Weekend Wrap #22: Enemy of Construction Edition

July 26, 2008 in Mailbag

news_wrap.jpgThis first link in this edition of the Weekend Wrap got me to thinking. There seems to be a trend developing that construction of new stadiums or housing or whatever seems to be encroaching on our ability to tailgate. The University of Oregon is building a brand new college baseball stadium to accommodate their newly created team. The only problem is that the new baseball stadium is being constructed in a large portion of the parking lot at Autzen Stadium. This has the Oregon Football tailgaters up in arms and rightfully so. Now it seems that Iowa Football tailgaters will be losing a favorite tailgating spot due to new condo constructionin the Olive Court. When will the madness stop? As an avid tailgater, please, I implore you. Stop taking away our tailgating parking lots. Tailgating is truly the last great American neighborhood where everyone is friendly and no one locks their doors. Why would you want to kill that with yet another condo complex? Stop the insanity.

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TailgatingIdeas.com Featured In Ben Smith’s Sports Column

January 25, 2008 in Tailgating Ideas

Call it what you will; shameless self-promotion or tooting your own horn. The reality is we can’t help ourselves to not share a newspaper column that recently featured TailgatingIdeas.com.

Ben Smith has been The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette’s lead sports columnist since 1989. His columns run the gamut from wisecracking commentary to profiles of the people who make the world of games the fascinating and often bizarre place it is. On Friday, January 25, 2008, Smith’s sports column touched on the NFL’s insistence on banning open flames and grilling at the Super Bowl. Ben Smith agrees with us that by banning grilling at the Super Bowl, the NFL is essentially banning tailgating. Give Ben Smith’s column a read and if you haven’t done it yet, sign the petition to bring back tailgating at the Super Bowl.

The Fort Wayne Journal GazetteNFL’s grill ban burns tailgaters by Ben Smith

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