01-18-2022, 05:48 PM
I hesitate making a thread just for this but there aren't any other relevant threads or sub forums I can throw this in.
I had just gotten one of those emails asking me for my feedback via survey so I figured I'd share it here too and give an unsolicited opinion from an outsider. I was 20 rows up in Section 154 (end zone)
A friend of mine who went with me (who's from Cincy) asked me what I thought and the first thing I told him was I actually felt like I was at a football game and not a show. It just had a pure football feel. To me most venues/parks/stadiums are more family oriented and thus there's somewhat of a feel like you're at an amusement park. Going to Cowboys games sometimes feels like the actual game is background noise. (Didn't feel that way at the old stadium). Same for virtually all stadiums/arenas I have visited that were built in the modern era. I get why it feels that way though.
I thought the crowd energy was great...I was pleasantly surprised with how loud it got and it motivated me to be even more excited....I found it odd random fans trying to shush people as if they've never attended a football game in their life. This was the first time I've seen fans do that to other fans (but my sample size is limited to Texans and Cowboys games). I guess one could argue it's a good thing...i'm not sure how to feel about it.
My only dislikes can probably be directly tied to the crowd size:
*going to the bathroom is a shit show. There doesn't seem like enough bathrooms and because of that, people just swarm all entrances/exists with two-way traffic.
*post game pedestrian congestion was absurd. I left my seat 30 minutes after the game ended and I was still somehow shoulder to shoulder with 10k other people just trying to cross the street.
*not enough pro shops or gear vendors. This seems like a missed opportunity. I waited in line for 40 minutes pregame just to buy a pair of gloves.
My favorite part of the game was the final score. :)
I had just gotten one of those emails asking me for my feedback via survey so I figured I'd share it here too and give an unsolicited opinion from an outsider. I was 20 rows up in Section 154 (end zone)
A friend of mine who went with me (who's from Cincy) asked me what I thought and the first thing I told him was I actually felt like I was at a football game and not a show. It just had a pure football feel. To me most venues/parks/stadiums are more family oriented and thus there's somewhat of a feel like you're at an amusement park. Going to Cowboys games sometimes feels like the actual game is background noise. (Didn't feel that way at the old stadium). Same for virtually all stadiums/arenas I have visited that were built in the modern era. I get why it feels that way though.
I thought the crowd energy was great...I was pleasantly surprised with how loud it got and it motivated me to be even more excited....I found it odd random fans trying to shush people as if they've never attended a football game in their life. This was the first time I've seen fans do that to other fans (but my sample size is limited to Texans and Cowboys games). I guess one could argue it's a good thing...i'm not sure how to feel about it.
My only dislikes can probably be directly tied to the crowd size:
*going to the bathroom is a shit show. There doesn't seem like enough bathrooms and because of that, people just swarm all entrances/exists with two-way traffic.
*post game pedestrian congestion was absurd. I left my seat 30 minutes after the game ended and I was still somehow shoulder to shoulder with 10k other people just trying to cross the street.
*not enough pro shops or gear vendors. This seems like a missed opportunity. I waited in line for 40 minutes pregame just to buy a pair of gloves.
My favorite part of the game was the final score. :)
