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n the United States, a tailgate party is a social event held on and around the open tailgate of a vehicle.  Tailgating often involves consuming beverages and grilling food.  Tailgate parties usually occur in the parking lots at stadiums and arenas before, and occasionally after or during, sporting events and rock concerts.  People attending such a party are said to be tailgating. Many people participate even if their vehicles do not have tailgates.

Tailgate parties have become popular in the United States as social gatherings that take place in stadium parking lots before football games.  The use of the tailgate party has spread to the pre-game festivities at sporting events besides football (e.g. basketball, hockey, and baseball) and is also used at non-sporting events such as weddings and other non-sports-related barbecue gatherings.

In schools and communities nationwide there are athletic departments, coaches and parents of student athletes who rely on post-game tailgating parties to build community and support for their program and team.  Smaller, underfunded programs are assisted by 'voluntary' participation of parents and friends to literally feed the team and coaching staff post competition which results in establishing a strong core of support year after year.  Coaches have embraced the value of 'team tailgates' and have begun to rely on web applications to communicate and manage their tailgating season.

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• Los Angeles Dodgers [Home Game Tailgating] and [Spring Training]