re: First game in Death Valley

If yall are looking for some fun Friday I'd say try and do dinner tomorrow at Chimes. It will be crowded but they have a bar area to hang till your table is ready.

Afterward Ivars is a good bar for mid 30's. Not sure where yall are staying. If you are downtown there are bars down there. Closer to campus or off I-10 I like the idea of Ivars or Uncle Earls. Uber if you plan to drink. Uber will be tougher on gameday but not impossible. Walk away from the stadium to pick it up. Contraflow doesn't allow anyone to get close to the stadium after the game.

On gameday get out to tailgate before noon for sure. Park at a free lot or pay a church $20. Walk around with either a daquiri (I get rednecks from Zippys Its a frozen whiskey/coke) or some beer, but you should find plenty of people willing to feed you and serve you as long as you are fun and nice.