Panther gathering in Utah?

[TravelingPanther]

Anyone interested in getting together Friday night or early Saturday?

Somewhere around Salt Lake or Provo?

[TravelingPanther]

Re: Panther gathering in Utah?

If anyone knows anyone going who is not on the board, they can e-mail me at [email protected] if they'd like to get together.

[TheMacHouse]

Re: Panther gathering in Utah?

Anyone interested in getting together Friday night or early Saturday?

Somewhere around Salt Lake or Provo?

It would be great to have a Friday night "pep rally" per say someplace but my guess is everyone will be staying all over the place that might make it tough. Something Saturday before game would be good just need to ask BYU people a good place for people to meet in Provo maybe.

[Buzzard]

Re: Panther gathering in Utah?

With the game being at 4:00, you should have plenty of time to kill on Sat. BYU does not have a big tailgating scene, but there are areas west of the stadium where a fair amount might be going on.
If you want to meet away from the Stadium, there are some public parks in the area, mainly to the East and South. One off of 900 East is fairly large and has a picnic pavilion. Notre Dame rented a banquet room at Riverside Country Club, a few blocks north, but they are...Notre Dame. They even had an offical ND fan club with a Utah chapter.
Looking for something indoors, with eats? There is a TGIF two blocks away from the stadium, and downtown Provo, a couple miles south has several good places. Also, the University Mall, just up the on University Parkway, has several upscale chains-Macaroni Grill, Old Spagetti Factory, etc...The area right around the school is mainly fast food, given the well deserved reputation of BYU as the most sober school in the country.
If you are looking for booze, grocery stores only carry beer, and 3.2% beer at that. For anything stronger you will need to find a state liqour store. There are a couple in Provo, but not being a patron of those establishments, I can only reccomend the Yellow Pages.
Finally, if you want to do something uniquely Utah, that you can't do in Iowa, take an hour or two and hike up Rock Canyon, just east of campus. The trailhead is easy to find, just pick your way south and east of the LDS temple, which is clearly visible from almost anywhere in Provo. The mouth of the canyon is pretty pounded, there are some quarrying activities taking place, but that soon changes. It's an easy hike along the canyon bottom, with brush covered slopes and cliffs rising over 1000 feet on either side. If overlooks are your style, there is a side trail that leads to a great one a couple miles up the canyon, leaving the main trail on your left (North) but it is a butt-kicker of a climb up to Squaw Peak, and it promises to be a warm, sunny day.
Anyway, have a great time in Utah, I hope you enjoy your stay, please don't take offense if I hope you won't leave COMPLETELY happy, since that would probably entail a win for you folks.

[TravelingPanther]

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Thanks for the info. So far it looks like the 4 of us will eat alone.