10-06-2015, 11:51 PM
(10-06-2015, 09:42 PM)Anderson HOF Wrote: we do have 1/2 the impact.. opposing coaches and opposing players have said the Jungle gets loud and I believe we have one of the top home field records with Seattle in the league
Believe all you want but numbers do exist (I'm too lazy to look for numbers right now but you can feel free to find them if you don't believe what I'm about to state). Last time I remember seeing a report on decibel levels for all NFL stadiums PBS was very far down the list. Seattle has the name of twelfth man because in the past few years it has alternated between loudest and second loudest.
It used to be consistently Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium that was the unquestioned loudest stadium and even now, it is the loudest stadium that isn't a dome. I saw a few football games and Pink Floyd in that stadium and it truly is incredibly loud in the stands and louder on field because it is designed to funnel sound to the field.
Last time I saw a list of all 31 stadiums Cincy was near, but not quite at the bottom. That was before the city knew what a really good defense (Palmer days). Good defenses tend to get louder fans, for good reason, so if you can find a current list maybe it is louder now (and hopefully is). But unless it cracks top ten I don't expect media to dwell on them more than the standard hype to make the game sound more interesting. Most seem to be acknowledged as "loud" when the fans get into it but that doesn't mean they are truly loud compared to the top 5 or 10. I'm talking so loud you can feel it inside of your body when I say "truly loud".
Domes are loud by nature since sound doesn't escape. The Georgia dome is the second loudest venue I've ever been in. Neither Riverfront nor the current PBS is even close to either of the two I've mentioned as having been in and even a baseball stadium was louder in my own experience. Ted Turner field in it's first season for a weekend game (only because they were playing the Reds, I hate the Braves).
