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Was at the game & agree by Flanner89

Our son is a Junior at VT. He brought us through his usual pre-game routine ending at Center Street right before the game. It's hard to estimate the crowd at Center Street but I'd say at least 20K people and probably closer to 25K or maybe even as high as 30K. Just a huge mass of people all partying outside. As soon as kick-off approached then the crowd gets dispersed. (I didn't see it but understand the police to come through and clear the place out.) So you have 20K-25K drunk students all hitting the stadium at the same time.
Once you get to the stadium there is a shocking lack of staff. We had trouble finding our section mostly because of the lack of anyone to ask. Once inside the stadium nobody checked that people were seated in the right sections. We are on a VT parents online forum and heard many complaints after the game of students with valid tickets being turned away. In one case a student went to use the restroom and left her personal belongings with her friend at her seat. Security did not allow her to return to her seat even though she showed her ticket.