Penn State Overnight RV Lot

[rje1448]

I was wondering if anyone has done the overnight RV lot for Penn State football games. This weekend will be my first and was curious how it is, how easy it is to maneuver around, how level it is, what the atmosphere is, etc.
I will not be getting there until very late (Probably around 4:00am Saturday).

Thanks

[rje1448]

Thanks everyone. Looking forward to it, just wasn't 100% sure what to expect being new to a situation like this.

[split44]

There will still be people helping with parking at that time....think they are there until 5 am. We always go Fri afternoon....depending on the opponent determines how far back you park. MICH last year filled up fast. UCF last year, we had plenty of room. Being homecoming, should be pretty full. Do your neighbors a favor and use a quiet generator. Its luck of the draw with what kind of neighbors you get. 90% are great. Sites are tight...neighbors awning will come right up to your unit...don't waste any of your parking space. Only going up for the MD game this year. It's a great time, love going up and staying by the stadium. Fun seeing everyone's set ups.

[PSU_fan]

We were there this weekend and had a great time. Some parts of the fields are not very level, but our site was level It can be noisey especially if you are parked next to a rental unit full of celebrating young people. In the past, we arrived very late and had no problem, but in recent years we've arrived in the evening and they always have people helping you park. The field was dry and the weather forcast looks good for this coming weekend.

[LarryJM]

rje1448 wrote:
Thanks, and that was one of the biggest questions in my mind... How it was to get into place, especially getting there in the middle of the night.

Our son was a Blue Band member and we attended every home game for around 10 years back in the 96 to 05 time frame and stayed in our TT on campus for home games. We always got there in the mid afternoon Thur and left Sun so we never had to do the middle of the night thing. Things might have changed, but as mentioned it can be a zoo, but was fairly well organized and they had folks directing campers into their spots. Back there a lot of the area for campers is basically a cow pasture and I'm not sure how much the mud issue is anymore, but one thing is the fields where they put you has fairly long grass and if it's rained or dewy that grass (often 6 to 10" high) can be like glass especially if prior vehicles have mashed it down. They do or did provide tow assests if you get stuck. The first year we went (1996) they put a bunch of us in a field right near the turf farm and it has rained and almost everyone got stuck and even the tow trucks couldn't get into the field and had to winch folks out from the gravel entrance area. It was a sight to see 45' MH buried up to their axles being winched out by the massive 18 wheeler wreckers with one and sometimes two cable and two trucks with 100 to 150' of cable running out to the MHs. I even had to be winched out till I got traction.

Nights can be noisy and long since it's a continuous party after the game with liberal embibing till the wee hours of the A.M. so just be prepared.

You will have a great time so take it all in stride and enjoy ... it's an experience you won't forget and we completely enjoyed out jaunts to State College.

Larry

[We_Cant_Wait]

It's a field and is OK unless it rains, then it's a mud pit and the farmer makes his spending $ pulling every ones MH out of the mud, just ask my Brother-In-Law.

[rje1448]

Thanks, and that was one of the biggest questions in my mind... How it was to get into place, especially getting there in the middle of the night.

[ford_truck_guy]

I have never been there but my neighbor goes to ALL the games and stays in the lot.... From what she tells me , it is a ZOO !!! A well organized zoo.. but still a zoo..