From Revel: “Immerse yourself in the heart of the Ohio State tailgate experience at our prime location steps away from the stadium. Full of passionate fans, our meticulously organized tent layout ensures you’ll be right in the midst of the action. We’ve consulted with professional community planners to create a welcoming atmosphere that fosters connections and camaraderie. With every guest receiving a site-specific map, finding your spot amidst the excitement of the season has never been easier.”
Tailgating, a time honored and treasured tradition amongst fans of professional sports teams, involves social gatherings before and during games that can bring together groups of people for food, drinks, and partying. But the act of setting one up requires a lot on the host- you’ll need a spot to set up, tables, chairs, food, drinks, and much more for a successful tailgate. So naturally, a business has decided to capitalize on this desire to join in on the fun by allowing for a much more convenient, although expensive, option to have all of this process set up by someone else.
So convenient! So naturally, the price is not low. Ranging from $4000 all the way up to $23,250 for the “club” package, this is not a cheap ordeal. And that is before the prices of upgrades like coolers, food, and TVs come in.
An Interesting Development In Tailgating
This is interesting for a variety of reasons, especially regarding the history of tailgating and what it represents. Tailgating started much smaller, with wicker picnic baskets and blankets and a fun way to socialize. But as it moves to a larger and larger audience, and as drinking and drugs become more acceptable at these events, the appeal of having someone else do the work so you don’t need to drunkenly pack away a tent, grows greater.
Services like this one point to a future in tailgating that is very different from it’s origins- rather than being a small gathering that anyone can join in on, it is a commodified and expensive ordeal advertised to the upper class.
