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Tailgating, which primarily takes place in the United States and Canada, often involves consuming alcoholic beverages while barbecuing and grilling food. Tailgate parties occur in the parking lots at stadiums and arenas, before and occasionally after games, festivals, and concerts. People attending such a party are said to be 'tailgating'.
Tailgation is shorthand for “Tailgate Nation.” Tailgations are communities of sports fans who congregate in the parking lots of football stadiums before games. They erect tents and fire up barbecues, haul out portable beer pong tables and cornhole before a major sporting event. Deep South Tailgations, typically seen at SEC football games ...
Bringing picnics to watch the Civil War was a likely precursor to our modern-day tradition of toting food and drinks to a football game.. Early college football games in the late 1800s and early ...
For Garber, the tradition started when he visited a game with his brother and was invited to a tailgate. Now he carries on the practice, with folks from nearly a dozen states making up the regulars.
The spectacle of college football and its rich traditions have been in place for over a century. Loran Smith digs into the history of tailgating...
Homecoming tailgate at Texas A&M University–Commerce in 2014. At most major colleges and universities, the football game and preceding tailgate party are the most widely recognized and heavily attended events of the week. Alumni gather from all around the world to return to their alma mater, reconnect with one another, and take part in the ...
Tailgating at a local bar can be an event of its own. The Esso Club in Clemson, located at 129 Old Greenville Highway, is one of the oldest and most iconic sports bars in the United States ...
These rituals become both tradition and business, as many universities and communities make profit off of ritual events (i.e. the trend of going to games and purchasing tickets and team gear). Over time, starting in the 1900s, as varsity team popularity grew, so did the popularity of commercialization, therefore, starting fan support and ...