ross-ade stadium

ross-ade stadium印象

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  DawnM31

  We go to Ross Ade stadium to see Purdue Football and watch our son march for Purdue's All American Marching Band. It is easy to walk to, but for my in laws who need some help, there are golf cart shuttles from and back to the handicap lot each home game.Very accessible . Food prices in the stadium are pretty good. Sales store in stadium of lots of Purdue merchandise.

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  dowdyd

  I'm a Purdue alum and big Purdue fan, so I love being in Ross-Ade on a gameday Saturday. That said, it's by far from a great place to watch a game; but not because of the building itself.The sight lines are pretty good from almost any seat in the main stands...and the Shively Club is a good place to watch the game as well...But Purdue fans aren't the best group of people to be around, especially if you're a Purdue fan that likes to cheer.Sure, there are good fans in the place, of course...but if you want to stand during a key defensive stand or just like being loud, you'll probably be called out by a fellow Boilermaker...I have been probably 25 times- and that stinks. I don't curse or call out players, yet many fellow Purdue fans are bothered by noise...at a football game.If you're visiting, you should have no problem from your hosts. The food is good and relatively affordable for a sports venue and the concourses are wide since the revamp over a decade ago. The stadium has a good score board, TVs in the concourse and is clean.

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  U7544HDpaulb

  The team hasn't been doing so well lately but I still like watching football here. The first couple games of the year though can be very hot

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  Jnotoras

  The EndZone plea hers have been pulled out and a beer garden has been put in their place. It is pretty nice but only season ticket holders can have access.

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  spartyharty

  Yay! We won! Go MSU!! That's always nice going to an away game. Ross-Ade is a smaller stadium compared to others in the Big 10 but nicely set up. Not alot of people there, not a full house so bathrooms and concessions were hassle free. Average food, clean bathrooms! Great to have to option when you buy pop or a hot drink to be able to refill for free! Smart Purdue. I wish we would do this at State. No problem hearing or seeing the game (one TV screen. Replays) and no problem there with being the visitor. Everyone was friendly. Good time!

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  wetravelalot007

  Being a Purdue alum we come at this from a slanted perspective admittedly. But with that being said the new renovations made for this season has been an upgrade in functionality and appeal. Gone are the "old" bleacher style seating. In its place a beer garden serving of all things beer and wine. Speaking with other teams visiting fans there is some envy in their desire to visit and longing for such a progressive approach to game day at their stadiums. It has been a very nice perk for season ticket holders to be able to go to this garden before and during Purdue home football games. Beyond the recent upgrade to the stadium, I have been a long standing season ticket holder. I have witnessed great feats and great defeats at this memory packed venue. I know others denigrate this stadium, but I have found few college football stadiums that I would say are better than this stadium (granted that list of college stadiums we have visited equals only10 so I admit to a limited observation group) . In my estimation there are few better places to spend a fall Saturday in Indiana than Ross-Ade Stadium.

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  SabreSailor

  We were fortunate to have been invited to view a football game from one of the Suites on the 5th floor of the Ross-Ade Pavilion. They are beautifully appointed, down to being glass-enclosed, but with a split window in front that actually goes up and down to allow more of the "feel" of being at the game, which can be closed when the wind and weather act up!This is the way to watch a football game - far better than on TV at home, but with all the comforts of home!

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  BrianD317

  The stadium itself is mostly fine. It went through a rehab in the early 2000s. The concourses are wider, there are plenty of vendors for food and drinks, and the restrooms are far nicer than they used to be. There are TVs around so you can keep up with the game if you're not in your seat. The biggest problem with the stadium from a physical point of view is the benches need to have 2 or 4 seats removed, then remark the remaining seats with the extra 2-3 inches of space from the removed seating. If everyone shows up for a row it gets really tight. Given the lack of attendance the past few years due to a very uncompetitive team, shrinking the capacity to under 56,000 might not be a bad idea.The biggest problem with the gameday experience is more systematic of college football in general and not specific to only Ross-Ade Stadium. In the quest to pursue the almighty dollar the massive Jumbotron runs everything during the game. Plenty of commercials for you to watch. Lots of self promotion to other things related to Purdue. A third of halftime will be spent honoring a past team or a current team for another sport. If you think a football game should have the band play fight songs or entertaining music, with the cheerleaders doing things to get the crowd into the game you're not going to like 21st Century college football. If you want an experience similar to what you can get by staying home and watching the TV, then you'll like what you get in modern college football.To top it off, the football team just hasn't been good the past few years. It is one thing to play well yet still lose the game. It is another to watch your team be simply be uncompetitive. Who wants to pay money to watch that?

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  tashiar

  We went to Purdue for the first time to cheer on the Iowa Hawkeyes. We went anticipating local food vendors outside the stadium and fun, rowdy fans. No. It was so quiet, no vendors, no excitement. We decided to go on in to the stadium. Many of the restrooms don't open until 1/2 hour before game time. The food was not great. The brats were dull, no sauerkraut available. Nothing very interesting. The rest of the experience was fan-based. Purdue fans were nice people, and clearly dejected. It seemed as if half the sparse stadium were Hawkeye fans. We had a great time and a great win, but it was sad to see a mass exodus of Purdue fans by the fourth quarter.