Heading to the Bengals @ Patriots Oct 5th

SScope

Hey all,

As the thread title says I'm heading to the game at Foxboro/Gillette Stadium on October 5th. I'm fairly new to the sport and am just looking for some tips or things to see while I'm there.

Thanks in advance guys,
Sscope

BKWDR

First of all. I'm sick with jealousy.

Will be a brilliant game. The lads will have advice on how to get there, ie. train or what not.

Defo check out the tailgate before hand its a brilliant atmosphere. I dont know if the Pro shop is open during or after the game but try check that out.

Be prepared for a bit of traffic afterwards.

SScope

Thanks for your reply, have arranged to stay close by (well about and hour drive from the stadium) so not too worried about the traffic afterward.

I have been told the tailgate is something else so am hoping to get there at least 3 hours before game time to enjoy that.

Will deffo try and check out the Pro shop.

Thanks again

BKWDR

SScope wrote: »

Thanks for your reply, have arranged to stay close by (well about and hour drive from the stadium) so not too worried about the traffic afterward.

I have been told the tailgate is something else so am hoping to get there at least 3 hours before game time to enjoy that.

Will deffo try and check out the Pro shop.

Thanks again

Actually the Bengals game is the late Sunday game so defo will be a great atmosphere and likelihood most things will be open in and around the stadium all day. The game i went to was a 1pm start.

You are close by so, lots of people hang around and tailgate after which will clear the immediate traffic

bruschi

why do you come on here and taunt us!!! :mad:



Corvus will be along soon to smash his computer too.


But seriously, enjoy it, should be a great game and a great atmosphere. Someone recently asked a similar question for a Pats game at foxboro so have a quick search on the forum here.

SScope

Tbh I've been very lucky to get the tickets. My wife works for a company with an office in Boston and one of her contacts there sorted the tickets as a surprise for me.

I'll check out the New England thread and see if I can find the info in there you mentioned. Thanks for the reply

TO.

SScope wrote: »

Thanks for your reply, have arranged to stay close by (well about and hour drive from the stadium) so not too worried about the traffic afterward.

I live 10 mins away and trust me you won't enjoy the traffic after the game that hour will become 2 easily Give yourself extra time before hand though.

I have been told the tailgate is something else so am hoping to get there at least 3 hours before game time to enjoy that.

If the game is a 1pm kick off get there between 7 and 8 to get a good spot as trust me the official parking lots fill up fast. They cost around $50 per car these days and they fill very quickly. The best parking lots open to non parking ticket holders are across the road the stadium with a 10-15 min walk over to stadium. You will need a ticket for the parking lot around the stadium itself.

http://www.gillettestadium.com/patriots-parking

50 and 54 on this map is where I normally park. Right across from stadium as I said. 3 is general also but that one fills up really fast. Expect it to be full before 8. 15 14 and 20 same as 3.

Will deffo try and check out the Pro shop.

Thanks again

You will love the store and will want to spend all your money in there.

Eagle and a few others have been there plenty of times and I am sure I missed something and they will fill in the gaps.

SScope

Thanks for the heads up TO., just got a bit more info on the plans.

The chap that has the tickets for me lives 8 mikes from the stadium and the plan is to leave his house about 4 he's before the games starts for the tailgate. Have been told the atmosphere should be great as its 8:30 pm game.

Hazys

It'll probably be a chilly night by then, summer is over. So even tho you are heading out at 4pm you'll probably be still sitting in the stadium at 11:30pm so dress warm (the Irish Mammy in me coming out) or better yet just booze till you can't feel it (Irish lad in me coming out, that feels better).

I was planning on going to this game and getting the train home but with work the next day it'd be a pretty late night so i said i'd leave it off. Although i usually can't sleep after late games because the ones we had last year went right down to the wire and i was too pumped afterwards so i couldn't sleep anyway.

Should be a great game enjoy.

SScope

Thanks for the advice Hazys, will remember to bring a few layers and beers that way I have the best of both

Amerika

If time allows and the wait isn’t too long, you may want to check out “Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill”

TO.

Amerika wrote: »

If time allows and the wait isn’t too long, you may want to check out “Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill”

That bar is overpriced and the food is average. The only good thing about it is the wimmins walking around in tight pants and tops.

BKWDR

Gah im thinking back to dollar burger night at Bar Louie in Patriot Place now...PBR a dollar too...

This thread has made me sufficiently sick, gonna have a chat with the missus when i get home...

TO.

BKWDR wrote: »

Gah im thinking back to dollar burger night at Bar Louie in Patriot Place now...PBR a dollar too...

This thread has made me sufficiently sick, gonna have a chat with the missus when i get home...

Bar Louie can be a cool place but mostly when they run promotions. PBR is the poor mans champagne love that beer cheap and cheerful makes dutch gold look like rat infested piss water.

On a side note Patriot Place is great to hang but expect to pay for everything as it is expensive. Every store and bar in there know they can make big bucks especially on game day.

Not too bad for you guys traveling over though seen as the Euro is stronger right now.

Check out Five Guys burgers if you like burgers tad pricier than your normal BK or MCD but the Burgers are usually decent enough and good for eating after some beers.

What I do on gameday is tailgate and eat enough and drink enough before hand so I really dont need anything in the stadium. I always get 1 $10 beer in the stadium and then a coffee to keep me warm.

Masked Man

I need to stop reading these threads.

BKWDR

TO. wrote: »

What I do on gameday is tailgate and eat enough and drink enough before hand so I really dont need anything in the stadium. I always get 1 $10 beer in the stadium and then a coffee to keep me warm.

Yeah i was warned about the mad expensive beer INSIDE the stadium and warned don't go in hungry or thirsty but in all honesty, i didnt think it was that expensive. A beer was 8$ or so...i had a skinful at the tailgate anyways, bought a couple rounds inside. Maybe its from paying stupid money for beer at home AND that 'on holiday feeling'.

Bought a hot chocolate in a patriots mug (10$) and spiked it with some whiskey (was a december game!)

I think there's a certain element that you get so used to drinking the small cans of beer that a pint seems 'too much'.

Ah PBR is muck but a dollar a can , was winner winner!

SScope

Just got the seating info am in Section 137 Row 25 Seat 4. Looks like I'll be in the Endzone.

Thanks for all the advice. Can update with pics and exp if anyone is interested.

Thanks again
SScope

BKWDR

Be assured that everyone is interested!!

Enjoy , we're all jealous!

BKWDR

Just as an update, how did you get on with the trip man?

SScope

Hey,

Sorry i didnt update sooner.

Had a great time was really something else, we got there about 4pm and have to say I've never seen a sight like it. The tailgating experience was like nothing I've seen, the amount of set ups people had with TVs, marquee tents, corn hole, food and drink was just something else. Would be something I'd love to see before sporting events here but don't think it would ever happen.

Gillete stadium and Patriot Place are great also for building up the atmosphere, although I wasn't expecting to be carded at the door to Toby Keith's as I havent been graced with needing to be asked since the stone age. Saying that heading into the stadium the atmosphere was very subdued, think a lot for people were worrying about what team would then up after the game against the Chiefs. I was just a few rows back from where the touchdown was scored and had the crap scared out of me when the rifles were fired (I forgot about them)

Once the game got to going the atmosphere really kicked up, especially with the first touchdown coming so fast for the Patriots. Don't think I've ever high fived so many people in my life as I did in that game.

One thing that did strike me was how many people were leaving during the 3rd quarter, I know it was a late game but it really did surprise me at how early and fast people left.

Also the support for Devon Still and his family during their daughters illness with the cheerleaders all wearing his shirt under their uniforms (think ever shirt with his name on it sold gets the money for charity)

Seems like it was an age ago now but it's up there as one of the best sporting events/stadiums I've been to and I will make a point of making it again. Will be hoping to get in one game a yr as I'll be over to see family in the area.

Thanks to all for the I do and tips before going and sorry again for not updating sooner. (Have some pics I can throw up later if he want)

mikemac1

Give us pics

BKWDR

Sounds like you had a blast, exactly the same kind of experience i had last year. Really is something else! Glad you got a great game in!

I think the leaving early is more of a reflection on people who don't really 'party' and just go to all the games and don't want to be stuck in the mayhem that is the traffic.

Can't wait now for the Bills game late December although i dont know if there will be much in the hunt for the game as it could be a gimmie game at the tail end of the season. Also it will be COLDDDDD

Throw up some snaps when you can, would love to see !

SScope

A few of the pics

Son Of A Vidic

Good stuff Sscope, don't know if you're a Pats fan but the atmosphere in the stadium that night was something else. I was getting goose bumps watching on TV when the stadium was rocking to the Brady! Brady! Brady! chants. Must have been something else to have been there in the flesh.

SScope

I'm a Pats fan, always enjoyed the game and then married a girl from CT and her whole family are Pats fans so they allowed me adopt them as my team. The place was rocking that night between the Brady chants and the bull**** chants for the calls against the Pats. Super super atmosphere after what started out (going in anyway) as very subdued.

Hazys

SScope wrote: »

A few of the pics

I was at the game too and funnily enough from those pics i wasn't sitting too far away from you...probably the section next to you a few rows back.

Here's a video i took of the Brady! Brady! Brady! chant: http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=14ajwwy%3E&s=8#.VDKlv_ldU1I

It was a fantastic night the atmosphere was by far the best i ever experienced in Foxboro. The entire crowd stood for 3 hours of the game, it was a special night.

Certainly not the stereotypical Foxboro experience

Glad you got some tailgating in, its serious banter.

As for people leaving early to me its kinda understandable. Its a Sunday night and everybody needs to be in work the next day so leaving early if your driving could mean a 2 hour difference in getting home. I had to wait for the train after the game so i didn't get home till 2:30am.

Hazys

Oh and don't forget this:

Son Of A Vidic

Hazys wrote: »

Here's a video i took of the Brady! Brady! Brady! chant: http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=14ajwwy%3E&s=8#.VDKlv_ldU1I

It was a fantastic night the atmosphere was by far the best i ever experienced in Foxboro.

Wow! and Wow! again.