Students mill about in the Boneyard outside the Nebraska Union before the Bowling Green football game Sept. 12. The university set up the student tailgate spot in 2021 to deter students from flocking to nearby neighborhoods to party before football games.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Busch Light cans are seen on the ground in the Boneyard area set up in the Union green space before the game against Bowling Green on Sept. 12. The Nebraska Student Tailgate, dubbed the "Bone Yard," was launched in 2021.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Nebraska business marketing and data analytics senior Luke Curry, left, plays beer die with friends on New Hampshire Street on Sept. 12 in the North Bottoms neighborhood in Lincoln.
ARTHUR H. TRICKETT-WILE, Journal Star file photo
Trash remains after a party Oct. 7, 2014, at 913 New Hampshire St. Nebraska students once flocked to North Bottoms parties before football games. Now they gather at the university-sanctioned student tailgate on campus.
Less than a decade ago, pregaming a Nebraska football game for many students meant partying in a rented backyard in the North Bottoms, closed off with dark plastic to hide from police.
Students mill about in the Boneyard outside the Nebraska Union before the Bowling Green football game Sept. 12. The university set up the student tailgate spot in 2021 to deter students from flocking to nearby neighborhoods to party before football games.
Busch Light cans are seen on the ground in the Boneyard area set up in the Union green space before the game against Bowling Green on Sept. 12. The Nebraska Student Tailgate, dubbed the "Bone Yard," was launched in 2021.
Nebraska business marketing and data analytics senior Luke Curry, left, plays beer die with friends on New Hampshire Street on Sept. 12 in the North Bottoms neighborhood in Lincoln.
Trash remains after a party Oct. 7, 2014, at 913 New Hampshire St. Nebraska students once flocked to North Bottoms parties before football games. Now they gather at the university-sanctioned student tailgate on campus.
