Had a great time in Nac this weekend. We had a "soft launch" of adding tailgaters to AxeEm Acres, and well, it needs some work. I like the idea, it's just not organized or promoted yet. Which I get, we're still understaffed and really just trying it out. They want to make it like Lumberjack Alley used to be in the commuter lot. We just don't have many people tailgating any more, and I'm not totally sure why.
And we also don't promote tailgating, AT ALL. We post on social media constantly that "events" start at 3:00 or whatever, but tailgating should be all day thing. Like it is everywhere else. We want people to come out, but basically encourage them to come late in the day. Doesn't make any sense.
We set up in the lot next to the Ag Pond and main entrance. Other than a few geese encounters it was amazing, we had a big group and lots of kids that really enjoyed it.
We rented out one of the endzone tents as well, and loved it. Several small things that they need to work on to help the experience, but all in all it was fun and a great set up. We of course took our flags down there, they should add PLF flags to each tent.
Looking forward to coming back and doing again for the UCA game, but without kids!