Going to BC

[FasterCuse]

I’ll be going to BC this weekend with a few friends and our kids. I’ve never been to Alumni Stadium before so just looking on if there is a preferred section to sit in or is it a small enough stadium where there really isn’t a bad seat in the house? Also, any suggestions on good places to park and maybe tailgate a couple hours before the game?

 

[SUinNWE]

I've been going to the BC games at BC since 2014 and I've been to a few other places for away games. BC is easily the worst parking/tailgating situation I've been to. Would love insight too, if there is any.

 

[grepal]

How about good hotels near the stadium. Going with wife, son, daughter in law and 2 year old granddaughter. Would rather be near the stadium than downtown.

 

[Bill Orange]

How about good hotels near the stadium. Going with wife, son, daughter in law and 2 year old granddaughter. Would rather be near the stadium than downtown.

We used to stay at the Newton Marriott.

 

[grepal]

We used to stay at the Newton Marriott.

Thanks

 

[storange]

Ubering from my daughter’s apartment in West Roxbury. Lousy tailgate school. SU fans are usually in the corner . I’m not sure what the sections are , somebody here might. We usually have a decent turnout there !

 

[cusefan88]

Uber to the stadium. Go have a nice brunch before. Crap atmosphere all around there.

 

[GeauxSU]

Cityside Tavern is the official designated watering hole for the Greater Boston Alumni Association for this game.

Anyone and everyone that is attending the game, please join us there. I believe they will be opening their doors at 9 AM.

 

[GeauxSU]

- If anyone is flying into Logan or staying around the airport who doesn't feel like dealing with a rideshare or a cab to get to the game, using the T is really easy. The T sucks, but it's really easy to navigate the city this way.
-To get from Logan and points surrounding the airport to BC, all you've gotta do is take the BLUE LINE to Government Center station (right in the heart of downtown), then, change over to the GREEN LINE B TRAIN, which will take you to Boston College station at the end of the line and a stone's throw away from the dung pile that is Alumni Stadium. You can also take a C TRAIN to Cleveland Circle, but this requires you to walk around the reservoir to get to Alumni Stadium.
-PROS: No Uber or cab required (super cheap, just pick up a Charlie Ticket from the kiosk at the Airport station) CONS: It's the MBTA. Negative star review.
- Riverside Station has an IMMENSE parking lot that is sparsely populated on the weekends. Per the MBTA website, the weekend parking rate is still $3 and you can overnight park. You could take the train from Riverside to Chestnut Hill station and walk to the stadium (15 min walk) or take a cab or rideshare from both Riverside and Chestnut Hill, however, be mindful of how close to game time you call one because the surge pricing (especially with Uber) for BC football games is downright silly. My friend who I met up with for the 2018 game got charged $50 for riding from Watertown to the stadium (next town over).

-If you want to grab something quick to eat before the game, a few places are good: Pinos and The Circle Pizza for slices and Eagle's Deli, all quick serve counter order type places.

It is unfortunate that BC sucks eggs so bad for tailgating. Football parking passes being almost impossible to come by. I grew up with tons of kids who went to BC and whos parents and grandparents went to BC and those things are coveted. I think it has everything to do with the fact that they squeezed the entire school behind a tiny pond in suburban Massachusetts.

 

[GeauxSU]

In my experience, myself and a lot of folks have parked on the Hammond Pond Parkway before games, a decent street parking location before the game, and walk up to the stadium. Probably like a 15 minute walk but with the scenery with the reservation in the New England fall it’s pretty awesome. The weather on game day is forecast as favorable. Tailgating offsite is doable but also is very annoying. Even parking in a satellite lot that BC runs shuttles to for games, sometimes they don’t allow tailgating in those. And to make matters worse, even if you do pay the arm and leg for a parking pass as so many BC fans do, they don’t let you tailgate after the game, they kick everyone out immediately.

 

[oldpinepoint]

Uber, parking around BC is a disaster

 

[jam_13090]

All I remember about being in BC's stadium is that the seats were painfully narrow to sit in, but more importantly, we won!

 

[David321]

For anyone going to BC, be careful. They were nasty two years ago and there were reports of Cuse fans being spit on in the stands. That was a night game though.

 

[rocklloyd]

I went 5 or 6 years ago when dungey went off. the entire SU bench side was Syracuse fans. It was basically a home game for us.

 

[penzly]

Stayed at Arsenal yards in Watertown. Hampton inn with converted factory shops and restaurants. Easy uber. Explore : Arsenal Yards

 

[elimunelson]

For anyone going to BC, be careful. They were nasty two years ago and there were reports of Cuse fans being spit on in the stands. That was a night game though.

The mean streets of Chestnut Hill!

 

[IthacaBarrel]

The mean streets of Chestnut Hill!

Yeah been to probably 15 BC/ SU games in Chestnut Hill over the years never had an issue. There are always a few in every bunch regardless of school including Syracuse.

 

[NailstheCusefan12]

Just keep your voice down their old fans get cranky if you talk “too loud.”

 

[elimunelson]

Yeah been to probably 15 BC/ SU games in Chestnut Hill over the years never had an issue. There are always a few in every bunch regardless of school including Syracuse.

I don't believe of issues at Boston College that are rampant. Of course a stray drunk will do stray drunk things.

Stay vigilient Syracuse fans. If you see something (like too much Vineyard Vines)...SAY SOMETHING.

 

[Stevenson]

Yeah been to probably 15 BC/ SU games in Chestnut Hill over the years never had an issue. There are always a few in every bunch regardless of school including Syracuse.

Same here. Never had anything resembling a bad experience at BC

 

[kingtidge]

I’ll be going to BC this weekend with a few friends and our kids. I’ve never been to Alumni Stadium before so just looking on if there is a preferred section to sit in or is it a small enough stadium where there really isn’t a bad seat in the house? Also, any suggestions on good places to park and maybe tailgate a couple hours before the game?

It's a glorified big highschool stadium as I remember it. Worst gameday experience I've ever been to in a p5/P4 conference.

May God have mercy on your soul.

Stay off the mansion lawns on your walk up the hill from the train or cops will cuff you.

Been 20 years since I was there and said I'd never go back... My last game there was the final game of Coach P. in 2004 when Diamond Ferri put on the single best performance I've ever seen live in person by a Syracuse football player... He played defense and RB on offense after Damien Roads went out injured (and Reyes already injured). Ferri ran for over 140 yards and 2 touchdowns as RB and also got an interception at safety on D (his normal position) and returned it over 40 yds for another touchdown. He was a one-man Eagles wrecking crew. That was the only redeeming thing about the gameday experience (an it was a big plus, of course.)

That stadium sucks bigtime.

 

[elimunelson]

It's a glorified big highschool stadium as I remember it. Worst gameday experience I've ever been to in a p5/P4 conference.

May God have mercy on your soul.

Stay off the mansion lawns on your walk up the hill from the train or cops will cuff you.

Been 20 years since I was there and said I'd never go back... My last game there was the final game of Coach P. in 2004 when Diamond Ferri put on the single best performance I've ever seen live in person by a Syracuse football player... He played defense and RB on offense after Damien Roads went out injured (and Reyes already injured). Ferri ran for over 140 yards and 2 touchdowns as RB and also got an interception at safety on D (his normal position) and returned it over 40 yds for another touchdown. He was a one-man Eagles wrecking crew. That was the only redeeming thing about the gameday experience (an it was a big plus, of course.)

That stadium sucks bigtime.

To me, the BC game experience on a nice fall day is one of the best i've been to and i've been to quite a few around. It's a more holistic experience. it's actually a real city, with real charm, history, shopping, restaurants. You need to get around the city, enjoy the game and then go back to the city.

It sure beats going to Morgantown (gross).

Syracuse and BC have two of the nicest campuses in the ACC. Enjoy the campus walking around and checking it out.

 

[kingtidge]

To me, the BC game experience on a nice fall day is one of the best i've been to and i've been to quite a few around. It's a more holistic experience. it's actually a real city, with real charm, history, shopping, restaurants. You need to get around the city, enjoy the game and then go back to the city.

It sure beats going to Morgantown (gross).

Syracuse and BC have two of the nicest campuses in the ACC. Enjoy the campus walking around and checking it out.

I don't like Morgantown either.

To each his own.

Boston (city) is fun.

BC campus is nice but a very cloistered place. P4 football and the "cloistered experience" are at odds for good gameday atmosphere IMO.

That experience extends into the stadium.

I simply don't get it.

My old man (RIP) ran syracuse football bus trips to away games for many years and ran one bus trip there for a game and they turned the bus away on campus and told them they weren't approved to park anywhere, let alone tailgate (and had no place they could tell them to go.) They had to park the bus a few miles from campus randomly in an abandoned lot they found and tailgate there. Cop rolled up and told them they had to move but begrudgingly let them stay after describing the ordeal. Absolutely bush league to turn away visitor busses on campus. He never had another away stadium turn away a bus, of course.