OT: Ask The Pack -- Tailgate Tent Setup Recommendation

[BigBully]

We have a guy that has been setting up our tailgate for the last 3 years and we just got a message from him that he will no longer be doing tailgate setups next year. He only had 5-7 groups he did tailgate setup for for but I'm wondering if the school has put the hammer down on anyone doing tailgate setups other than their contracted vendor. Kinda strange that he decided to get out of the business considering he had some substantial investment in generators, tents, TV's, etc.

Now we are looking for alternative. We have about 10 families in our group. We are looking for someone to provide the following and do all the set up and take down :

3 - 10x20 tents
Generator
TV with satellite dish service
2 fans
Tables -- about 5 or 6

Any recommendations? Fire away.

BB

 

[o_dawgnabit]

Just make sure the tents are blue****

 

[dickiedawg]

Looks like about $7k with southern traditions unless you upgrade the tv from 32" which I imagine you'd want to do.

 

[dawgman42]

Must have the appropriate logo if not blue:
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[SouthOfI10]

Where did this guy set yall up at?

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

Yeah. Wondering that too? Especially (3) 10x20 tents. You have a spread of 600 square feet.

 

[engie]

Just my opinion, but I think you're looking at a tough time here without just going to Southern Traditions and sucking up the $8k bill. It'd be a different story perhaps if you owned all the stuff. But to anyone new, it's a significant investment without some actual term contractual work to assure the investment.

We're to a pretty similar setup to what you are looking for, minus one 10x20, but with the ability to match up 2 additional 10 x 10s to equal the square footage, which we have rarely put up. It's basically all mine/one other guy's stuff. And we bargain shopped our asses off over the course of about 18 months to get to where we're at. We're probably pushing $4k invested, conservatively.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

Buy all the stuff. Rent a storage room in Starkville. Pay a college kid $150 a weekend to setup and tear down. Save big $$$.

 

[BigBully]

We are (were) between Cullen Depot and the old McArthur dorm. About 100 - 150 yards from the Northwest Gate to the stadium (Student entrance).

 

[SouthOfI10]

Just heard that was the guy we used also....