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what is the best RV lot to park in?

I live in Northport right across the river from downtown Tuscaloosa. I always park in downtown right around the start of the strip. It's free parking and while it's a little bit of a walk, I don't have any trouble getting into traffic and am usually back home within 15 minutes. I'm sure that someone will probably have a better suggestion but that's the one that I go with every weekend that I'm out there.

If you're not familiar with it, the area I'm talking about is the area around the University Blvd / Queen City Ave intersection.

The Student Health Center isn't a bad place to park, as they run shuttle buses in a loop from that area to the stadium before and after games. The problem with that is your arrival time. I don't think they'll be running anything that early.

Another option is to continue down University Boulevard, passing the stadium on your left, until you get to the downtown area past Queen City Avenue. There are street parking spots available there for free, its a little less of a walk, and you'll pass through the strip area on the way to and from the the stadium.

About a mile, but IMO it's a better walk than the student health center. Walking back up the hill from the stadium to SHC after the game is rough. However, if you want to walk through the quad or go down the strip...park at the SHC.

Last year for the Florida game they estimated 150k people showed up for the tailgate or in hopes of getting a ticket. This game is estimated to be worse.

I would take the $25 park while they're still $25.

The key question is...what time are you getting there? If you can be down on the strip before 11am, head down University from downtown. You'll come up on the Hounds Tooth on the left. Take an immediate right on Red Drew. There are about 20 parking spots there that are free. If they are full, there is plenty of student housing parking down that street. Been doing this for 6-7 years now...have gotten the free parking at least 4 times. In fact, was a the TN game this past weekend. Rolled in there at 1pm and got the last space three spaces off University. It's so close to the stadium, most people don't try.

Good luck.

I hope that this is a great experience for all. I hope that we can get it together and show the fans of LSU great hospitality. Just remember that all the fans are not from Tuscaloosa, so just because some act like jerks does not mean that they represent our city. I hope that we can all have a good time. We want the win so bad, but if we don't, I hope that we have learned how to act, and not take it out on other fans.
If LSU fans come in with the same attitude, I think we can all party harty and it'll be a great week-end. I don't want to fear going to and from the game. The only thing that I want to be afraid of is not winning the game.

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Thanks for all the helpful information about parking. Since I plan to get there at 9:30am, I think I will try my luck at searching for a free spot downtown first. I am sure at that time pay lots will be plentiful and still have spots.

My sample size of visits (twice) to Bama is much smaller than the guy above who complains (twelve), but in comparing Bama to the other places I've been in the SEC, I'd rate them like this.

BAMA > Tenn > Auburn
> Vanderbilt > South Carolina
> Florida > Georgia.

Notes:
Florida and Georgia have really nice campuses, but fan encounters were not pleasant on trips to both. South Carolina fans are great but stadium is set apart from school in warehouse district which brings it down some. Bama, Tenn and Auburn are all close in my mind and have many amenities and wonderful fans. I have built great memories taking my kids on the road to those places.

I don't drink too hard when I go, and I try to soak in the atmosphere and not let the outcome of a game played by 18-22 year old youngsters overshadow the whole experience :-)