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TWT
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Food Trucks

Posted: 5/21/2016 12:01:28 PM

Having local vendors down at the stadium on game days I think would draw more people down to the stadium and make for a festive atmosphere. Oregon added food trucks last year to give stadium fans more options. How would you be able to pull up food tucks to Peden given the layout? A better way to do it is if they blocked of Richland from the intersection back to entrance of the OU Medical school and had the trucks park in there. That would also make it safer for fans parking at the Convo to get over to Peden Stadium with that road blocked off.

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/21/2016 11:23:03 PM

Uncle Wes wrote:

Parking Services would get a generous cut of any food truck with their outrageous fees. And the campus has purchased and operates its own food truck now, so I'm not sure they would welcome the competition.

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/22/2016 10:53:08 AM

BillyTheCat wrote:

Uncle Wes wrote:

Depends on where you set up the trucks. I doubt if they could do Richland Avenue because that would impede direct fire truck access to uptown but if it was on some other public road, that might work assuming there are food trucks that would want to do that. My guess is many if not most people would just prefer to tailgate either on their own or in one of the university sponsored venues.

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/22/2016 1:49:56 PM

Why is there more imagination shown about food and alcohol possibilities on this site than imagination shown in our coaching?

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/22/2016 1:51:04 PM

#anticipatingresponsesofDFCbobcatsquaredandthelike,ohsshutup.

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/22/2016 4:16:48 PM

The minds writing this idea off are exactly the types of minds that have led us to the best soft pretzels in college football.

I'd like to see Ohio go a step further than food trucks in the tailgating area, and downright make food trucks our food vendors in Peden.

Last Edited: 5/22/2016 4:27:08 PM by The Optimist

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/22/2016 5:21:51 PM

A STEP FURTHER.

Outsource beer vending to Jackie O's. I'm sure they are down to buy a handful of beer trucks.

I've seen crazier things happen.

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/22/2016 5:54:34 PM

I like this idea, but put the food trucks on Oxbow. You avoid blocking Richland and you get more foot traffic from Baker. The 110 warms up right there next to the Aquatic Center, so you'll get tailgate entertainment too.

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/22/2016 6:46:13 PM

C Money wrote:

I like that. Blocking off Oxbow from the last entrance to that one parking lot up to Baker hurts nothing from logistical standpoint AND you have a lot of fans walking down Baker already.

That is perfect!

I've seen crazier things happen.

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/23/2016 7:17:51 AM

Well there appears to be an entrepreneurial opportunity here, some of you who think this is a good idea ought to jump all over it. Before you commit though, I'd check out what your fees and permits from the City and the University will be.

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/23/2016 7:33:58 AM

BillyTheCat wrote:

Same type of mind that brought us the best soft pretzels in the nation brought us the amazing business climate in Athens.

I've seen crazier things happen.

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/23/2016 2:53:04 PM

The Optimist wrote:

BillyTheCat wrote:

Same type of mind that brought us the best soft pretzels in the nation brought us the amazing business climate in Athens.

Nobody is dismissing this idea out of hand. There are however logistical considerations. Even Portland, the capital of food trucks, has rules and regulations.

https://multco.us/services/food-carts-mobile-food-units

Last Edited: 5/23/2016 2:54:19 PM by Alan Swank

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/23/2016 8:29:40 PM

This has taken off in Cincinnati the last 3-4 years along with the boom of breweries. I have tried several of the trucks and the food here is outstanding.

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/23/2016 11:04:49 PM

Athens has a large number of carts and trucks already, one must now ask why they are never present

http://athensohio.com/dining/athens-area-food-trucks-carts /

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/24/2016 9:45:28 AM

Its hard for me to envision the AD embracing this idea when the moves around Peden and Tailgreat park have been to consolidate the Bobcat Club through the use of Tower Club perks (alcohol), the Hospitality area (alcohol and food), the student party in punch card park(food) and the parking assignments (proximity).

In fact, it would seem like a good fit for the Uptown merchants to draw people there on game day. Certainly, BW3s, Jackie O's, etc. would have an opinion about that but, as they say, a rising tide lifts all boats.

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/24/2016 10:24:05 AM

Bobcatbob wrote:

the student party in punch card park(food)

This should have come up in this thread sooner.

The AD has essentially already brought in "food trucks" for this exact purpose.

Kisers locally as well Chipotle, Dominos and McDonalds along with more I'm not recalling off the top of my head. This has been done in both the student park for football and outside the Convo in the tents they sometimes put up.

Some of these were just tents and not trucks, but same thing. Outside vendors setting up a temp/mobile food offering.

If the AD can pull that together, no reason they can't expand that offering.

I've seen crazier things happen.

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/24/2016 7:57:18 PM

The Optimist wrote:

Bobcatbob wrote:

the student party in punch card park(food)

This should have come up in this thread sooner.

Many of us refuse to acknowledge the abomination that is punch card park.

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/24/2016 8:09:45 PM

The Optimist wrote:

A STEP FURTHER.

Outsource beer vending to Jackie O's. I'm sure they are down to buy a handful of beer trucks.

Great idea, but on a personal choice, I'd go with Devil's Kettle.

Last Edited: 5/24/2016 8:11:20 PM by Sean Gallagher

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/25/2016 2:37:56 AM

C Money wrote:

Many of us refuse to acknowledge the abomination that is punch card park.

This is actually very appropriate for Athens, since the McBee Company was the first American company to use the Hollerith card. Unfortunately, no one seems interested in putting up a small little historical marker mentioning this fact. One reason, apparently, is that an historical marker would detract from the significance of the art object, since it would take the focus off Maya Lin's artwork, which was supposed to signify personal remembrances of her childhood in Athens rather than the general history of Athens. To me this is artsy-crafty gibberish.

Last Edited: 5/25/2016 2:40:08 AM by OhioCatFan

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/25/2016 6:41:26 AM

My problem with "Punch Card Park" is that you really have no idea what it is,unless you have an aerial view.
At ground level it likes like a lawn with a bunch of divots.

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/25/2016 7:21:05 AM

C Money wrote:

The Optimist wrote:

Bobcatbob wrote:

the student party in punch card park(food)

This should have come up in this thread sooner.

Many of us refuse to acknowledge the abomination that is punch card park.

That's a worthy group.

I've seen crazier things happen.

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/26/2016 5:45:33 PM

Uncle Wes wrote:

Having local vendors down at the stadium on game days I think would draw more people down to the stadium and make for a festive atmosphere.

I know I'm Johnny-Come-Lately on this topic, but here's my $0.02 on it.

Firstly, I'd love an upgrade in the food at Peden. It's hard to imagine people working so hard to provide a mediocre (at best) product, but somehow it happens with regularity. I don't know what the issue is, but there's clearly some sort of logistics problem.

But I have to question the "draw more people down to the stadium" assertion.

Other than the weeknight games, Peden is pretty well packed. We're not hurting for attendance.

Per this page, we averaged 20,515 home attendance per game in 2015. http://www.minerrush.com/2015/4/7/8148419/group-of-five-a...

Peden holds 24,000 (officially) for a utilization rate of 85% of capacity. That's pretty solid.

Additionally, consider that Athens county is only 65,000 people. I know we draw from far and wide, but I'd bet most of the folks in Peden live in Athens county.

If we assume there are 21,000 families in Athens, again, it looks like we're doing pretty well.

I think the core issues around attendance are more related to geography.

Ohio football is dwarfed in the commercial marketplace and media landscape by Ohio State, WVU, and Marshall.

Given that it's unlikely those schools will go away, and also given that media attention is driven by consumer product sales, it's a situation that's unlikely to change.

So, while I love the idea of *adding* food trucks somewhere near the Convo, and getting some yummier food choices, I also know that these trucks are ill equipped to feeding 500 people at the same time.

I may have just answered my question about the logistics problem that seems to dog concessions in Peden.

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Last Edited: 5/26/2016 5:46:22 PM by oucs 1986

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/26/2016 9:12:53 PM

Isn't Oxbow Trail now Bobcat Lane?

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/27/2016 1:02:29 PM

Lots of reasons why this isn't done:

1. They would have to pay to play or give some cut to the University.
2. Many of these food trucks may be a conflict with sponsors.
3. Space: Parking is at a premium as well as other space for sponsors and events.
4. Free Food: There is already tons of free food on game day already, so demand might be less than you would think.
5. Tailgating: For the fans that are tailgating, I don't see them going to buy food.

This isn't to say it couldn't be done, but I'm sure the resources could be used much better.

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RE: Food Trucks

Posted: 5/27/2016 5:06:22 PM

the123kid wrote:

+1, the "pay to play" while they are giving away free food is a problem, they actually did this a few years ago for an event, and vendors had to compete with free Millstone, lots of complaints.

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