Jordan-Hare Stadium

I’m not a Bammer or a Barner by nature … so this one is not a biased review!
Our game was in the middle of the afternoon, so we got to experience it all. And what a wonderful day we had at Jordan-​Hare. Game day at other SEC college towns (and I’ve been to quite a few) is about tailgating quite a ways from the stadium, and a stadium experience much like a college dorm experience (ew).
We were able to park near (just across the street from) the stadium, and there were a lot of spaces available in the deck and on the street coming up to the deck. It all seems so very compact right around the stadium area — so parking does’t seem to be an issue, and traffic is managed quite well. We were in our spot within a few minutes and ready for our game-​day experience!
Tiger Walk was awesome … I thought it was just a little thing where the team walked into the stadium — It’s a full blown PARTY!
Then it was back to eating and mingling -«tailgating»! If you’re an experienced tailgater, you can rent a tent just outside of the stadium, and everything will be set up for you when you get there! Now that’s convenience! There are lots of other tailgating spots around the stadium too.
Getting into the stadium. This has always been a huge hassle and not something I look forward to (the thought of a swarm of people smushed together gives me heart palpitations). The students do a special thing before the game outside of the stadium — dance contests, a little entertainment, just stuff to get the them excited — so they are pretty much file in all together quickly after the gates open. For the rest of us (adult fans) — we had no issues getting in. Yes, they’re gonna check your bag — but that went REAL fast!
NOVE the Eagle flew — this is often my favorite part of this stadium — and we had a fly over by some awesome Auburn Grad Service Men! (doesnt get much better than that!)
And then it was time to sit back and watch the action! You can rent a seat cushion (with a back) inside the stadium (and you leave it there — no need to drag it around). This stadium might not hold as many people as some of the others, but this one can create some noise! We had end zone seats, opposite the awesome new jumbotron, which was perfect!
Keeping everyone safe — YES. There’s security — And thankfully. If things get even a LITTLE out of hand (don’t cuss here) you get to hold on to the arm of a nice police officer while you walk up the steps to the exit. We watched this happen. You might think that’s a little over the top. I don’t. What this does is keep everyone civil. We were at a pretty big rivalry game. It was comforting to know that if anyone started «going there» they wouldn’t be around long. Face it — Nobody wants to be verbally attacked by a beer spewing, cussing fool!

I’ve been coming here since I was a kid, and it only gets better. Obviously there is the crowd experience, which is unlike any other in the SEC or nation. But regardless of the Auburn Tigers’ record (which, as an Auburn fan, I know can be hit or miss), the venue is something we can be truly proud of.
First, there’s the theatrics. A great band, tunnel videos, and layout. I hate going to stadiums where you can’t go from one side to the other. Not a problem here. Many seats have seat backs, and others are available for rent. There are multiple «restaurants» in the stadium, so you don’t have to settle for popcorn and peanuts. You may go for a 50s-​style diner, Mexican, or «Man Vs Food», if you’re really brave. Bottled waters are $ 2. The restrooms are very clean. Kind of a big deal!
The stadium boasts the largest big screen in the country. It provides for a much better game watching experience, being able to see every replay so clearly. And it’s in the heart of a beautiful campus that almost seems to have been designed with tailgating in mind. I’m not going to lie… Auburn is my Alma Mater and I love it. So maybe I am biased. But visiting JHS is an experience that every college sports fan should have! WDE!

Jordan, a famous glamour model in the UK, has great hair. In that sense, everybody wants «Jordan Hair.» Maybe not so much my friend Jordan on NYC Unilocal (hi!), but that’s up to you.
If we’re talking about Jordan’s Hair from the Chicago Bulls in the 90s, then it’s a farce because he didn’t have any! Duhh!
First-​Hand Experience: Info on my personal visit to this stadium — Definitely one of my fave stadiums in the South, and probably in the whole of the USA. The Tiger-​paw prints led me here, and once I was inside, I was taken over by a rush of intense fandom from the hardcore (and hardcore good looking) Alabaman Auburn fans.
Actually the 2 people that took me inside this stadium for the first time (not against Alabama, unfortunately) were both from Georgia. Locals from across the state line come here to root for Auburn because it’s such an important team for the whole region. The stadium is an absolute palace. Food is iffy but I love it here. I’ve now been to the stadium on 3 occasions, or perhaps 4, but only once to see a live game and it’s one of my fave college football experiences ever.
I’ve been to every cool stadium in the UK & North America, due to my obsession with travel & sport. I’ve toured America as a musician for 7 or 8 years. In that time, I’ve seen sports games at, or visited when empty (and usually both), at almost every major stadium in US and Canada. I have pictures of most which I will upload at some point. Also, on future travels, I plan to take new pix, and add more stadia! Watch this space!
***back to regular review***
OK let’s get to the point. Auburn Tigers. I almost went to Auburn. I remember following the tiger prints from I-​85 all the way to the University campus to go and meet with the Dean, and I was invited to attend, and it didn’t end up happening. I was also supposed to go to Tulane, but nope. Went to George Mason (Virginia) and Oxford (hometown school in UK) instead. Still awesome.
Will always have positive feelings for Auburn because of that.
Anyway this stadium probably has the best atmosphere in the SEC if not the country, it is a beautiful town, a beautiful stadium, a beautiful campus, and beautiful Alabama and Georgia girls all over the place, too.
It’s utterly massive and can’t be beaten. But enough about my nether regions, back to the stadium.
Built in 1939, it can hold 87,400 people, which is incredible. One of the biggest stadiums in the world. Come here and watch a game and see how awesome it is.
Jordan-​Hare vs Chicago’s O’Hare? No contest.

I had a great time the two times I’ve gone to this stadium. Make sure you eat and drink a lot before entering the stadium because the food is not that great. Reserve a seat back for the bleachers– it is the only way to watch a football game.

I enjoyed going to my first Auburn game. The stadium is massive! It’s kind of bad when your first SEC game as a BAMA fan is with the War Eagle. It’s awesome to buses run the entire game picking people up from their parking spot at the local mall or softball field. There’s some descent food to choose from in the stadium! Just make sure you bring your own seat cushions for those metal benches or you rent or buy just about anything in this stadium. Great first SEC game.

Visiting fan’s perspective. Great stadium and great game experience.
Pros
— Expect to be treated very well by Auburn fans. First class people.
— Beautiful campus.
— Recommend walking to Toomer’s Corner and checking out the older part of town.
— Love the eagle flying prior to kickoff. Great tradition.
— The stadium atmosphere is electric and one of the best in the SEC
Cons
— For a visitor, not a lot of tailgating options. You have to park so far away from the stadium it seems to take away from getting to meet a lot of the Auburn fans.
— Traffic is a bitch. If you are tailgating then go early and make a day out of it. I’m talking going several hours early.
They have shuttle services from multiple areas around town you can take. Since I tailgate, I normally use my park whiz app to buy a parking spot in advance. This is a lot better than winging it on gamely and hoping you can get a good tailgating spot.

Season ticket holder here. My wife is an alumna, her whole family went to auburn, half of my family went there, our daughter goes there… I should love it, right?
Most people seem to love this stadium. While I don’t hate it, I’m no huge fan of it. Narrow concourses, narrow rows, narrow seats, narrow aisles… This is how they get 85,450 or whatever it is into such a small footprint. Concessions are infinitely better at our high school stadium in terms of taste, selection, temperatures and cost. Video boards around the stadium advertise premium food offerings. When you get to the premium stand, you find out the items look nothing like the ad and they don’t even stock ingredients clearly visible in their ads. Seriously, who doesn’t serve jalapeños with stupid nachos and if the ad shows supreme nachos come with avocado slices and fresh cilantro, those toppings should be available.
Toilets often overflow with solid waste in restrooms in our section and are not cleaned during games. Without the required athletic fund donation, season tickets average out to about $ 90 a game. Ninety bucks… You at least deserve clean toilets. My ticket price alone would pay for an attendant to clean and maintain one bathroom.
No convenient parking. We hear there is a shuttle from remote parking but we have zero idea where the lot or shuttles are. Again, we’re season ticket holder. We’ve yet to see signage get a brochure, anything. I can only imagine the frustration for visiting fans. The campus is a virtual gridlock of tailgaters parked on lawns, sidewalks and fire lanes. Narrow streets are often impassable because of trailers and oversized vehicles that tightly squeeze in. Traffic control actually blocks handicap sidewalk ramps with traffic barricades they presumably use throughout the day. I have no idea what their emergency plan is as many streets would be impassible for large, emergency vehicles.
Positives:
Sight lines of the field are fantastic regardless the section. The people are genuinely friendly. The campus atmosphere inside and outside the stadium is superb.

First time out to the Alabama area to visit a family member and being in the area I wanted to catch an sec conference game which ended up being auburn tigers vs Louisiana tech. Im a California person born and raised and a huge USC Trojan fan, but recognize good football when i see it. Auburn has some good fans and the stadium itself is a great place to catch a football game. Very big stadium but from the look of it not a bad seat in the house.
I definitely recommend catching a game here if you are passing thru and want to watch some good football. I wish i would have came thru on the week LSU was in town

AUsome! My happy place! I wish the consesions were better but the football is excellent!

I am somewhat biased as I am a huge Auburn Tigers fan but this is just a magical place to watch a big game. There is a long list of great venues in college football and the SEC in general but this place is different.
Tailgating (food), Tiger Walk, Flight of the Eagle and the sound this stadium produces during a big SEC rivalry game («Kick Six» — Iron Bowl 2013) are worth being a part of even if you are not a Tigers’ fan.
Come witness one of the most electrifying venues in college football and we Tigers’ fans will show you a great time!

Truly, one of the must see venues in college athletics. From the tailgating, to Tiger Walk, to the flight of the eagle… this is a one of a kind experience.
I’ve been lucky enough to see many different college football stadiums, and this is definitely among the best. Even though it’s not the biggest at 87,000, it just might be the loudest. Whether you cheer for the tigers or not, you should find a time to see a ball game here.

Jordan-​Hare, the home of the Auburn University football team!
This place gets a 5 star rating because two of the games I attended are on my list of all-​time greatest games. The first affair took place in 1997, my freshman year of college. I had several friends go to Auburn and they invited me to see Mississippi State play there. We were heavy underdogs, but played amazingly well all day and pulled of an improbable 20 – 0 win. I had a fan run down at one point and yell directly in my face (SEC fans can be a bit passionate). However, I also had another Auburn fan pick up my cowbell (an obnoxious MSU tradition) and ring it for me. He was a good sport!
My next visit was a more miserable game, but with an amazing ending. This was 1999. My team was behind all game, but made a miraculous comeback that ended with a last-​second touchdown. The Auburn fans were crushed and I saw several fans crying as I left that day. It was quite a game and experience. This was one of the great comebacks in Mississippi State football history.
The Auburn fans are as passionate as any you’ll find. They also have some cool traditions like flying an eagle around their stadium before the game starts. There is an aviary on campus that is his home.
Auburn, AL is a quaint town and caters to the university well. There is no shortage of bars and restaurants for fans and students to enjoy. This is another must-​see stadium for college football fans. It is one of the biggest in the country and well worth the weekend trip.

War Damn Eagle! If only concessions didn’t cost an arm and a leg! There are charging station for your phones. Can’t wait til they make the nosebleed additions! Our student section is way to small to fit the most dedicated student section in the country in there!

Some may say it’s unfair for an Auburn alum to review JHS, but I’ve been to enough other SEC, college, and pro stadiums to give an honest, albeit biased, review. The atmosphere inside and outside JHS on a football gameday in incredible. The stadium may not seat 100K+ fans, but the 87K it does hold are louder and more intense/​passionate than those larger stadiums in the conference. Cliché as other fans may say it is, it really does feel like a big family cheering together in there. War Damn Eagle!

Having seen the Iron Bowl plenty of times at legendary Legion Field in Birmingham, I’ve not seen many games here in Auburn. Yes, I know Legion Field looks awful now, despite me calling it legendary… but that’s for another review.
This venue is large, loud, great football here, incredibly passionate fans, and great scenery. I’ve not attended a night game here, so I’m looking forward to that. Despite being an Alabama fan, the fans here have always been very knowledgeable and great to watch games with.

Went to see Auburn vs New Mexico State. It was a rare Auburn win on a hot sunny day.
Very cool College football experience. The war eagle was pretty neat. Wish we had back home!
Wish they had beer!
They do have a great cool down area for people that got overheated.
Te number of familes attending the game was noticable.

Amazing college football experience! Get there 30 mins before game to see the eagle fly! Stadium though is outdated… And food… Make sure you eat before game!
Great views from all seats! But bring a cushion or rent a chair. Unless you pack your own padding ;).

Two things I have learned about Auburn– They hate guests and at least some of them want the opposing team members to be hurt to the point of being paralyzed. We go once a year to an LSU away game with my inlaws. This year, the away game was Auburn. I am on crutches due to a knee injury. So after trudging across the field of RVs, I took the shuttle with my inlaws and my husband to the field. At the shuttle stop I was told there there are carts taking handicapped people to the field from the let off site. We got to the let off site and wait for the cart. You had to get in line for the cart and get a handicapped ticket. The cart came, and an over weight Auburn supporter who didn’t have a handicapped ticket sits on the cart and didn’t want to get off. He finally got off after I told him I couldn’t stand up to wait anymore. The worker working the line didn’t say a word to the guy.
My mother in law and I get on the cart and ride up to the stadium. The driver asked us which gate we were going to… we told him gate 8. He said it would be easier to let us off at gate 27. I had to walk on crutches all the way around the stadium, meanwhile the same driver passed us up driving other people to their gates. After we finally reached our gate, I asked if there was an elevator. I was told I couldn’t use it. I therefore had to walk up to the top level of the upper deck with my crutches.
Once I got seated and recuperated from my hike, the game started. An Auburn fan behind us during a play screamed out «Hurt him like that kid at Tulane. Make him have a heart attack on the field and put him in the hospital.» At least her husband had the decency to tell her that was a really nasty thing to say, although some people were cheering her for it! I’m sorry but wishing that anyone be hurt to the point of being paralyzed from the neck down is just cruel.
What made it a little better was on the trek down, one of the Auburn first aid people saw me and said I could use the elevator. We told her about the experience on the way up and she was shocked. I went down the elevator and had to wait in line for the handicapped cart. Thankfully, there was someone there in charge of the pick up point and only let those with handicapped cards get on and everyone had to wait their turn.
Overall a not good experience at the stadium. I have several friends who are Auburn alumni and I know they wouldn’t stand for guests of their university being treated so poorly.

–warning– this review is about the stadium. Not the game day experience, not the best fans ever. Not the loudness. Not the passion. Not the blood sweat and tears. Or the fortune and glory on the field.
This is solely for the architecture, facility, services and physical condition of the stadium… which need some serious modernization and improvement. Even the great old stadiums of Wrigley and Fenway get the occasional facelift. Modern construction allows for nostalgia to even be improved.
After being crowned the 2010 National Champion, you’d think Auburn could fork up some change, shake down the big money donors and build/​renovate Jordan-​Hare into something fit for this century’s sports fan. The concourses are in deep need of repair, the suites are non-​existent. The big money dining area looks like my 60s era grade school. The restrooms are deplorable.
The all bleacher seating is a back breaker, prepare to stand for four hours.
Food and beverage offerings are bland and expensive.
Sightlines are fine, but in this era, what stadium doesn’t offer those?
I do like that each corner has lovely planted flowers.
This is Auburn, this is the SEC. This should be on par with Neyland Stadium, not Legion Field.

A slightly above average gameday experience.
I attended the 2006 LSU vs Auburn game.
With any college football gameday atmosphere, I judge games by the following:
1. Friday night experience
2. Saturday pregame/​tailgating experience
3. Actual game traditions/​atmosphere/​stadium staff
4. Postgame atmosphere
Friday Night.
Auburn has probably the most tame Friday night atmosphere i’ve experienced in the SEC, with it slightly being more rowdy than Washington and Arizona State of the Pac 10. Overall it was a very average experience. Especially for a big game atmosphere like LSU vs Auburn.
Saturday Tailgating:
Auburn is in the upper tier of the upper half when it comes tailgating. In terms of sheer numbers, it’s a step below LSU and Olé Miss, but above Florida & Tennessee, and on par with Alabama. The neat part about Jordan-​Hare is that you there’s a grassy area right by JHS with rows of tailgating tents. Something I think is better than LSU, with its concrete tailgating right by Tiger Stadium. The concrete tailgating right by the stadium makes it feel too much like an NFL stadium.
Game Traditions:
It’s a mixed bag. There are great traditions like the rolling of Toomer’s Corner (and lets hope those trees survive, after the poisoning), Tiger Walk, and the best part the eagle flying around the stadium. No matter who you are, when you see the eagle spread its wings, and you see that huge wingspan, you can’t help but to feel goosebumps.
The bad side is that Auburn either has adapted other schools’ traditions/​cheers and it feels to NFL like. Here are some examples: They use the «It’s great to be, an Auburn Tiger (Florida Gator/​Georgia Bulldog) cheer. Not unique at all. The fight song tune is the same exact as Georgia’s fight song. I would hate to have any of our songs shared by any other school. The absolute worst part though is that Auburn uses way too much piped in music. The stuff Auburn plays is no different from any other sterile NFL atmosphere. The band isn’t involved that much in the gameday atmosphere, and I think that’s what makes CFB better than the NFL.
Crowd noise was also average. Definitely a step below Florida, and about on par with Tennessee and Alabama.
Postgame:
Auburn fans are awesome. They are too nice to a fault. Our game came out of the same ramp as the student section. I totally braced myself for the verbal abuse from their fans, but we actually ended up making friends with some Auburn coeds, and hungout with them Saturday night. Definitely a shock, considering the hate between LSU and Auburn with our high stake games.
Overall an above average experience, but nothing absolutely outstanding.
Also this game was marred by a terrible call by the refs. Totally should’ve been pass interference on Auburn with 2 minutes left in the game.