The Perk Provides Good D3 Action

 Perkins Stadium is not named after the restaurant chain in the United States.  It is named after former University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Head Coach Forrest Perkins.  Perkins Stadium is home to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks, a Division Three team that plays in the WIAC in that part of NCAA sports.  It's the biggest stadium in Division Three, with 13,500 seats plus standing room if needed (for such occurrences like Family Day or Homecoming.)  It's a stadium that has a large 'home' grandstand and a pretty decent sized 'away' grandstand on the opposite side.  For UW-Whitewater they are typically a powerhouse every year and have great success nearly every year as well.  So how does this stadium do overall?

 For starters, this stadium does well with being in a opportune area of the campus.  It's towards a large athletics area with the softball, soccer, baseball, basketball, and track facilities all in that area as well.  The football field provides pretty ample on campus parking for gamedays, though if you want to get around that, downtown parking is also there and is also free, and all you have to do is walk about a mile to the stadium after that.  If you rather the parking on campus, it will not break your wallet and it is relatively cheap anyway.  

 The stadium has one main fan shop in the entrance of the stadium, followed by on the right hand side a student athletic center where the locker rooms and medicine/rehab places are for the athletes.  However, to the fan shop, it is pretty basic and not entirely expensive so you can be fine with that.  If you want anything prior to the game, there is another on-campus bookstore with merchandise if you want to go that route.  However, the fan shop as I said is pretty basic so you won't have too many frills with it.  That same can be said for the concessions.  They are pretty basic offerings, things like water, soda, hot dogs, snacks and things like that.  Do note though that it is student run, so this is not going to be what you see at an NFL stadium, probable Division One FBS in the NCAA stadium or other pro sports.  These are students running these stands and you need to be patient with it.  The concessions are pretty inexpensive so you won't run up a major bill at this stadium.  With that, how is the atmosphere?

 Typically UW-Whitewater is a powerhouse as mentioned prior.  They don't typically lose at Perkins Stadium and are typically one of the best teams anyway in Division Three.  The gameday atmosphere can largely depend on what is happening that day.  In my particular game instance, I went as there was a opening act of a Jesse McCartney concert, so there was an opening day record crown over 10 thousand fans in this game.  The Warhawks went to dominate but when the crowds are good, they typically have a lot of energy and the people can be into the game.  That can be the same for Homecoming and Family Day, both of these games typically draw the biggest crowds of the season.  The players hitting the rock as they come out onto the stadium has become a feature, as their slogan is pound the rock.  That is in the College Football Hall of Fame as well which for a Division Three team is pretty amazing.  But the team typically winning is a good asset to have, and now the student base is showing up and staying for the games which is a good thing as well. 

UW-Whitewater in College Football Hall of Fame

 All in all, The Perk provides a good semblance of what D3 football is.  They have a good gameday atmosphere, though if you are a flashy person on that it wouldn't be that with Perkins Stadium.  Remember, D3 teams do not have the budget of a Alabama, Michigan, Wisconsin, USC or others so they have to do what they can to provide good entertainment to bring fans in.  UW-Whitewater does do that and they do a pretty alright job of it.  Just expect the fact that the concessions and fan store to be student run and you will be alright there.