Worst Stadium (and fans) Arizona. I have cigarette burns on my Tatupu jersey. I caught a woman doing it to other Seahawks fans and called her out. I later discovered she had done it to me.
Worst Stadium (and fans) Arizona. I have cigarette burns on my Tatupu jersey after attending a game in Glendale. I caught a woman doing it to other Seahawks fans and called her out. I later discovered she had done it to me.
I'm jealous reading about all of your fan experiences. I have yet to attend a single NFL game. Only been to one NBA game in Toronto, a few NHL games (Toronto & Montreal), and a number of Blue Jays games in Toronto. Pretty limited resume compared to y'all.
Cardinals game will be interesting. Drew just has to take the positive plays that are there. No need to force the issue. A performance similar to last weeks should be more than enough. Mistakes will be the only thing that makes the game close.
Emmanwori sounds like a possibility, but not a given. Horton sounds more likely. Okada sounds iffy as well.
I'm not sure if everyone has read Brady Henderson's article on Mike Macdonald's first year experience as head coach. He was struggling internally with all of the pressure he put on himself to make the team perfect, to the point he was having trouble functioning. Amazing guy to reveal all that and make that information public. How many coaches would do that? Not many. The humility and openness the man has is remarkable for a coach in the ego driven NFL. I'm very proud of him for sharing that. Shows how human he is, and why the players love him so much. Very grateful he's our head coach.
Mike Macdonald is why I don't worry about any game outcome. The process will win out.
Went to the Bills Dolphins game last year, great game but what struck me as a Seahawks fan who is used to pregaming at bars is their stadium is in the middle of nowhere so entrepreneurs have set up a large tailgate market where you can buy beer, liquor, and food, and they have DJs, etc. Quite a party!
I was born and raised in the far-west suburbs of Chicago. Got to go to a couple of Cubs games at Wrigley Field with dad, after 8th-grade finished. I still remember seeing Ernie Banks doing a pregame interview in front of the dugout (kids were allowed in the aisles to get autographs), seeing Ron Santo kick his heels on the way to the clubhouse after a win, and being sure the Cubs were World Series-bound. It was 1969.
Fast-forward to 1980, and some friends and I drove to Soldier Field. The only things I remember are seeing Walter Payton score, being dressed in my winter work gear and still being twice as cold as I ever thought possible, and wishing we had smuggled in more peppermint schnapps (mixed very well with the hot chocolate the venders sold).
One more time-warp, and in 2001 I was in New Orleans at the Superdome. Was able to buy 14th-row seats on the 5-yard line to see the Saints play... someone. The only things I remember are being amazed at how small the Superdome was, how quiet it was (the Saints lost), and wishing I'd bought different seats because the super-sized-lady Saints fan in the 13th row never sat down once for the whole game.
💯 the quality and safety of the product on the field is at the bottom of their priority list. Turf field thing does not make business sense to me. They invested hundreds of millions into their star players and one would think they would want to protect their investment. I have heard the argument that grass fields is not good for the nonfootball events but we have seen Lumen field put out grass field for the World Cup then switched it right back to turf for footbal. So they can easily toggle between both options and not locked into one.
But as more star players salaries go up in the hundreds of millions, my guess is they would move to grass. At that point, Im sure they would pat themselves on the backs and champion it as “player’s safety”. Hopefully more fans like you would see right through that as complete BS.
The only non-Seattle stadium I've been to is Mile-High. It was really nice and I think Denver is an awesome city in general. I saw the Tim Tebow Broncos lose to the Matt Stafford Lions. The thing I remember most was the almost comical disparity in arm strength between the two QBs. From the cheap seats, you could hear the air rushing around the ball when Stafford threw a pass. It was incredible. Tebow lobbed the ball around much like us mere mortals. It's hard to appreciate the arm talent until you see it live.
That's the only stadium 'n team i saw in person. A friend had free tickets higher up but 50 years ago many folks left at half time and we moved way down, maybe 20 rows up from the field. Don't remember who played the Broncos or who won. Went to many Marinersa games for $3.65 back in the day.
Arrowhead Stadium, my ex and I watched the Oakland Raiders play Kansas City. Loved the stadium.
We sat down and I took a few pics of the stadium. She said she wanted to take pics since it was her camera. No problem. After we fly home she asks me to drop the film off. No problem. We get the pics back a few days later. I am looking at the pics, great shot of Art Shell and a pic of Bo Jackson’s butt, then another shot of Bo Jackson’s butt and another and another! Oh and there were a couple of shots of the stadium.
I’ve been to 2 Chefs games at Arrowhead stadium when I worked for a KC-based company. Both times it was a raucous crowd, but not Lumen levels. The second time I went I wore a blue jacket and the Chefs were playing the Chargers. I got a LOT of dirty looks for not wearing red. But hey, I’m a Seahawks fan so I didn’t care.
They take their red seriously at Arrowhead stadium.
Im actually very glad to hear Dungy’s observations. I loved the fact our Hawks limited the wear and tear on our old defensive line and didnt play the starters during the season. We had to do it because of the SB run. If other teams did the same thing, that means they didnt gain a competitive advantage over us.
Even without the SB run, I think it makes sense. I heard Michael Lombardi mentioned that teams treat game 1-4 as the new preseason because it’s a longer season now then before. Soon the NFL will cut the preseason to 2 games anyway.
It's all about the spreadsheet. Owners absolutely DO NOT care one single ounce about fans or players. Championships are nice and all, but it's all about the profit margin. Among other things, that's why we don't have real grass fields. It's why smaller stadiums with more luxury boxes are happening. A few extra $$ of revenue is worth more than any sort of community involvement. The fan base in Oakland and Cleveland are prime examples of this.
I have no non-Seahawks stadium experience. My Seahawks experiences are a few times at the Kingdome back in the early days, and a bunch of times at Lumen/Century Link since 2012.
First memory from the Kingdome: I was in grade school and my dad brought all eleven of us kids to a game. I don’t remember who we played, but I remember the whole stadium doing the wave together. It was such an all encompassing experience. I really felt part of something much bigger than me.
I’ve only been to one one ‘NFL’ game (sort of - I was working) and I think it was at the greatest stadium on earth - that being the Melbourne Cricket Ground (affectionately known as ‘The G’).
Hopefully (for me at least) the Seahawks get to play there in the next couple of years and I can maybe meet some of the Seaside Joe Bro’s that make the effort to visit. That would be very cool.
Oakland, then Frisco. Got my crew out of the basement lock-up by generously passing around $20 bills. Their Jailers liked those efforts. (hint-hint). Raider fans liked to fight. We knew that going in. Thing in, we were huge Raider Fans who spent weekends herding cattle before heading out to swim in some creek somewhere. Bikini's were just then coming in.
Then we were forced over to Candlestick when davis abdicated to LA. Good thing was Walsh and Montana showed up about then and they toughened the guys up. Scalped jerseys out front unabashedly displaying "Forty Fuckn Niners" around their logo. Most Cool looking. In those days, folks felt it inappropriate, for some reason. You either got them out front or you went without. Hey, we were pissed-off Oakland transfers looking to get some attitude adjustments. No more weenie football using the Queen's Rules.
Besides the Kingdome and Lumen Field, I've seen games in the Orange bowl, Hardrock, Raymond James and Jacksonville stadium.
I went to Florida on vacation in 1980 and came back in 2020 seriously. It was a 40 year working vacation. I am so happy to be home.
Jacksonville was the best because of the transportation. Took a game bus from Daytona to Jville about an 80-minute drive. There was all you could drink beer. About 60 Jag fans and me. Very noisy on the trip. After a come from behind win and a stop on the goal line at the end it was a quite trip back. I mean except for me.
The Tampa trip was cool cause it was the 80's so there was about 30,000 people there which aloud us to move down to better seats than we had paid for. And a Hawk win.
Worst Stadium (and fans) Arizona. I have cigarette burns on my Tatupu jersey. I caught a woman doing it to other Seahawks fans and called her out. I later discovered she had done it to me.
Worst Stadium (and fans) Arizona. I have cigarette burns on my Tatupu jersey after attending a game in Glendale. I caught a woman doing it to other Seahawks fans and called her out. I later discovered she had done it to me.
I'm jealous reading about all of your fan experiences. I have yet to attend a single NFL game. Only been to one NBA game in Toronto, a few NHL games (Toronto & Montreal), and a number of Blue Jays games in Toronto. Pretty limited resume compared to y'all.
Cardinals game will be interesting. Drew just has to take the positive plays that are there. No need to force the issue. A performance similar to last weeks should be more than enough. Mistakes will be the only thing that makes the game close.
Emmanwori sounds like a possibility, but not a given. Horton sounds more likely. Okada sounds iffy as well.
I'm not sure if everyone has read Brady Henderson's article on Mike Macdonald's first year experience as head coach. He was struggling internally with all of the pressure he put on himself to make the team perfect, to the point he was having trouble functioning. Amazing guy to reveal all that and make that information public. How many coaches would do that? Not many. The humility and openness the man has is remarkable for a coach in the ego driven NFL. I'm very proud of him for sharing that. Shows how human he is, and why the players love him so much. Very grateful he's our head coach.
Mike Macdonald is why I don't worry about any game outcome. The process will win out.
Went to the Bills Dolphins game last year, great game but what struck me as a Seahawks fan who is used to pregaming at bars is their stadium is in the middle of nowhere so entrepreneurs have set up a large tailgate market where you can buy beer, liquor, and food, and they have DJs, etc. Quite a party!
Me again. And i'm sorry but it's also soccer again.
My absolute best Stadium experience is German 2. Bundesliga. Home Games at Karlsruhe with 30.000 Fans in the 2nd "Division" is completely stunning.
If you visit Germany i'd recommend going to Dortmund home games If you manage to get a ticket. The atmosphere is unbeatable in my opinion.
I was born and raised in the far-west suburbs of Chicago. Got to go to a couple of Cubs games at Wrigley Field with dad, after 8th-grade finished. I still remember seeing Ernie Banks doing a pregame interview in front of the dugout (kids were allowed in the aisles to get autographs), seeing Ron Santo kick his heels on the way to the clubhouse after a win, and being sure the Cubs were World Series-bound. It was 1969.
Fast-forward to 1980, and some friends and I drove to Soldier Field. The only things I remember are seeing Walter Payton score, being dressed in my winter work gear and still being twice as cold as I ever thought possible, and wishing we had smuggled in more peppermint schnapps (mixed very well with the hot chocolate the venders sold).
One more time-warp, and in 2001 I was in New Orleans at the Superdome. Was able to buy 14th-row seats on the 5-yard line to see the Saints play... someone. The only things I remember are being amazed at how small the Superdome was, how quiet it was (the Saints lost), and wishing I'd bought different seats because the super-sized-lady Saints fan in the 13th row never sat down once for the whole game.
💯 the quality and safety of the product on the field is at the bottom of their priority list. Turf field thing does not make business sense to me. They invested hundreds of millions into their star players and one would think they would want to protect their investment. I have heard the argument that grass fields is not good for the nonfootball events but we have seen Lumen field put out grass field for the World Cup then switched it right back to turf for footbal. So they can easily toggle between both options and not locked into one.
But as more star players salaries go up in the hundreds of millions, my guess is they would move to grass. At that point, Im sure they would pat themselves on the backs and champion it as “player’s safety”. Hopefully more fans like you would see right through that as complete BS.
Good comment, Phil, here's hoping.
Great answer. Thank you.
The only non-Seattle stadium I've been to is Mile-High. It was really nice and I think Denver is an awesome city in general. I saw the Tim Tebow Broncos lose to the Matt Stafford Lions. The thing I remember most was the almost comical disparity in arm strength between the two QBs. From the cheap seats, you could hear the air rushing around the ball when Stafford threw a pass. It was incredible. Tebow lobbed the ball around much like us mere mortals. It's hard to appreciate the arm talent until you see it live.
That's the only stadium 'n team i saw in person. A friend had free tickets higher up but 50 years ago many folks left at half time and we moved way down, maybe 20 rows up from the field. Don't remember who played the Broncos or who won. Went to many Marinersa games for $3.65 back in the day.
Arrowhead Stadium, my ex and I watched the Oakland Raiders play Kansas City. Loved the stadium.
We sat down and I took a few pics of the stadium. She said she wanted to take pics since it was her camera. No problem. After we fly home she asks me to drop the film off. No problem. We get the pics back a few days later. I am looking at the pics, great shot of Art Shell and a pic of Bo Jackson’s butt, then another shot of Bo Jackson’s butt and another and another! Oh and there were a couple of shots of the stadium.
May the 12s be with you and Go Seahawks!
Was at the opening of the Georgia Dome for a Falcons game. No one seemed to care that much, even as the Falcons scored 10 in the first few minutes.
I also remember downtown Atlanta being a fairly scary place, and I was fresh out of the Marines.
I’ve been to 2 Chefs games at Arrowhead stadium when I worked for a KC-based company. Both times it was a raucous crowd, but not Lumen levels. The second time I went I wore a blue jacket and the Chefs were playing the Chargers. I got a LOT of dirty looks for not wearing red. But hey, I’m a Seahawks fan so I didn’t care.
They take their red seriously at Arrowhead stadium.
Im actually very glad to hear Dungy’s observations. I loved the fact our Hawks limited the wear and tear on our old defensive line and didnt play the starters during the season. We had to do it because of the SB run. If other teams did the same thing, that means they didnt gain a competitive advantage over us.
Even without the SB run, I think it makes sense. I heard Michael Lombardi mentioned that teams treat game 1-4 as the new preseason because it’s a longer season now then before. Soon the NFL will cut the preseason to 2 games anyway.
Yeah, 2 and 18.
It's all about the spreadsheet. Owners absolutely DO NOT care one single ounce about fans or players. Championships are nice and all, but it's all about the profit margin. Among other things, that's why we don't have real grass fields. It's why smaller stadiums with more luxury boxes are happening. A few extra $$ of revenue is worth more than any sort of community involvement. The fan base in Oakland and Cleveland are prime examples of this.
💯 the quality of the product on the field is at the bottom of their priority list.
I have no non-Seahawks stadium experience. My Seahawks experiences are a few times at the Kingdome back in the early days, and a bunch of times at Lumen/Century Link since 2012.
First memory from the Kingdome: I was in grade school and my dad brought all eleven of us kids to a game. I don’t remember who we played, but I remember the whole stadium doing the wave together. It was such an all encompassing experience. I really felt part of something much bigger than me.
Amen! Brother.
I’ve only been to one one ‘NFL’ game (sort of - I was working) and I think it was at the greatest stadium on earth - that being the Melbourne Cricket Ground (affectionately known as ‘The G’).
Hopefully (for me at least) the Seahawks get to play there in the next couple of years and I can maybe meet some of the Seaside Joe Bro’s that make the effort to visit. That would be very cool.
Good Fortune, Dale.
Oakland, then Frisco. Got my crew out of the basement lock-up by generously passing around $20 bills. Their Jailers liked those efforts. (hint-hint). Raider fans liked to fight. We knew that going in. Thing in, we were huge Raider Fans who spent weekends herding cattle before heading out to swim in some creek somewhere. Bikini's were just then coming in.
Then we were forced over to Candlestick when davis abdicated to LA. Good thing was Walsh and Montana showed up about then and they toughened the guys up. Scalped jerseys out front unabashedly displaying "Forty Fuckn Niners" around their logo. Most Cool looking. In those days, folks felt it inappropriate, for some reason. You either got them out front or you went without. Hey, we were pissed-off Oakland transfers looking to get some attitude adjustments. No more weenie football using the Queen's Rules.
Can we arrange a SSJ bonfire, get a few coolers and camp chairs, and let Jimmy tell us stories?
Count me in!
Besides the Kingdome and Lumen Field, I've seen games in the Orange bowl, Hardrock, Raymond James and Jacksonville stadium.
I went to Florida on vacation in 1980 and came back in 2020 seriously. It was a 40 year working vacation. I am so happy to be home.
Jacksonville was the best because of the transportation. Took a game bus from Daytona to Jville about an 80-minute drive. There was all you could drink beer. About 60 Jag fans and me. Very noisy on the trip. After a come from behind win and a stop on the goal line at the end it was a quite trip back. I mean except for me.
The Tampa trip was cool cause it was the 80's so there was about 30,000 people there which aloud us to move down to better seats than we had paid for. And a Hawk win.
GO FARTHER HAWKS!!!