What prompted the changes on North Campus for the 2010 season?
Before the 2006 football season, the University Administration and the Athletic Association enacted new tailgating regulations and initiated an extensive communications campaign focused on three goals: • Enhance the gameday experience for everyone • Ensure gamedays are safe for everyone on campus, especially students • Preserve the beauty of the University of Georgia campus The fans’ response to the effort has been overwhelmingly positive, especially in regards to the first two goals. The third goal – preserving the campus – continues to be a challenging goal on historic North Campus. Toward this end, the University Administration and Athletic Association convened a committee to consider further methods to protect the campus, especially the historic North Campus. The Committee sought solutions that would maintain the long tradition of tailgating at UGA, but at a level more compatible with the historic buildings and grounds on North Campus. The consistently high traffic and negative imp