K92 Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Who's going to Ann Arbor? When do you plan to arrive? Do you plan to tailgate? How many are coming with you? We are getting there early. It looks like the tailgate lots open at 6. We will be there. Looks like Pioneer High School & AA golf course are promising spots. They are $40-50 to park there. I am bringing along one friend with me and hope to arrange a rendezvous so all of us can get together (at least for a short period) before/after the game. Go Zips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 http://www.michiganeventparking.com/index.php http://www.parknparty.com/?module=Lots&...3&lotID=205 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 I'm heading up with one friend...but I think we're going to wonder around Ann Arbor before the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipgrad01 Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 6 of us are going up friday after work. Going out for some beers Friday night at either Jolly Pumpkin on Ashleys. We will probably visit the other one after the game on Saturday evening. We plan on tailgating in Pioneer high school lot or the golf course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted September 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 6 of us are going up friday after work. Going out for some beers Friday night at either Jolly Pumpkin on Ashleys. We will probably visit the other one after the game on Saturday evening. We plan on tailgating in Pioneer high school lot or the golf course. Wow. Just checked out Ashley's draft selection. Impressive! Michigan's Best Draft Selection Currently Serving Ashley's Ann Arbor Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock Bell's Amber Ale Celebrator Crooked Tree IPA Delirium Tremens Double Chocolate Stout Dragonmead Final Absolution Duchesse de Bourgogne Founder's Centennial IP Founder's Dirty Bastard Fuller's ESB Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter Great Lakes Eliot Ness Guinness Stout Gulden Draak Huma Lupa Licious Labatt Blue Lindeman's Framboise New Holland Dragon's Milk New Holland Full Circle Kolsch Nitro Milk Stout Old Speckled Hen Pale Ale Pear Cider Pilsner Urquell Poet Stout Primordial Porter Reds Rye Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar Schneider Aventinus Scotty Karate Scotch Ale Short's Bellaire Brown Silly Pils Soft Parade Sparkling Ale St. Bernardus Abt 12 Stone Arrogant Bastard Strongbow Train Wreck Tripel Tripel Karmeliet Two Hearted Ale Weihenstephan Hefeweissbier Weihenstephan Hefeweissbier Dunkel Winter White Ale Wittekerke http://www.ashleys.com/whatsontap.xhtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipgrad01 Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 I was sold at Tripel Karmeliet, St Bernardus ABT 12, Schneider Aventinus and the 2 Weihenstephaners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 jz84 will be in the (big) house!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 If you have never been there, you will be surprised at how flat the stadium appears to be. It goes out, not up. If you are not close the the field, you will feel further away than you normally would at other stadiums. AA is a fun place and if you are spending the night you will have fun. If you don't, you weren't really trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 CK will be there. Leaving after work on Friday. Jolly Pumpkin looks like a must-see. Ideally, we'll tailgate at Pioneer HS or the golf course. Depends upon how rough Saturday morning is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 In. See you guys there. Some info from a Michigan fan: The Brown Jug, Ashley's, The Arena, Skorekeepers are a few places for Friday night. Most tailgate lots open at 6 or 7, take a stroll through Michigan fans are very hospitable and will offer up drinks and food. The golf courses are where we usually end up to tailgate. Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 In, but coming from distance so won't make it there until shortly before game time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 More advice for those of us traveling to Ann Arbor. Definitely get to town early enough to tailgate. If you want to set up on your own you can either go to the golf course south of the stadium or Pioneer High School. Both provide big tailgate atmospheres. If you just want to walk around and experience things, you can always find parking in yards in the neighborhoods around the stadiums. I would recommend going to Zingerman's Deli if you want a kick ass sandwich. After the game hitting the bar scene on Main Street will be a nice reprieve from the student population which mainly hangs out on the campus bars up and down South University. Two personal recommendations if you do wander down to campus are Ashley's, one of the best places to find a wide selection of beer that I've been to, and The Brown Jug, which is a really great college bar and one of my favorite places to hang out and drink after games. If you're looking for food after the bar, be sure to grab a burrito from BTB (formerly Big Ten Burrito). You will be glad you did. Source PS This is the second place I have seen Zingerman's Deli recommended. UM grad told me to expect a wait, but it was worth it. Menu pdf (click here). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyZip Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 Myself, Bleacher Bum and a couple other friends are taking the fan bus up. Perhaps we'll search out our fellow Zips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipgrad01 Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Myself, Bleacher Bum and a couple other friends are taking the fan bus up. Perhaps we'll search out our fellow Zips. We will have our flag flying high, probably on the golf course. If you see it, stop by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 68 degrees and sunny for game day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 We plan on tailgating in Pioneer high school lot or the golf course.This site seems to have some useful information on parking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted September 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2013 If anyone is looking to tailgate, we have 4 carloads at the Ann Arbor Golf Course. Enter off East Stadium Avenue and come up the hill. Can't miss us. Zips flags are flying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted September 15, 2013 Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 The big house is as advertised...very nice. I'll post some photos tomorrow, nothing high res, just from my iPhone. Everything in the place seems new and clean. Lots of nice brick architecture. Someone mentioned that you would feel like you were far from the field since they didn't have two tiers...I didn't get that feeling at all. I was half way up, and had a great seat. I asked others at the top how their seat was and they liked their view too. I really don't think there is a bad seat in the place. It actually doesn't feel like 107,000 people. Others that were there can comment. Downtown Ann Arbor is very nice. Clean town. We walked down Main street checking out a few places before we hit the Jolly Pumpkin and ate and drank some of the Pumpkin's own beer. Had a belgium and a porter, both very good. Good food also. Other ZN members told me about good experiences downtown too, but I'll let them post about those places if they choose to. Tailgating was pretty cool. I read about tailgating on the golf course, but didn't really expect to be tailgating ON the golf course. We didn't get to our spot until about 9:15. We had a little traffic coming through town, but nothing insane. Drove right past the stadium and pulled into the golf course. $40 to park during nonconfernce games, $50 otherwise. We parked near the seventh green. Speaking to a lot attendant, he told me they park near 2,000 vehicles a game there. They don't park cars when there is heavy rain so they don't tear up the course. They make around a million a year parking on the course. Fans were friendly. When we pulled into our spot I got out and spoke to the Michigan fan next to me, "sorry that you have to park next to the only Zip fans here today." He responded, "you know something, that is exactly what the Appalachian State fan said to me." All an all, if you ever thought about going to the big house, don't hesitate, do it! One more thing, PLENTY of tickets available on game day. Michigan fan next to me told me, if you are just looking for a single ticket, you can score one for $10 ninety percent of the time. PS I used my passbook on my iPhone to get into the game, tickets from Stubhub app downloaded to passbook. I've never done that, just wanted to let others that were curious know it worked fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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