Comments on: Off-Season Rehash: The ND Stadium Atmosphere Sucks http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/06/22/off-season-rehash-the-nd-stadium-atmosphere-sucks/ Just a few guys loving the same woman and talking Irish Football. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:30:28 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: san diego irish http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/06/22/off-season-rehash-the-nd-stadium-atmosphere-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-114315 san diego irish Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:54:31 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3415#comment-114315 I say cram as many luxury boxes in as you reasonably can and keep the prices close to normal tickets. Then reserve a handful of box seats for every game for anyone that complains and instruct the ushers to give people the option of moving upstairs if they don't like the rowdiness. This would have the added benefit of creating more seats so alums and fans have a better chance of getting seats. I would also like to see them cram the back of the endzone with standing room only or bleacher type seats as well. If you watch old clips of vintage ND games, it always looked like the endzone was jammed with students and assorted other characters which just adds to the mayhem effect. You saw a little of that in last year's Michigan game when the former players were watching the game from behind the end zone early in the game and went crazy when ND was scoring. I say cram as many luxury boxes in as you reasonably can and keep the prices close to normal tickets. Then reserve a handful of box seats for every game for anyone that complains and instruct the ushers to give people the option of moving upstairs if they don’t like the rowdiness. This would have the added benefit of creating more seats so alums and fans have a better chance of getting seats.

I would also like to see them cram the back of the endzone with standing room only or bleacher type seats as well. If you watch old clips of vintage ND games, it always looked like the endzone was jammed with students and assorted other characters which just adds to the mayhem effect. You saw a little of that in last year’s Michigan game when the former players were watching the game from behind the end zone early in the game and went crazy when ND was scoring.

]]> By: The Biscuit http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/06/22/off-season-rehash-the-nd-stadium-atmosphere-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-114254 The Biscuit Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:31:12 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3415#comment-114254 I am advocating loud, drunk is fine, and raucous so long as no one gets hurt and the loudness helps our team win. Playing at ND means little for the team any more in terms of advantage, other than not having to travel. It's not intimidating, it's not loud for opposing QBs, nothing. There's loud cheering when we score, that's it. Boo on the ND fans that sit there on their hands all game long and do nothing. Somehow people think you have to be a nutjob drunken slob SEC/scUM fan to be loud...not so. I am advocating loud, drunk is fine, and raucous so long as no one gets hurt and the loudness helps our team win. Playing at ND means little for the team any more in terms of advantage, other than not having to travel. It’s not intimidating, it’s not loud for opposing QBs, nothing. There’s loud cheering when we score, that’s it. Boo on the ND fans that sit there on their hands all game long and do nothing. Somehow people think you have to be a nutjob drunken slob SEC/scUM fan to be loud…not so.

]]> By: domer.mq http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/06/22/off-season-rehash-the-nd-stadium-atmosphere-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-114238 domer.mq Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:11:05 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3415#comment-114238 I'd be for it, SD, if I thought it would be effective. You could probably build a lot of skyboxes that weren't too intrusive to the "spirit" of ND like a Jumbotron just by building them up on the side of the current, behemoth press box. Hell, there are a lot of non-press in there as it is. But I don't think that would do anything because I don't think the vast majority of sit-down-and-shut-upers would bother to pay for skyboxes. And I don't think you could make enough of them to be effective even if you charged people the same amount. I just think a large part of the normal ND gameday experience are either too curmudgeonly or too worried about the "family nature" of the experience. And I'm not advocating people being obnoxious and/or drunk. I'm just advocating that the place be exciting. I’d be for it, SD, if I thought it would be effective. You could probably build a lot of skyboxes that weren’t too intrusive to the “spirit” of ND like a Jumbotron just by building them up on the side of the current, behemoth press box. Hell, there are a lot of non-press in there as it is.

But I don’t think that would do anything because I don’t think the vast majority of sit-down-and-shut-upers would bother to pay for skyboxes. And I don’t think you could make enough of them to be effective even if you charged people the same amount. I just think a large part of the normal ND gameday experience are either too curmudgeonly or too worried about the “family nature” of the experience. And I’m not advocating people being obnoxious and/or drunk. I’m just advocating that the place be exciting.

]]> By: san diego irish http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/06/22/off-season-rehash-the-nd-stadium-atmosphere-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-114232 san diego irish Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:25:38 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3415#comment-114232 i meant "suites" not suits. As in luxury boxes. i meant “suites” not suits. As in luxury boxes.

]]> By: san diego irish http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/06/22/off-season-rehash-the-nd-stadium-atmosphere-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-114231 san diego irish Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:24:48 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3415#comment-114231 Domer--somewhere (Mike Frank?) I heard the suggestion of building private suits for the plaid pants crowd. Any chance this ever happens? Would you support it, or would you put that in the jumbotron category? Domer–somewhere (Mike Frank?) I heard the suggestion of building private suits for the plaid pants crowd. Any chance this ever happens? Would you support it, or would you put that in the jumbotron category?

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