titusbramble
Footballguy
Afternoon FFA, contemplating a trip to the States in either 24 or 25, with the main purpose of watching live football - for background, I want to do more or less the same sort of itinerary I did in 2019, namely fly out late one week, watch a college game Saturday then an NFL game Sunday, spend midweek in some interim city, then repeat the Saturday/Sunday with another two games. Last time I watched Northwestern and the Bears, then Cal and the Raiders. I'm looking at this stage for locations where this is viable.
Restrictions/considerations:
- Have already been to NYC ages ago and have no desire to revisit, so Giants/Jets are off the table
- Similarly, Bears and 49ers are off the table given previous visit covered Chicago and the Bay Area and I would like to visit somewhere new
- Other places I've been to are Boston, Philadelphia and Vegas, but not to watch games so more open to a redo on those places
- I do not drive, so please don't suggest something like "Saints and LSU obviously" if there is not an easy way to get between New Orleans and Baton Rouge without a car (and even if I did drive, I'd be drinking anyway)
- Would ideally want to watch games in two distinct stadia rather than something like a Raiders/UNLV suggestion where they play at the same place, although I am going to assume that in most situations like that they alternate home weekends anyway
- Do not care about moderate levels of cold. I live in the UK so it is fine up to a point. Top deck of Soldier Field in November was fine. Lambeau in December might be more questionable, actual time of year of visit is yet undecided but assume any location not ruled out above is viable at any time
- In a perfect world I'd like to be able to get tickets without paying a huge multiplier above face value, but for something I'm probably not doing again, I can stretch somewhat as a one off assuming there is availability. Do not want something like "well I can get you to Tuscaloosa but tickets are going to cost you $500 IF they appear on the secondary market"
- Destination having a decent beer scene and/or other sporting attractions that can be tacked on around the football would be a bonus but not a deal breaker if not possible
- Do not care about the quality of the college football although would ideally want FBS level teams
Appreciate that's a bit of a wall of text but would rather put as much data down at the outset rather than answering questions later, initial thoughts were that I'd probably looking outside of the north east and the west coast? Thanks in advance
Restrictions/considerations:
- Have already been to NYC ages ago and have no desire to revisit, so Giants/Jets are off the table
- Similarly, Bears and 49ers are off the table given previous visit covered Chicago and the Bay Area and I would like to visit somewhere new
- Other places I've been to are Boston, Philadelphia and Vegas, but not to watch games so more open to a redo on those places
- I do not drive, so please don't suggest something like "Saints and LSU obviously" if there is not an easy way to get between New Orleans and Baton Rouge without a car (and even if I did drive, I'd be drinking anyway)
- Would ideally want to watch games in two distinct stadia rather than something like a Raiders/UNLV suggestion where they play at the same place, although I am going to assume that in most situations like that they alternate home weekends anyway
- Do not care about moderate levels of cold. I live in the UK so it is fine up to a point. Top deck of Soldier Field in November was fine. Lambeau in December might be more questionable, actual time of year of visit is yet undecided but assume any location not ruled out above is viable at any time
- In a perfect world I'd like to be able to get tickets without paying a huge multiplier above face value, but for something I'm probably not doing again, I can stretch somewhat as a one off assuming there is availability. Do not want something like "well I can get you to Tuscaloosa but tickets are going to cost you $500 IF they appear on the secondary market"
- Destination having a decent beer scene and/or other sporting attractions that can be tacked on around the football would be a bonus but not a deal breaker if not possible
- Do not care about the quality of the college football although would ideally want FBS level teams
Appreciate that's a bit of a wall of text but would rather put as much data down at the outset rather than answering questions later, initial thoughts were that I'd probably looking outside of the north east and the west coast? Thanks in advance
