I get confused about directions every time I get on that campus, but as I recall, we were facing the sun the whole of the game. We were well off to the right of the announcer's booth.

Yep, if they will sell it to you, it will definitely be worth it. As I recall, we were allowed to bring our water in NQA because it was in 1 gallon jugs purchased at the store and still sealed up. We never did run out of water, thanks to the ice melting that we kept putting into it.