Most people just park at Munn and walk to their tailgate in another lot, where their buddy has a donor pass. But some people do tailgate there...it seems to be mostly families and the atmosphere is definitely more low-key than other lots. Some people park in Munn and tailgate directly outside of the fence where they can flaunt their beverages with impunity. The whole thing is a little bizarre.
As an aside, if Munn is your plan, it DOES close after heavy rain (since some of the smaller sports teams practice on it, so cars on wet grass kinda ruins the field). Hopefully not a factor this week. Looks like we have a good shot at beautiful football weather.
I normally just lurk here during UM/MSU game weeks, but I had to sign up to help you out because everything being posted was wrong.
Open intox restrictions are lifted on campus at 7 a.m. for noon kicks, which is the official start of tailgating and when they let you park in the lots. Officially the open intox free-for-all ends 2 hours after the game, although I've never heard of that being enforced.
Here's the parking map - you have your pick of the pink (non-donor) lots.
There are a ton of unmarked lots here north of the river but I'd stick with an official lot if you're not familiar with campus. They are all $15, except for Munn, which is $20. For big games, every public lot besides Munn will be full by 7:15 (I guess I don't know about that random lot east of the M Lot). Munn probably won't fill up until around 9. This is for two reasons: 1) It's way bigger than the other lots and 2) No booze. Open intox is allowed at 7 a.m. everywhere on campus BESIDES Munn. I've never tailgated there but WOTS is that if you keep it in a cup and aren't obnoxious you'll be fine.
I wouldn't tailgate off-campus. I may be biased, but our campus is beautiful and tailgating at an office building north of a Taco Bell doesn't sound very appealing. Not to mention you could get an open intox there. Was never a problem in the past, but apparently EL cops were going around to lots in that area and giving warnings for the first time ever (because you're off campus and therefore subject to the same laws as the rest of Michigan).
Welcome to East Lansing and Go Green!
Sincerely,
a Red Cedar Mouth Breather (saw that in the post ahead of me and had to laugh...we're not ALL morons...)
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Most people just park at Munn and walk to their tailgate in another lot, where their buddy has a donor pass. But some people do tailgate there...it seems to be mostly families and the atmosphere is definitely more low-key than other lots. Some people park in Munn and tailgate directly outside of the fence where they can flaunt their beverages with impunity. The whole thing is a little bizarre.
As an aside, if Munn is your plan, it DOES close after heavy rain (since some of the smaller sports teams practice on it, so cars on wet grass kinda ruins the field). Hopefully not a factor this week. Looks like we have a good shot at beautiful football weather.
I normally just lurk here during UM/MSU game weeks, but I had to sign up to help you out because everything being posted was wrong.
Open intox restrictions are lifted on campus at 7 a.m. for noon kicks, which is the official start of tailgating and when they let you park in the lots. Officially the open intox free-for-all ends 2 hours after the game, although I've never heard of that being enforced.
Here's the parking map - you have your pick of the pink (non-donor) lots.
http://www.msuspartans.com/spartanfund/parking.html
There are a ton of unmarked lots here north of the river but I'd stick with an official lot if you're not familiar with campus. They are all $15, except for Munn, which is $20. For big games, every public lot besides Munn will be full by 7:15 (I guess I don't know about that random lot east of the M Lot). Munn probably won't fill up until around 9. This is for two reasons: 1) It's way bigger than the other lots and 2) No booze. Open intox is allowed at 7 a.m. everywhere on campus BESIDES Munn. I've never tailgated there but WOTS is that if you keep it in a cup and aren't obnoxious you'll be fine.
I wouldn't tailgate off-campus. I may be biased, but our campus is beautiful and tailgating at an office building north of a Taco Bell doesn't sound very appealing. Not to mention you could get an open intox there. Was never a problem in the past, but apparently EL cops were going around to lots in that area and giving warnings for the first time ever (because you're off campus and therefore subject to the same laws as the rest of Michigan).
Welcome to East Lansing and Go Green!
Sincerely,
a Red Cedar Mouth Breather (saw that in the post ahead of me and had to laugh...we're not ALL morons...)