08-28-2016, 05:35 PM
Welcome to Stanford, and welcome to The Cardboard.
I've done a little research, and I have to agree with Yvonne. A rental car is your best option, given that you will have luggage to store.
The only other option you have would be what Yvonne said: Air Train to BART to Caltrain. Yes, public transit would be feasible, easy, and very reasonably priced. You would get off at the University Avenue Caltrain station, quickly check your bags into a hotel that is within walking distance, then walk a long block along El Camino Real to the stadium. Only here's the biggest issue: The hotels, either the Sheraton Palo Alto or the Westin, have no vacancies for that night, and both are, as you could imagine, not compatible with the preference to save where possible.
You should make your car reservation now, since SFO is busy during the Labor Day weekend. I did look - just to get the car Friday afternoon and return it Saturday AM will set you back $64. (That blows me away, because I got a car on New Years Eve for the Rose Bowl and returned it January 2nd for a total of $31!)
One more thing - parking on campus is easy and free.
Enjoy your trip, the game, and be safe.
I've done a little research, and I have to agree with Yvonne. A rental car is your best option, given that you will have luggage to store.
The only other option you have would be what Yvonne said: Air Train to BART to Caltrain. Yes, public transit would be feasible, easy, and very reasonably priced. You would get off at the University Avenue Caltrain station, quickly check your bags into a hotel that is within walking distance, then walk a long block along El Camino Real to the stadium. Only here's the biggest issue: The hotels, either the Sheraton Palo Alto or the Westin, have no vacancies for that night, and both are, as you could imagine, not compatible with the preference to save where possible.
You should make your car reservation now, since SFO is busy during the Labor Day weekend. I did look - just to get the car Friday afternoon and return it Saturday AM will set you back $64. (That blows me away, because I got a car on New Years Eve for the Rose Bowl and returned it January 2nd for a total of $31!)
One more thing - parking on campus is easy and free.
Enjoy your trip, the game, and be safe.