It pays to tailgate
By Laura Good | September 10, 2002On sunny skied football game days, swarms of enthusiastic fans flock to Scott Stadium. They come to root for their home team, support their alma mater, and perhaps most importantly, pre-game. Most season-ticket holders arrive in Charlottesville a few hours prior to the game, filling the parking lots for some quality tailgating, which has become as much a part of the University's football tradition as striped ties and sundresses. Of course, quality tailgating most commonly includes a considerable amount of alcohol. So what allows both fans and students alike to bring alcoholic beverages onto school property on game days? "The Virginia Student Aid Foundation leases the parking spaces in the lots near the stadium from the University on game days," VSAF Executive Director Dirk Katstra said.
