My notes and thoughts:
I didn’t feel like the parking process was PAINFULLY long. We entered from the east side at 91st and Cardinal. The problem I had was there was ZERO direction. When you go to Cowboys Stadium, lots are labeled well and there is plenty of signage. AT&T is pristine compared to State Farm. Lines formed with no indication of where you were supposed to be. After 20-30 min of being in line, we finally got to the front. We had paid for East Preferred and managed to be in line for the East Lot. The guy said “I’m not going to make you leave and get in another line. Just park in here.” So we did, even though it wasn’t exactly what we paid for. That didn’t matter to me, though. We got into the lot around 11:30 after getting off of the freeway around 11:00.
Very similar to our experience. Got to the stadium area around 10:45. We had a parking pass for the blue lot, but there were no signs, no direction of where to go to reach the Blue lot. There was plenty of signage for the Orange, Grey, etc lots but nothing for the blue so I just followed traffic on Cardinal Way. Took a guess that it must be somewhere off of 95th, but a cop told us (after we had turned) that we needed to go back the other way, go up a couple of blocks, etc, etc. The problem was that you couldn't turn around so I'm a ball of stress and frustration and I'm sure real pleasant to be around when we finally get to the first area that we could turn around at, and as I'm getting ready to turn around, there on a sandwich board is a sign for the Blue lot. We parked a little after 11:30.
I was obviously pleased to land, but incredulous to think that I might still be driving around had I followed Mr. Police Man's directions. Surely he knew what he was telling me....
Pretty easy from there. Tried to find a place to sit and have a few bevvies before the game but the square (not sure what it's called) was absolutely packed. Mostly with TCU folk from what I could see. Due to that, we went to the stadium and had no problem getting in. I remember the countdown clock was at 88 minutes to kick off so some stood in line for merch while some went tom find some beverages.
Unfortunately it does make for a sterile experience watching from a box office being sealed off from the crowd reaction like at State Farm Stadium. AT&T is slightly better (they have large holes in the glass), and while The Carter doesn't open the press box windows like the toilet seat in Waco, it does allow a good portion of the crowd noise to pass through the thinner windows.
