Military Bowl Tickets

The weather was excellent and a UMD TERPS victory was like the cherry on top. My only bad experience and I mentioned this to Facebook page of The Military Bowl (and was deleted-how rude), the TD Bank atms only 1 out of 4 in the stadium worked. There was a long line and I waited nearly 30-35 mins to withdraw cash. Lesson learned, bring cash ahead of time b/c most vendors here only take cash but some did take credit card transaction. I paid for the nosebleeds seats and I can say it was ok.

Awesome event, made better by a win by my Terps. It was good to be back in "Old RFK" for a football game. Decent weather for a December day and great fans on either side.

Great game! The stadium is very old and the parking was pricey.

Going into the game, I really didn't know what to expect. I picked up tickets from the Will Call area which had a lot people working there and things went rather quickly. Getting into the game was also rather easy. A simple pat down and look into a coat and we were on our way. The concession stands seem to have plenty of people working and were quite busy. It seemed the further up in the stadium less kiosks were open. When we purchased the tickets it came with a voucher for 4 hot chocolates and a game program. But, the people I talked to had no clue to as to where the voucher should be redeemed. Which was a little annoying. After getting food we found our seats. The seats were decent for the price. The crowd noise made the game the PA system was muffled and difficult to understand. Overall, I had a good time and my friends who came with seemed to enjoy themselves as well.

Bowl game was great. Great Terps win! But the old stadium must be retired for footbal. It's old and in poor shape.

Plenty of room to tailgate - bowl games are always fun.

Event had a "throw together" feel. Although the game was eventually a blowout, the venue was not fitting and game should've been held at another location. Maybe Nationals stadium or M&T Bank Field. No reason to use RFK for anything.

Everything about the football game on the field, per se, was fine. When one got out into the surrounding corridors (and I must qualify that...yes, we know our stadium is old, but we are still very proud of it and its heritage...) three things were not "up to snuff": 1) the TOILET PAPER ran out at half time in the ladies' room that my wife went to, and there was no SUPPORT STAFF around to re-stock (that she could see), 2) the FOOD SERVICE, by and large was just OK...everyone I saw seemed to be trying hard to do a decent job, but the stadium CONDIMENT STATIONS in the concourse that usually support a stand selling half-smokes at this kind of event had NO CONDIMENTS (mustard, catsup)...at least someone had put out napkins. We didn't let these things spoil the thrill of being part of the Terps' victory....but you DID ask for a review....AND small things DO count in the overall picture. Thanks, Pete

The game was fine. The entertainment was fine. Negatives: Seats in RFK had not been cleaned. Bird dung was disgusting. Negative: peeling paint at RFK was unattractive. Stadium had a sense of general neglect. Negative: limited concessions on upper levels. Long lines. Missed half a quarter just standing in line for food. Negative: could rarely hear the band due to where they were seated. (We hear them better at Byrd stadium)

RFK is no place to have a bowl game. Old and rusty. $20 to park was ridiculous. The fact that only a few bathrooms and food services were open was idiotic. I'm glad that I didn't attend the $20 indoor tailgate. I was told by friends that the food was horrible and they ran out. The venue should be M&T.

Of my 9 bowl games, this was by far the worst. Where should I start? The family ticket package sold thru Ticketmaster including vouchers for concessions and a program that were not honored at the game? The inability to buy any game merchandise at the game because "they" got there "late" (according to guest services)? The fact that many of the concession stands, few as they were, ran out of stuff before halftime? Watching hunks of RFK stairs crumble off right by our seats? And to top it off, a totally mismatched game between a good ACC team (Maryland) and a mediocre Conference USA one. If my alma mater hadn't been in a bowl game since 1992, I might consider going. Other than that, I would never even consider this game again, nor recommend it to anyone.

The sound system was the worst, could not understand any thing the announcers were saying.

It was a great experience to go to a bowl game with the family!

As a Maryland fan I was happy with the outcome. However, the experience was not pleasant as we had to deal with ECU drunken fans who taunted MD fans that we were sitting near throughout the game. Alcohol should not be sold at college events. We needed help from security...police and did not get it. We had to move to a higher location because of rude ECU fans.

It was great to have a big fottball game at RFK. All was fine except 1. The ticket taking at the main entrance was disorganizied and slow. Makes DC look bad. But probably saves money. 2. The lack of food service was appalling. Very bush league and loses money--lots of people in my line gave up waiting even tho they wanted to pay $5 for a hot dog they could get at a street vendor for $1.

Nice way for MD football players to send Coach Friedgen out. The UMD athletic administration is nuts and classless in how they handled his firing. Might be the last UMD football game I go to for quite a while.

Very exciting and fun atmosphere for a great game.

The game and the location of the seats were perfect. The bad was that the armrest between the seat was broken off the wall. Spent most of the game trying not to slide into my seat mate. This is the third year in a row attending this event and will go again next year.

RFK Stadium is a below average facility. Terrible venue for football. Terrible venue for a Bowl Game. The Armory Tailgate Party was awfull We waited in line 1 hr, for food before finally leaving empty handed. This part of the package was very poorly organized and I feel like I was totally ripped-off. I found visiting Washington DC to be a great experience, but the bowl was dissappointing. The stadium facility was poor (even our seat was broken) and the pre-game event to be a rip-off.

The football was disappointingly mediocre even given the lopsided Maryland win, which only served to emphasize the wrongheaded decision by their new AD to sack the coach. Was underwhelmed by the support shown our military at the so-called Military Bowl, which was modest at best despite the mass enlistment, USCG drill team, the flyover, the veteran MOH winners and the presence of the Joint Service Color Guard. Compared to that at the next day's Bell Textron Armed Forces Bowl in Dallas, the Military Bowl was not even close. Here's an example: why would you showcase a soldier who has never deployed as representative of the millions of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coasties who have served and are now serving in Iraq and Afghanistan? Why could you not have invited Staff Sergeant Sal Giunta, the only living Medal of Honor recipient from this decade of conflict or highlighted one of the many wounded warriors recovering at Walter Reed and Bethesda? Next year you should set aside a couple of hundred VIP seats for wounded warriors and their families. Here's another: where were the equipment displays? You'd have thought the sponsor from the defense industry might have displayed some of its wares to the public at a gathering this large (tanks, trucks, helicopters, planes, boats etc.) but there was nothing except a tent in the end zone emblazoned with the company logo. Guest services at RFK also need more attention before next year's game: ladies rooms in particular were pretty disgusting from the outset and quickly ran out of what little toilet paper there was to be had.