I believe you can tailgate there, but I would call the University to confirm, the contact person is Meridith Montoya (775) 682-6905. The rules are you can't tailgate south of one of the parking garages, but that garage is south of the stadium. As for distance to the stadium, it depends on where you park and tailgate in that lot. If you do it as far west as possible, you'll get relatively close to the stadium but it's an uphill walk to the stadium. Hope that info helps.