Section 01
The Lots
The gate time is set by the institution, not by tradition, and everything that happens in the lot happens inside that window. These three cover the hours before anyone eats.
The 3 guides in this section
- Why the lots open at dawnGates open six or seven hours before kick-off, and the time is not idle. It is setup, cooking, holding, eating and breaking down again — a whole event that happens before the one people bought tickets for, and for a good many people it is the better half.
- Claiming a spaceArrival order decides everything about the day, including whether you get shade.
- Power in the lotMost setups have none, which is the constraint the rest of the day is built around.