On the shores of Lake Michigan, our second stadium to have the lakefront view and this one is home to the Concordia-Wisconsin Falcons. If you remember my most recent post, they took on St. Norbert and won that game. However, we got to go to them in his now near middle of October matchup against Lakeland, which is the Cheese Bowl rivalry. It was also homecoming for the Falcons, and this was evident right from the kickoff what this meant to the crowd. How did the game fare? Well an instant classic in D3, a 41-34 OT winner for Concordia, who kept their dream season going (they would win the conference and get to the NCAA playoffs fyi). Ironically this was the second time I had seen the stadium, as I went to Kapco Park, home of the Lakeshore Chinooks years earlier. This time, I went for a game and felt like rating it sooooo here we go!
Amenities:
There is one main food stand, where they actually don't premake the food and wrap it up. They had the grills going for this one, and they needed it. There were plenty of options of food and drinks. Overall the area seemed pretty clean, if not a bit crowded (again, it's Homecoming so I suspect this was going to be the case). The unusual thing about Tomasini Stadium is there is a parking garage behind the main press/coaches box. My suspect guess is it is for parking near some of the halls that are near the stadium for classes and for the basketball arena nearby as well as football/baseball. Overall, 4 out of 5 works well here.
Atmosphere:
The crowd was buzzing at the start of this one, as it was homecoming, a rivalry game and it was an over capacity crowd of over 2,000 for this game. However, by early in the third, that over capacity crowd was stymied by a 28-7 Lakeland lead. However, the tides turned and early in the fourth the crowd was rocking again when it was 28-27. Even after a touchdown by Lakeland, CUW came back late in the fourth to tie the game to send it to overtime. It was a monstrous buzz of a crowd who thought hope was lost. An OT touchdown made it more noisy but only after the game was sewn up by a Lakeland turnover did the crowd fully celebrate. Yes, homecoming does make this go up. 5 out of 5 atmosphere.
Location:
Smack dab on campus, on the shores of Lake Michigan, with a terrific view of said lake. This isn't going to be rated lower than a 5. You literally just cannot give it lower. So obviously, it's a 5.
Price/Quality:
Free parking, massive plus. Ticket was less than 10 bucks, another massive plus. Food quality though, eh could be better but could be worse. Will rate it higher since I saw them making that food rather than it being pre-made and wrapped up. Drinks are reasonably priced and heck I got a popcorn for all the drama that is football because HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE FOOTBALL MAN? 4 out of 5.
Review:
Tomasini Stadium, like it's neighbor Kapco Field, is a wonderful stadium. That 18 goes a long way friends. Don't think you can't get it higher. Just a couple of tweaks to your amenities and food quality and you may nail the perfect score. Overall, a sensational stadium and one that the Falcons can take great pride in.
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