What time do the watering holes open on game day?
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busabus114
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Mickeys opens at 7 i think
STILLBUSTER
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Parking downtown has been a tradition of ours for several years. You simply cannot beat it for the perfect game day experience.
1) Roll into town between 7-8am for breakfast at the Bluebird Diner on Market St.
2) This is just a jay-walk across the corner to the world-famous John's Market (oh the $4.99 cases of Rhinelander we carted back to Currier from that place!!) where we pickup our airline-sized bottles of Absolut and Cuervo to mix with Kinnick lemonade.
3) Park in a downtown ramp -- usually the Ol' Cap mall ramp or the Linn Street ramp (a block east on Burlington).
4) If time allows (mid-afternoon or night games) stroll back into the ped mall to do some pre-game bar-hopping. 11 am games means you start the walk down Burlington across the river to the stadium (not a big deal at all).
5) Short detour into QT at the bottom of Burlington to grab a thirst-quencher for the walk.
(Will probably have to get creative and actually make an attempt to conceal it in a QT plastic cup with the kill-joy buzz nazis getting all fired up. Then again, I'm old and "forgetful" so will probably get by with the "warnings".)
6) Top the hill between Reno & Slater, cut thru the Field House and come upon the most glorious sights, sounds and smells to ever tease the senses.
7) Post-game, the walk back downtown is a breeze (motivated by getting your buzz back on).
8) You just by-passed 1 to 1-1/2 hours of traffic -- valuable time that should (and will be if you park downtown) spent celebrating a Hawkeye victory. You'll even beat the post-game crowd at just about any bar and be able to snag a chair / table to watch the rest of the games on TV. Leaving your car in a ramp all day is less than what you'd pay to park within a mile of Kinnick.
Priceless.
1) Roll into town between 7-8am for breakfast at the Bluebird Diner on Market St.
2) This is just a jay-walk across the corner to the world-famous John's Market (oh the $4.99 cases of Rhinelander we carted back to Currier from that place!!) where we pickup our airline-sized bottles of Absolut and Cuervo to mix with Kinnick lemonade.
3) Park in a downtown ramp -- usually the Ol' Cap mall ramp or the Linn Street ramp (a block east on Burlington).
4) If time allows (mid-afternoon or night games) stroll back into the ped mall to do some pre-game bar-hopping. 11 am games means you start the walk down Burlington across the river to the stadium (not a big deal at all).
5) Short detour into QT at the bottom of Burlington to grab a thirst-quencher for the walk.
(Will probably have to get creative and actually make an attempt to conceal it in a QT plastic cup with the kill-joy buzz nazis getting all fired up. Then again, I'm old and "forgetful" so will probably get by with the "warnings".)
6) Top the hill between Reno & Slater, cut thru the Field House and come upon the most glorious sights, sounds and smells to ever tease the senses.
7) Post-game, the walk back downtown is a breeze (motivated by getting your buzz back on).
8) You just by-passed 1 to 1-1/2 hours of traffic -- valuable time that should (and will be if you park downtown) spent celebrating a Hawkeye victory. You'll even beat the post-game crowd at just about any bar and be able to snag a chair / table to watch the rest of the games on TV. Leaving your car in a ramp all day is less than what you'd pay to park within a mile of Kinnick.
Priceless.
Hawkfromnorwalk
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What time do they start selling alcohol in the morning? Is it 6:00? If so, that's when they will be opening.
IDK if it's that bad. Fieldhouse ramp, maybe.
