was approved. Wish I had. Anyway, I'm no expert on tailgating etiquette, but what's to stop me from buying a sixer and walking around the lots with my beer caddies (er, I mean kids) and just mingling? Nothing against you guys, and I hope to join you on Saturday if it works out, but for me it's more about soaking in the pre-game atmosphere, the sounds, the smells. I can still do that, right? Also, since I've always gone to a tailgate, I've never experienced all the radio and Viking sponsored activities surrounding the stadium. Might be fun to finally check out what that's all about.
I blame them because tailgating is part of the football game day experience for many and if they had no intentions of having it at the new facility they should have either said so from day 1, or put the damn thing somewhere that would have made tailgating more feasible for the future. they are making plenty of money off of everything else surrounding the damn stadium, they could have left something for the fans.
as far as trolling for your experience, no issues at all that I could see unless maybe they would bust you in the plaza area with a beverage not purchased there, but I dont know for sure.
Mike said that there might be something going with the VWO on Sunday, but I dont have any details.
No, I meant walking around the tailgate lots. They do still have a couple tailgate lots, right? Or are they all gone now?
my understanding is that there are still some lots, Im just not sure which ones or where they are at. maybe thats what we should all do is just get together with a few coolers and other stuff in wagons and roll around the lots until we find some place to hijack!
Actually, that doesn't sound like a terrible idea. A revision on tailgating. Call it "tailwagon" *L*. Anyone ever go to a kegger in high school? Nobody brought grills to those things and you still managed to have a good time. So everyone brings beverages, someone local bring a cooler or two, we meet at a lot and just look for an open space to hangout. If we latch on somewhere, great. We have money to contribute. If we don't, we just drink beer and talk Vikings, which is all I've ever done at those things anyway.
HOLD THE PHONE!!!!!!
We got us a tailgate in the works.
Stay Tuned!
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