University of Minnesota Plans Tailgate Lot for Students

University of Minnesota students may soon be able to enjoy food, alcohol and entertainment outside TCF Bank Stadium before Gophers football games.

In an attempt to bring more students to the stadium, the University is creating a proposal for a student tailgate parking lot across the street from the student entrance of TCF Bank Stadium.

Student groups on campus have pushed for a student tailgate lot in the past few years.

Nearly a dozen tailgate lots surround the area within a few blocks from the stadium, but none are designated solely for students.

Executive associate athletics director David Benedict said the Victory Lot — a parking lot northeast of the stadium behind the Thompson Center for Environmental Management — is the only location the University is considering.

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University of Maryland Contemplating Tailgating

For some students, knocking back a few beers and grilling burgers with their friends is a pregame ritual during football season, whether they do it in a parking lot, their apartment or behind a fraternity house.

But a new proposal from the Interfraternity Council and Student Government Association representatives could change that. In an effort to ease neighborhood tensions, increase safety and boost student attendance at games as the university prepares to move to the Big Ten, the council is proposing the university allow students to organize tailgating on the campus during next fall’s football season.

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