best way to get N Western tickets ? where to sit too?

[terrehawk]

Just curious on both questions.

Other game day recs? Staying downtown chicago

 

[Hawkfan_08]

I have gone after the cheapest seats and just walked over to the Hawkeye side of the field. Their stadium is a lot like a high school field with the home fans on one side and the visitors on the other. Usually the visitors take up the endzone seats as well so it would be hard not to find other Hawk fans to sit with.

I'm sure you would want to tailgate but I just park along a side street for free.

 

[leiserom]

I bought this year thru NW site. We buy tickets under the overhang on home side just in case of rain. last time we were there it rained. Even though its home side there were tons of Iowa fans on that side.

 

[terrehawk]

Their site doesn't appear to have any seats left between the 20's on either side???

Am I looking at this correctly?

 

[terrehawk]

We are staying by the navy pier and likely taking train up to Ryan field.

So we won't be having our own tailgate etc. What activities and experiences are usually going on?

Both before and after the game

 

[leiserom]

Not surprised. I bought tickets the day they went on sale. Of course now I get endless emails from NW ticket office

 

[Hawkirish]

Just curious on both questions.

Other game day recs? Staying downtown chicago

Tickets are easy to scalp for nw - good seats too especially if the weather is not great or NW loses a few. I've gone to a lot of games there and have always scalped good seats for cheap $. It's a high school stadium with hs atmosphere - inflatables with wildcat screeching sound and first down call. With that said Iowa usually plays down to them or fitz' hs rah rah stuff fires his boys up for Iowa. At minimum Iowa will have a 1/3 of the crowd if not 1/2.

 

[terrehawk]

I went ahead and bought 4 from their website. Home side near endzone.

There were no seats for sale on their site between the 15 yard lines on either side.

Maybe they scoop them all up themselves the keep iowa from overtaking Ryan field?

Anyway, I paid 55 apiece for 4. Didn't want to chance scalping in case both teams keep winning and ends up a tough ticket to get.

Do hawkeye fans tailgate in Evaston?

 

[leiserom]

I can not take a chance on scalping. We fly up there and go with my sister and her husband. I would get seriously hassled if I didnt have tickets in hand when I got there.

 

[2bagger22]

Do hawkeye fans tailgate in Evaston?

The lot we were in for the 2010 game was all Hawkeye fans.