Nostalgia Fix/Reality Lesson

[irish]

I just dont see the the stadium revenue stream getting better because as has already been said, the TV experience is great and getting better. In fact it seems like stadiums are doing whatever they can to make the stadium experience more like being at home. I think an owner would be crazy to to build a stadium larger than 75K seats.

I also echo the fact that RFK is a total dump. I went to loads of Nationals games there and have been to every Eagle Bank Bowl played there and its just a run-down old stadium that needs to be put out of its misery.

[JoeRedskin]

^^ Went to several games at RFK as a kid - saw some great games and will always have fond memories of it. As I was a kid, I had no clue that it sucked. The first professional sports game of any sport I went to was a Skins' game at RFK. To me, at the time, it was the best f'ing stadium in the whole f'ing world!! Later, in my 20's when I went to games, I was one of those dumb drunk punks who didn't really care about amenities - I didn't care where I puked.

Now? I've gotten very demanding and want only the best at a stadium. You couldn't get me into RFK for love or money on a game day.

Doesn't change the great memories and the special place in my heart that RFK holds. Still remember pulling up some grass from the field after that first game (Dallas v. Skins). I don't remember who won, but I remember saving some grass, putting it in a plastic baggie, and hanging on my Skins' Wall by my bed.

Sure it's a hell hole, probably always was and I wouldn't want to go there now. Still the best f'ing stadium I ever went to!

(Next SC will say that, if they were playing today, the Beatles would just be a bunch of hacks who got lucky with some hits in the 60's)

[warpaint]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

^^ Went to several games at RFK as a kid - saw some great games and will always have fond memories of it. As I was a kid, I had no clue that it sucked. The first professional sports game of any sport I went to was a Skins' game at RFK. To me, at the time, it was the best f'ing stadium in the whole f'ing world!! Later, in my 20's when I went to games, I was one of those dumb drunk punks who didn't really care about amenities - I didn't care where I puked.

Now? I've gotten very demanding and want only the best at a stadium. You couldn't get me into RFK for love or money on a game day.

Doesn't change the great memories and the special place in my heart that RFK holds. Still remember pulling up some grass from the field after that first game (Dallas v. Skins). I don't remember who won, but I remember saving some grass, putting it in a plastic baggie, and hanging on my Skins' Wall by my bed.

Sure it's a hell hole, probably always was and I wouldn't want to go there now. Still the best f'ing stadium I ever went to!

(Next SC will say that, if they were playing today, the Beatles would just be a bunch of hacks who got lucky with some hits in the 60's)

Who or what are the Beatles.

[hooskins]

SC, as SS said this is a very very dumb new thread. What do you want to gain out this?

You are upset people overly reminisce about RFK, so you want them to go the MD game, realize they are wrong, come back to this thread, apologize and anoint you their savior?

[MTK]

Build a consistent winner and the crowds will be louder and more of a factor.

[GusFrerotte]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Build a consistent winner and the crowds will be louder and more of a factor.

Not necessarily Matty. I am 40 years old and with the exception of my time as a small child in Lanham, and grad school, I have been in MI my whole life. Seeing a U of M football game at the Big House in the 80's made you deaf. The early 90s was the same, but by the time Llyod Carr became coach the place became a bit tame, even when the were still a major power kicking Ohio State's ass. My point being is it also the demographics of the fans in the stadium or to some degree or just the disposition of the "herd". Overall fans nowadays are just more serene and not as into it it seems. It is more of a diversion or a reason to party. The pro sports franchises are going totally corporate and that means increases in pricing for everything. The blue collar types and lower middle class folks just can't afford the games anymore, and those are the types that actually follow the sport. What you have left are people there just for a diversion and a reason to party, so they might not really care that much and give a halfass cheer if any. Winning might cure that to some degree, but that depends on how serious the fan is. Either way it is going to be a fairly long time till Fedex will be rockin on Sunday afternoons. Our entire team building philisophy needs to be changed, as well as a large part of our roster.

[hooskins]

Absolutely. Can't believe I find myself agreeing with irish.