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Virginia Tech Hokies Football at Lane Stadium
Few teams in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision have as much of an illustrious history as the Virginia Tech Hokies. Whether it's the storied tradition of winning ACC championships, sending a plethora of players to the NFL, or "The Beamer Ball"--named after Hall of Fame coach Frank Beamer--the Hokies are one of the NCAA's signature programs. Entering 2023, the Hokies are led by second-year head coach, Brent Pry, who is tasked with returning the Blacksburg team back to their winning reputation.
Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia is known as one of the best home field advantages in all of college football. While it's neither the biggest nor the loudest stadium East of the Mississippi River, Lane Stadium might be the rowdiest. The student section at Lane is known for bringing the energy throughout the entire game, creating an intimidating atmosphere for opponents. One of the Hokies' traditions for home games is right before kickoff when Metallica's "Enter Sandman" is played over the PA, creating a wall of noise that sets the tone early.
Virginia Tech Hokies Football History
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly known as Virginia Tech, had their first season of organized football in 1892 as an unaffiliated independent team. Since their first season, the Hokies have accumulated more than 700 wins as a program (23rd all-time), appeared in 33 bowl games, and were a National Semifinalist as a runner-up in the 2000 BCS National Championship Game.
The cornerstone of the program was Frank Beamer, who was head coach of the Hokies from 1987-2015. Beamer was known for his coaching and recruiting prowess, and his teams' gritty special teams play. He coached the Hokies to 23 consecutive bowl games, in addition to five ACC Coastal Division Championships and three ACC Championship Game wins (2007, 2008 and 2010). Beamer also led the Hokies to seven New Year's Six bowl game appearances between 2004 and 2011, including Peach and Orange Bowl wins.
Virginia Tech's main rivals in the ACC are the Virginia Cavaliers, the West Virginia Mountaineers, the Miami Hurricanes, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and the Boston College Eagles.
There are not enough words to describe how terrible our experience was trying to get into FedEx and park before the game. Word to the wise--you'd have a better time at home on your couch.
I had a decent time, but I'll never go to FedEx again. The traffic was awful. We arrived before the parking lot was supposed to open by 10-15 min. We were less than 1.5 miles from our parking sport and it took us approximately two hours. Some people took 3-4 hours. As much as I enjoyed the actual game, the experience of entering and leaving is unbearable. I ignore the long lines walking into the stadium because that is now typical (even though Caps and Nats games are faster). I won't dwell on the port-a-john lines. I know this is all tough to manage. However, as a consumer of tickets that are expensive, parking costs, in-stadium concessions, etc, the FedEx experience is not worth the value. Until they figure it out, I'm done with FedEx. I never wanted to say this because I'm close to this facility. The only reason I can say this is because it's worse than at least 20 other venues I've been to, including 10 other stadiums. It's a shame.
The VT v. WVU game, seats and excitement were awesome! Beer was expensive at $10 but the stadium and experience were great. Avoid the limited view seats. Traffic control was worst I have ever seen. It took 2 hours to go 1 mile coming from the west into the green and orange lots three hours before game time. Yes 2 hours for 1 mile!
Worst stadium traffic in Football. Our hotel was 20 miles away. It took 2 hours before we parked, even though we launched 5 and half hours before kickoff. Sad. Not enough restrooms in the stadium, even at the club level. You are guaranteed to miss significant portions of the game.
The game was fantastic. The stadium is NO GOOD. #1 - Not enough bathrooms - lines ALL through the game for the MEN! Long lines. #2 - Limited accessibility - no Metro access to leave the game, poorly organized UBER pick up resulted in 2 hour wait. Once we finally got into a car to leave, the traffic exits for UBER blocked by local traffic police. This stadium is the WORST for getting in and out - to and from. Never will I go again to an event at night at this stadium - the WORST
This parking at this event was horribly disorganized. People waited for hours to get into parking lots to tailgate. At the Redzone parking lot there was one attendant to service a huge lot and no traffic control get people in smoothly. The stadium itself is old and outdated. The concession workers were rude and unhelpful. The only saving grace for the event was an incredible game. That being said, I won't come back for anymore football games here!
There must of been some issues with staffing and parking lots. Redskins games aren't this bad. It took 2.5 hours to move 2 miles near the stadium and this was 4 hours before kickoff. When we finally got to the lots, no staff were in the lot to direct people to open spaces. So that clogged things again. Waste of money on the parking pass.
The matchup was incredible. Very exciting game. This was overshadowed by the horrible traffic to get into and out of the venue and poor directions for parking. I would not hesitate to go to another VT game but not at FedEx field.
Venue should open parking way before 4 hours before a game with a sold-out stadium. We left our hotel 1.5 miles away from the hotel at 3:10 and pulled into a parking spot at 4:30. And it only got worse from that point on. Left to enter the stadium at 6:50. Once we entered the ticketing gates, we were directed to go up the ramp for our club level seats. There were no signs whatsoever on the ramp and no doors open until we reached the top and someone had just knocked on a door and we saw it open. Found out we had bypassed our floor and had to walk back down the ramp and bang on the door beside a 8 inch club level sign... Finally allowed access, however we missed the kickoff. Restrooms were small and dirty. Recommend better signage, earlier access and larger/cleaner restrooms
Parking was unorganized and staff was not knowledgeable about which direction to guide you in, sat in traffic for 2 hours just trying to get in to park over 4 hours before game... Attempted to go into game 40 minutes early and barely made it to my seat for kickoff. Security staff at entrance was very rude and unprofessional
