All the News that's Fit to Grill

Need to know more about tailgating? Ever wonder where it all began? Or do you want more information about the first-ever Best Football Tailgating Index? If so, welcome to "All the News that's Fit to Grill", your source for all sorts of news coverage, facts, and figures about tailgating.

The History and Trivia of Tailgating

• "Football Tailgating Trivia 2007-2008: Tailgating Enters the High-tech Age" (PDF)
  

Tailgating News

• KVH TracVision A7 Helps Make this Chevy SSR the Ultimate Tailgating Vehicle (October 2008)
  
  "At a touch of a button, the SSR's tonneau cover raises, the tailgate opens and a 32-inch Vizio L32 LCD television and a Vermont Castings propane barbecue grille slide into position.
  
  The television is linked to a KVH Tracvision DirecTV satellite dish and receiver and is supplemented by an on-board audio system that includes an 840-watt amplifier, two 2000-watt amplifiers, a set of 6.5-inch, three-way component speakers and, mounted in the tailgate, 5.25-inch two-way component speakers, all by Eclipse." 

• Tailgating Experts Debate the High-tech Tailgating Index on the September 26, 2007 broadcast of "The Tailgate Guy with Jay and Chef Bob"
  
  Jay the Tailgate Guy, the source for www.yourtailgateparty.com and host of "The Tailgate Guy with Jay and Chef Bob" tackle the high-tech tailgating index in September 26th broadcast of the popular Internet radio show. Joined by Bob Ochsner of XPR Public Relations and KVH Industries, this 20-minute segment, which begins roughly halfway through the broadcase hot, hot topic of which stadiums are "Tops for Tailgaters". From parking lot amenities and prime locations, to outrageous rules and new regulations, they looking at which lots are the best places to party and Jay shares his first-hand experiences at every stadium in the NFL while inviting other die-hard tailgaters to do the same.
  

• Tailgating Experts Say Baltimore is America’s Best Football Tailgating City, Followed by Denver, Houston, San Diego and Cincinnati (PDF)
  
  Baltimore, a city esteemed for its crab houses, Inner Harbor, and home of one of the NFL’s most rugged defenses, now has another claim to fame: it’s the best football tailgating city in the United States. Runners-up were Denver, Houston, San Diego and Cincinnati.
  

• KVH TracVision A7’s Live DIRECTV Service with Local Channels Gives Sports Fans the Ultimate Stadium Tailgate Experience (PDF)
  
  KVH Industries, Inc., the company that pioneered live satellite TV in automobiles four years ago, is raising the bar on the at-stadium tailgate experience with its TracVision® A7 mobile satellite TV system. Now, sports fans across the continental United States can enjoy in-motion reception of all their favorite live sporting events on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and PBS via their local TV affiliates in addition to up to 185 channels of national DIRECTV® programming the company has been offering motorists since 2003. 

• Tailgating Becomes Big Business in D.C. (Washington Examiner, 9/11/07)

  With football season just kicking off, retailers are highlighting the growing popularity of tailgating, which has grown an estimated 12 percent annually during the past five years. In 2006, more than 20 million Americans partook in the pastime in stadium parking lots across the country, according to the American Tailgaters Association.

• The Prize In The Parking Lot (Business Week, 9/3/07)
  
  The football season is gearing up, and that means tailgating parties. Once as simple as throwing a six-pack in the backseat on the way to the game, tailgating is fast becoming an industry, with major manufacturers eager to tap into a passionate--and relatively affluent--demographic. 

Media Contacts:

Chris Watson
KVH Industries
401-847-3327
cwatson@kvh.com

Robert Mercer
DIRECTV
310-964-4656

"It's the last great American neighborhood - the tailgating neighborhood. Where no one locks their doors, everyone is happy to see you and all are together sharing fun, food and football!"

Joe Cahn,
the Commissioner of
Tailgating