Game Day Operations Comments

[Knight Shift]

Plus- the music was a more reasonable volume. Suggestion: when Rutgers is getting annihilated, maybe don't keep playing click, click boom?

Scanning of mobile phone tickets seemed to go smoothly.

How were the concessions?

Big negative- traffic flow into Yellow and Blue Lots-- who is the genius who decided the marching band and cheerleaders should march up the gravel driveway of the Yellow Lot at 12:45- 1 p.m., completely stopping the flow of cars into the lots? This is just plain dumb.

 

[bac2therac]

Plus- the music was a more reasonable volume. Suggestion: when Rutgers is getting annihilated, maybe don't keep playing click, click boom?

Scanning of mobile phone tickets seemed to go smoothly.

How were the concessions?

Big negative- traffic flow into Yellow and Blue Lots-- who is the genius who decided the marching band and cheerleaders should march up the gravel driveway of the Yellow Lot at 12:45- 1 p.m., completely stopping the flow of cars into the lots? This is just plain dumb.

no the scanning of mobile tix didnt go smoothly....mine didnt scan at all today and I was waved inside, last week guy had to grab my phone to finally scan but only after showing bar code

others seemed to have long line issues

 

[Knight Shift]

no the scanning of mobile tix didnt go smoothly....mine didnt scan at all today and I was waved inside, last week guy had to grab my phone to finally scan but only after showing bar code

others seemed to have long line issues

What time did you go in, and which gate. We hit the East gate at 2:45, and no problems.

 

[RUbot]

What time did you go in, and which gate. We hit the East gate at 2:45, and no problems.

Yes Volume of the PA system was Much improved today. Could actually talk and hear others. And wasnt blasting during the time between every play!!! Great job by the admin in addressing comment there. And this is the second time I was caught entering the yellow lot when the band marched up and through. Not sure who thinks this is a good idea. It completely stops traffic from entering the yellow lot for about 5 - 10 minutes at I woudl assume a pretty high volume time entering the lot. I was up near the front to see what was teh cause but people back behind likely had no clue.... getting frustrated. Sure it created a major backup coming off rt 18 from the North.

 

[superfan01]

It's takes an hour to get from the rac to the stadium on the bus system. Most people are just walking.
40 minute lines. It's. A mess.
then you get to stadium and it's 30 moniute line to get in.

RU needs to make it better or people will stay home. Especially the non diehard. The causal fan doesn't tried this convenient.

 

[bac2therac]

What time did you go in, and which gate. We hit the East gate at 2:45, and no problems.

Gate C, 3 PM

 

[Knight Shift]

Gate C, 3 PM

It seems the other side of the stadium has problems. Traffic flow was messed up around 1 p.m., but some said it was bad later in the day. There is no reason to block entry into the lots for the marching band and cheerleaders to go through the yellow lot.

 

[bethlehemfan]

Plus- the music was a more reasonable volume. Suggestion: when Rutgers is getting annihilated, maybe don't keep playing click, click boom?

Scanning of mobile phone tickets seemed to go smoothly.

How were the concessions?

Big negative- traffic flow into Yellow and Blue Lots-- who is the genius who decided the marching band and cheerleaders should march up the gravel driveway of the Yellow Lot at 12:45- 1 p.m., completely stopping the flow of cars into the lots? This is just plain dumb.

They did do a better job with the sound. Too bad the game went so off the rails. Would have been interesting if the crowd got into it.

 

[MadRU]

no the scanning of mobile tix didnt go smoothly....mine didnt scan at all today and I was waved inside, last week guy had to grab my phone to finally scan but only after showing bar code

others seemed to have long line issues

Maybe time to upgrade? Just kidding

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Big negative- traffic flow into Yellow and Blue Lots-- who is the genius who decided the marching band and cheerleaders should march up the gravel driveway of the Yellow Lot at 12:45- 1 p.m., completely stopping the flow of cars into the lots? This is just plain dumb.

Schiano is the genius. I know someone involved with gameday event coordination. Schiano would like fans to follow the cheerleaders and band to the Scarlet Walk to greet the players.

 

[DHajekRC84]

Patient Died again.

 

[RU_DIO]

Why are the concession lines so terrible. I wanted to buy a beer but decided against it after looking at the lines.

 

[ScarletDog]

They should take the ads off the scoreboard for some parts of the event. For example, when you do the horse entrance video, take the side ads off the scoreboard and use the whole thing. Make the whole thing more dramatic. Also maybe get a horse that isn't freaking out. Somebody's going to get killed at some point.

 

[MusicFreaks]

Why are the concession lines so terrible. I wanted to buy a beer but decided against it after looking at the lines.

What kind of beer does the stadium offer?

 

[RU_DIO]

What kind of beer does the stadium offer?

Miller Lite, Blue Moon and other beers.

 

[RUfromNJ]

Plus- the music was a more reasonable volume. Suggestion: when Rutgers is getting annihilated, maybe don't keep playing click, click boom?

Scanning of mobile phone tickets seemed to go smoothly.

How were the concessions?

Big negative- traffic flow into Yellow and Blue Lots-- who is the genius who decided the marching band and cheerleaders should march up the gravel driveway of the Yellow Lot at 12:45- 1 p.m., completely stopping the flow of cars into the lots? This is just plain dumb.

I’m going to keep a tally of the number of times “Click Click Boom” is played next week. It won’t be less than a dozen. Right out of PSU MBB’s playbook.

 

[G- RUnit]

Parking lot attendants were great and accommodating.
Stadium looked great.
Finally they did the EL Don’t Stop Believing the right way towards the students and with the Cheerleaders and Dance Team involved and did it very well.
The Smoke from the canon after the first TD did not dissipate. Did it affect the snap and hold?
Don’t yell at the fans for not getting in the stadium on time when we are in line for half hours at a time. That’s RU’s fault.
Heard 18 was backed up ridiculously. Scanners do take more time but no one wants to hear that.
Why are there only portapotties on one side of the yellow lot?
DJ and canned music was much better.
Actually heard the band at times! Woo hoo!
Liked that Hobbs actually walked the yellow lot.
If they really want more fan involvement pregame they really should start the walk at the circle. Get the Yellow and blue lots more involved.
Lines inside the stadium are still ridiculous. It might be time to hire professionals.
Still a beautiful day and stadium was impressive.

 

[Knight Shift]

Why weren't the pom poms red? Were they PSU whiteout surplus?

 

[RUbot]

We haven't gotten any out of town score announcements from the PA system in years, and dont think that will ever win out over the canned noise being pumped out constantly..... but at least the last few years they posted out of town big Ten scores up on the scoreboard. Can we at least get that back ?? And I've said it before., I still really miss having the print game day programs available for sale. Maybe they return next year after COVID goes away. Really so much easier to flip through a printed page of roster info as the game is going on then staring at the digital roster on a tiny small font phone screen that you cant see in the bright sun light during a game.

 

[RU22_rivals412969]

They should take the ads off the scoreboard for some parts of the event. For example, when you do the horse entrance video, take the side ads off the scoreboard and use the whole thing. Make the whole thing more dramatic. Also maybe get a horse that isn't freaking out. Somebody's going to get killed at some point.

There are lots of horses in this state, perhaps they could even find a grey one.

 

[Section124]

We haven't gotten any out of town score announcements from the PA system in years, and dont think that will ever win out over the canned noise being pumped out constantly..... but at least the last few years they posted out of town big Ten scores up on the scoreboard. Can we at least get that back ?? And I've said it before., I still really miss having the print game day programs available for sale. Maybe they return next year after COVID goes away. Really so much easier to flip through a printed page of roster info as the game is going on then staring at the digital roster on a tiny small font phone screen that you cant see in the bright sun light during a game.

Good lord. Why waste time giving 20 minute delayed scores when almost everyone in the stadium has a smart phone? We already discussed the programs after the last game. They sell maybe 40 a game. Waste of paper and effort.

 

[redlinehw]

Why did they get rid of the trash and recycling bins? And are they no longer giving out trash bags? I’m in yellow is this the same in other lots?

 

[dfr1966]

Why did they get rid of the trash and recycling bins? And are they no longer giving out trash bags? I’m in yellow is this the same in other lots?

We were given trash bags when we arrived in the white lot.

 

[mikebal9]

Why did they get rid of the trash and recycling bins? And are they no longer giving out trash bags? I’m in yellow is this the same in other lots?

It is. Definitely less cans and less port o potties in black as well. And we weren't given trash bags this week.

 

[Section124]

Why did they get rid of the trash and recycling bins? And are they no longer giving out trash bags? I’m in yellow is this the same in other lots?

I am in Yellow and they hand them out when you pull into the lot. We have received them every week. Thanks for pointing out there are no trash/recycle bins. It seemed like something was missing. I saw a woman trying to dispose her charcoal on Saturday and couldn't find the steel container this week. I do think I did see that one somewhere on the way out.

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

We haven't gotten any out of town score announcements from the PA system in years, and dont think that will ever win out over the canned noise being pumped out constantly..... but at least the last few years they posted out of town big Ten scores up on the scoreboard. Can we at least get that back ?? And I've said it before., I still really miss having the print game day programs available for sale. Maybe they return next year after COVID goes away. Really so much easier to flip through a printed page of roster info as the game is going on then staring at the digital roster on a tiny small font phone screen that you cant see in the bright sun light during a game.

Programs were fund raisers for local groups.

I’m disheartened that they chose to stop printing them.

Enough of them sold to make it worthwhile

 

[RUbot]

Good lord. Why waste time giving 20 minute delayed scores when almost everyone in the stadium has a smart phone? We already discussed the programs after the last game. They sell maybe 40 a game. Waste of paper and effort.

Waste time? Who's time is wasted by putting a box on the left side of the scoreboard as they used to do and scroll through Big Ten & top 25 scores? Other scores are so much more relevant to us fans, than much of the other things that go up on that scoreboard... And I'm there to watch a game and discuss it along with other games with those around me ... who has time to be pulling out their phone and be searching for scores. THAT is a waste of time. I'm there to watch the game and what's going on down on the field... I'm not tied to that piece of electronics in my pocket.

 

[rurichdog]

It is. Definitely less cans and less port o potties in black as well. And we weren't given trash bags this week.

I was in Black and I got one. We were along the grass on Brett Rd and one of the RU Facilities guys handed us one. They're definitely not as diligent as they were in years past though.

 

[RU-AGK]

I was ecstatic the team came out in the second half to Van Halen.

This is the way it should be all game, every week.

 

[mildone_rivals]

Big negative- traffic flow into Yellow and Blue Lots-- who is the genius who decided the marching band and cheerleaders should march up the gravel driveway of the Yellow Lot at 12:45- 1 p.m., completely stopping the flow of cars into the lots? This is just plain dumb.

That's idiotic. Someone in ops had a brain fart.

I had to miss going to this game. But I could hear that the canned music was given a rest now and then during the game, which is good. Can't really tell what the volume is over the TV, but glad to hear it was less loud.