A-Game Tailgate at Virginia Tech

Tickets ($44 each)
The UM ticket office sold over 3,000 tickets to Turtles and has none left. The Tech ticket office can be reached at (800) 828-3244.

Directions to Tailgate Lot
From the D.C. area, take Interstate 66 West to I-81 South towards Roanoke. Follow the signs for Exit 118B, which is U.S. Route 460 West. Do not miss Exit 118; you'll have to go down to Exit 114 and turn around on I-81. Exit 118 is marked Exit 118C-B-A. Follow Exit 118B. After about nine miles on 460 West, take the exit marked Downtown. Then merge right onto VA Route 412, which is Prices Fork Road. Shortly after an intersection with West Campus Drive, turn right from Prices Fork Road into the public parking lots. Parking in the Prices Fork Road Lots is $10.

Raising of the Flags
1:30 p.m.

Group Photo
Probably sometime before we lose daylight. Perhaps 4:30 p.m. near the A-Game flag.

Map of Tailgate Lot
Click here for Virginia Tech's football parking map that shows the Prices Fork Road Lot on top. Click here for additional parking information from Virginia Tech's office of transportation services.

Blacksburg Weather
Click here for the Blacksburg forecast courtesy of weather.com.

Previous Trips to Virginia Tech
The Terrapin Nation descended on Blacksburg in fairly good numbers for an ESPN Thursday night game back in 2004. It was excellent football weather with gray skies and cool temperatures. We turned in the Prices Fork Road Lot and set up shop on a large grassy area adjacent to the road, which allowed us to wave in Terrapin fans as they turned from West Campus Drive onto Prices Fork Road.

Because it was a Thursday night game, there were still some VT students parked in the lot. Our interactions with VT fans were very friendly, and we quickly found common ground in ripping the spoiled brats of Whoville, Va. There were some port-o-potties nearby, and I believe some of the campus buildings adjacent to the lot were open for restroom use. It's a decent walk to the stadium, but that is to be expected with the closer lots reserved for VT donors.

Visiting teams' woes in Lane Stadium are well documented. If you can get time off work, the Turtles could use all the support they can get in this key ACC rivalry game. --PK

Click here for pictures of Terrapin Nation tailgating at Virginia Tech in 2004.

Victory Breakfast
A Roanoke College alum and friend of Team A-Game has recommended Ernie's as a good spot for breakfast in Roanoke. Ernie's Bar and Grill is at 210 Market St. SE, Suite B, Roanoke, VA 24011. The Terrapin Nation is welcome to fuel up for the ride home with a (hopeful) victory breakfast Friday morning.

Official Web Sites
Maryland www.umterps.com
Virginia Tech www.hokiesports.com

Team Hotel
Roanoke Plaza Hotel
2801 Hershberger Road
Roanoke, VA 24017
Phone: (540) 563-9300
www.roanokeplaza.com

Alternate Hotel
Team A-Game is staying at
Courtyard Roanoke Airport
3301 Ordway Drive
Roanoke, VA 24017
(540) 563-5002
www.marriott.com

Bring the Flag

The Terrapin Nation made a good showing tailgating on the Virginia Tech campus prior to the teams' Thursday night game on ESPN in 2004. This is a nice grassy area that abuts Prices Fork Road and the adjoining public parking lot.