It is a real nice campus with the central campus like a giant park.
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It is a real nice campus with the central campus like a giant park.
Fryowa
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Best advice in this thread. I've been there and everything about it sucks.
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HawkeyeHypnosis
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Make sure you try the water.
coreyzbizkits
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We went in 2015. Game started at 3:45, we read somewhere lots didn't open until 9:00 am. We pulled into Ames around 8:45 am, and all the lots were open and there were tons of people there. Immediately pissed off. Sat on University Ave for about an hour. Tailgating was cramped, we were across the street from JTS. No one bothered us at all, and we were all Hawkeye fans. We played bags with ISU tailgaters, and were not hassled at all other than good old fashioned trash talk. Overall, the tailgating scene was laughable. Reference to a Wal-Mart parking lot is spot on. Nothing but red/yellow tents and rv's.
Game was great because of an Iowa win. The music wasn't terrible, but all the sound effects and music up to the snap when Iowa had the ball was rediculous. I think it was the year the refs had to get them to stop. We were lucky, we had tickets in the section where a lot of Iowa Hawkeye parents of players were at.
We hung out in the lot afterwards for probably an hour or more to let it clear. Once it did, we got out and made it back to Ankeny fairly easily.
All in all, I had as good of a time as I could being in Ames and on campus. We are going back this year, hopefully the game has the same result with a Hawkeye win.
Game was great because of an Iowa win. The music wasn't terrible, but all the sound effects and music up to the snap when Iowa had the ball was rediculous. I think it was the year the refs had to get them to stop. We were lucky, we had tickets in the section where a lot of Iowa Hawkeye parents of players were at.
We hung out in the lot afterwards for probably an hour or more to let it clear. Once it did, we got out and made it back to Ankeny fairly easily.
All in all, I had as good of a time as I could being in Ames and on campus. We are going back this year, hopefully the game has the same result with a Hawkeye win.
I would absolutely not park by vet med. Just my opinion. The last time I parked there, and it's been a while, they only had one real viable exit from those lots and it took me a really, really long time to get out of there. I'd get on highway 30, then get off on S Dayton Ave, then drive west on S 16th all the way to the grass lots before university ave. Park on the NORTH side of university, much easier to get out from there. I'd stay on the north side too, as the students are on the south side, and if anybody is going to give you crap it's probably a hammered 19 year old.
I'd avoid University at all costs. You'd be better served driving on 35 north past hwy 30, then getting off on 13th street, and going west through town then south. University is a disaster on game days.
As far as that goes, technically the lots open 6 hours before kick. They'll stop you about 7 or 8 hours beforehand. However people will usually get there before security is there to stop them.
There are two ways out and we never had any issue getting out. can't imagine it would be a problem with an 11am game. Unless it is raining many will hang and tailgate long after the game.
ClintonIAfan
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Be sure to go through a through decontamination process after you exit. If not you will have a craving for big macs every day of your life. You will be content with only winning 1 football game per season. Your appearance will frighten kids at parks. Please be vary care, without proper decontamination you could spread that disease.
MelroseHawkins
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The tailgate's all right. Doesn't have the atmosphere as at Kinnick but it's adequate.
MelroseHawkins
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For some reason whenever I'm in Ames, I get the weird feeling in the back of my head churning the whole time I'm there that I missed my calling as a veterinarian.
