Has anyone attended a football game at Maryland?
I was just looking at tickets for the Michigan game at Maryland, and tickets for many of the lower sections come with the label "obstructed view." Does anyone have a sense of what exactly that means in Byrd Stadium and how bad the view(s) is/are? Pictures of the stadium (see below) don't make that obvious.
Are there giant turtles that roam the stadium blocking people's views? I assume so, but I thought I'd ask.
EDIT: Thanks to those who have provided answers.
April 14th, 2015 at 11:31 AM ^
April 14th, 2015 at 11:32 AM ^
They're typically referencing the seats behind the benches/lower rows that are near the sidelines. Field is fairly high relative the lower row seats.
April 14th, 2015 at 11:33 AM ^
April 14th, 2015 at 11:33 AM ^
You can't see it from that angle, but the near side has a bit of an overhang.
April 14th, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^
My seats were in the end zone, about half way up. Good view. I did walk around the stadium in the second half to get some different vantage points. Don't sit too close to the field. The lower you get, the more the view is blocked. Also, try to avoid the corners of the end zone where the press box/suite area juts out a bit. I was there for a game in the early 2000s, so maybe renovations have updated things.
Hopefully this more recent forum posting will help: http://maryland.247sports.com/Board/53/Contents/Seating-Byrd-Stadium-14942230
April 14th, 2015 at 11:41 AM ^
April 14th, 2015 at 12:21 PM ^
April 14th, 2015 at 11:45 AM ^
I was looking into Maryland tix as well. This could be a fun road trip, but I don't want to be obstructed. Thanks for posing this question, EID. And thanks for haunting me with visions of large turtles roaming the stadium.
April 14th, 2015 at 11:48 AM ^
and make their stupid Coach cry. He really annoyed me the way he acted post game last year.
Last year has been buried deep in my memory banks. What did he do?
at the end when we win
April 14th, 2015 at 11:49 AM ^
Also, the upper levels are crazy steep. I do not recommend sitting there if you have vertigo. You can, however, see the Washington Monument which is pretty cool.
April 14th, 2015 at 12:00 PM ^
I saw MIchigan and Maryland play football in College Park for the 2010 NCAA playoffs. I'll see myself out.
April 14th, 2015 at 12:00 PM ^
It's really nice. When I was there it was packed for tailgating, but then everyone left when the game started.
April 14th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
It was an FSU-MD game on Thursday night. The tailgating was packed but as we walked towards the stadium, the crowd thinned out. I thought we missed the kickoff and everyone was inside. They must have been inside their dorms because the stadium was half empty.
April 14th, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^
And thanks for the answers. I'll be going and it's good to know. Made it out to Rutgers and New York City last year. This year Maryland and D.C.
April 14th, 2015 at 12:08 PM ^
April 14th, 2015 at 12:13 PM ^
April 14th, 2015 at 12:41 PM ^
Particularly when that college football team is bad at college football, and always has been.
Glad to have you in the B1G Maryland!
/eye roll
Crab cakes and football - thats what I was led to believe Maryland does. Fucking liars
Maryland mouthbreathers are not a welcoming or classy crowd. Maybe the obstruction is a drunken College Park townie in a Reebok "Fear the Turtle" hoodie and Ravens-purple camo pants yelling in your face while smoking in the stands. (this is based on prior experience).
Live in Maryland, yes these people actually exist.
Haha. This experience was as a Virginia fan too. They hate us with the fire of a 1000 suns. I'd expect similar vitriol against a "fancy" school like Michigan.
They do indeed, but Maryland asshattery isn't limited to rivals. My brother's a Purdue grad, so some years ago we went to a Purdue-Maryland bowl game, and even in Purdue gear we got the full Maryland-fan experience. Best part was probably the 50-something alums sitting near us who spoke in purposely loud passive-aggressive tones to each other - and kept looking our way to see if we noticed - about what a worthless place Purdue must be.
I'm curious to see what the Michigan-fan experience will be this fall. Not good, I predict. Maryland had the same burn-all-the-couches reputation in the ACC that Sparty has in the B1G. My cousin is a Duke alum and once I saw some of the cheer guidelines they pass out at Cameron. Inside info on opposing players to taunt them with, that kind of thing. At the bottom there's a reminder - "NO PROFANITY - WE ARE NOT MARYLAND."
April 14th, 2015 at 12:34 PM ^
What website are you looking for tickets on? Stubhub? The University hasn't started selling single game tickets yet as far as I can tell. I'm actually debating buying season tickets ($180 for the upper bowl!) as I'm a short metro ride away from College Park.
I've seen maybe one football game at Byrd (Maryland vs. Duke? In 2001?), I was in the lower bowl and it was fine. I've watched a lot of lacrosse there, usually from the lower bowl for Maryland games which is always fun, and from the upper bowl when the National Championships were still there. Like other people have mentioned the upper bowl is really steep, and quite a ways up there.
do those prices seem too high?
Byrd Stadium holds 51,802 (maybe they have seats reserved for two former coaches?) and they only sold out against OSU & MSU last year, falling short against WVU 48.2K and Iowa 48.4K as well as for lesser opponents.
2014 Maryland Football Results w/ Attendance
If you bought season tickets from Maryland
and were able to sell them at the StubHub prices
I think you'd make a profit.
Would it be better to just show up on game day and buy from scalpers? We're their first B1G game, so Maryland fans will still likely have hope for the season on Oct 3.
occurred to me also.
But not really being familiar w/ attendance, I'd be afraid that the Richmond, Bowling Green, South Florida, and Indiana games would be almost worthless.
So I'm figuring on buying single season game tickets for Michigan, somehow.
If you don't mind sharing, what are folks paying for tickets?
Sat, Sep 05 | Richmond | College Park, Md. | TBA | ||
Sat, Sep 12 | Bowling Green | College Park, Md. | TBA | ||
Sat, Sep 19 | South Florida | College Park, Md. | TBA | ||
Sat, Sep 26 | West Virginia | at Morgantown, W. Va. | TBA | ||
Sat, Oct 03 | Michigan * | College Park, Md. | TBA | ||
Sat, Oct 10 | Ohio State * | at Columbus, Ohio | TBA | ||
Sat, Oct 24 | Penn State * | Baltimore, Md. (M&T Bank Stadium) | TBA | ||
Sat, Oct 31 | Iowa * | at Iowa City, Iowa | TBA | ||
Sat, Nov 07 | Wisconsin * | College Park, Md. | TBA | ||
Sat, Nov 14 | Michigan State * | at East Lansing, Mich. | TBA | ||
Sat, Nov 21 | Indiana * | College Park, Md. | TBA | ||
Sat, Nov 28 | Rutgers * | at Piscataway, N.J. | TBA |
Did somebody just buy section 306, row O on Stubhub???
Alternate tickets purchased... will be there!
April 14th, 2015 at 12:48 PM ^
weird looking stadium. And I hope we absolutely curb stomp them this year. Something like 50-3.
http://www.seats3d.com/ncaa/university_maryland/
I saw a game there maybe 5 years ago. I think there are some pillars that hold up the upper deck.
My brother and I are going to this game so this was most helpful.
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Thank you.
April 14th, 2015 at 10:23 PM ^
If you are going for the football/college atmosphere, Penn State is much better. However, there is only the football/college experience at Penn State. If you are going to make a long weekend out of it, then Maryland is in the DC area, with tons to see and do.
There are still a fairly significant amount of tickets available from Maryland itself (ie not Stubhub).
They have a ticket pack that gets you the Michigan game plus one non-conference game of your choice (not that most would use it. you may be able to sell it for $5, if you're lucky, on Stubhub). These tickets are CURRENTLY on sale to the general public at a price of $110 for the lower bowl and $80 for the 300-level upper deck. At this point, a lot of remaining availability.
Single game tickets go on sale to donors this Monday and to the general public this Wednesday (July 29th). It looks like Michigan tickets will definitely still be on sale come Monday; my hope is that they won't sell out before Wednesday because single game ticket prices are $75 for anywhere in the lower bowl and $55 for anywhere in the upper bowl. WAYYY cheaper than the secondary market.
I'm planning on attending with two other friends (one of whom is a 2015 alum moving to DC); we are watching the tickets very closely, hoping to make it to next Wednesday. But, if it looks like they're selling out on Monday we will buy the ticket pack because the Stubhub prices are way overpriced right now ($85 for the worst seats in the stadium, most near $100 for the 300 deck, lower bowl much higher).
I'm hoping to see a LOT of Maize and Blue in College Park!!! Great time of year for a night game and Harbaugh's first Big Ten game!
GO BLUE, BEAT MARYLAND!
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