Northwestern Wildcats Football

On September 15, the Northwestern Wildcats played Akron.  After being up 21-3, they let the lead go away and lost 39-34 in the end.  Aside from letting you know the lead given up, the other significance is that my brother and I attended this game in Evanston on this night.  Below is the review of how I think Northwestern handles the game-day atmosphere, the sights in and around Ryan Field and the stadium itself. 
  First off, you'll likely spend some time in Chicago which just about everyone in the known universe does.  If you would rather deal with the excruciating traffic and drive downtown then bless you.  Otherwise, take the trains/buses and it will only cost you 10 dollars through the day.  For myself, taking the Blue Line to the Red Line to the Purple Line was most effective to get to the stadium, but we took Red to Brown to Purple.  It was fine either way.  Try to be selective in when and where you want to go, as it can get crowded very, very quick.  This goes for after the game as well.  Everything happens in Chicago and the trains were packed after the game downtown due to other events but that was just fine. 
  Now to the atmosphere of the area around the stadium.  Essentially Northwestern does as good a job as possible to get people to tailgate and buy stuff around the stadium as possible.  There is a gigantic tailgate lot for people to go there and have fun.  There are a few merchandise areas outside the stadium to sight see and find merchandise you might like.  There are also some haulers in the direct stadium lot to buy merchandise as well.  I would suspect the prices are similar to most colleges and their pricing in terms of hats, sweaters and shirts, among other things.  How about the stadium?
  To be openly honest, I would suspect if you are a visiting fan you would rate Ryan Field towards the bottom of the Power 5 conference stadiums.  The reason is it is old, dilapidated and for Northwestern, too big.  The stadium has way too small of bathroom areas, and even has portable toilets underneath some of the seats.  While the stadium having seat cushions for seats is not new (most colleges do this) the next stadium project would be suited with putting seats for everyone rather than bleachers.  Also, the concessions are all over the place.  That is due to the size/accessibility of the stadium.  Typically this wouldn't be an issue, but it creates for the concourses to be very inaccessible to get around.  This would be another thing they need to focus on in the renovation process.  There is talk about a full-scale renovation to make the stadium completely different and that is something that must happen in my regard.  I honestly would rate this stadium towards the bottom of the Power 5 schools and likely would be behind a lot of the non-BCS schools stadiums.  Hopefully Northwestern figures this out and they can get the donations necessary to renovate Ryan Field as it desperately needs it. 
  All in all, I would rate the Northwestern experience as average.  The stadium is a large portion of this review that takes it from great to average  When Northwestern improves the stadium, it'll improve a lot drastically. 

Now I pose a question to you readers.  Since I have visited Camp Randall Stadium and Ryan Field, in addition to UW-Whitewater and UW-Oshkosh stadiums, what college stadium should I visit for the future?  It can be any division, any team.