husky stadium is unusual in that fans can travel to football games by boat, known locally as "sailgating" (other stadiums with this feature include neyland stadium at tennessee, heinz field at pittsburgh, and mclane stadium at baylor). there can be upwards of 12,000 people out on lake washington next to husky stadium during game days. before kickoff, the washington crew team offers shuttles to anyone that wants to go to and from the boats and docks for the game.