With the Orioles hosting the Yankees today, I thought about how the Yankees - and also the Red Sox - often have a lot of their fans at Camden Yards whenever their teams visit Baltimore. (Listening to the game on the radio, I heard a huge cheer as the Yankees tied the game in the ninth, even though the game is in Baltimore.)
That led me to wonder: what other teams are known for playing host to lots of visiting-team fans? I know that in college football, Vanderbilt largely seems to exist as a way for fans of the other SEC teams to spend a fall weekend partying it up in Nashville and (likely) seeing their team win. Elsewhere, Indiana draws a lot of Ohio State fans when the Buckeyes come to visit, and the same was true of Baylor whenever Texas/A&M/Tech came to town - at least until Baylor became a good team.
In the NFL, the Los Angeles Chargers appear to have that sort of reputation. What other teams throughout the country, in whichever league, are known for having fans of the opposing team fill their stadium (whether it be visiting-team fans in general, or those of a particular opponent)? I look forward to hearing more!
Almost every professional sporting event in Phoenix excluding the Suns is mostly pro-road team
Quote from: KCRoadFan on May 19, 2022, 04:21:00 PMWhat other teams throughout the country, in whichever league, are known for having fans of the opposing team fill their stadium (whether it be visiting-team fans in general, or those of a particular opponent)?
I know Nats Park used to be full of Phillies fans when they came to town, but I'm not sure if that's still the case.
Unless they're doing well, NHL teams in the Sun Belt, particularly the team formerly known as the Atlanta Thrashers, although I don't know if those are fans specifically traveling for the game, or if they just happen to be in town and can see a game for 1/5 the cost of attending a game in their home town.
A little over ten years ago, IU played a football game against Penn State at FedExField, and the crowd was mainly Penn State fans.
The last time the Cornhuskers played in Boulder at CU's Folsom Field (in 2019), the stadium was up to 60% filled with Huskers fans.
There was a 2006 Bears at Rams game in St. Louis where so many Bears fans showed that the Rams had to use a silent count on offense.
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Not talking about the Trop, I take it.
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Not talking about the Trop, I take it.
Baseball wise, the stadium only fills for Yankees games.
If one of the White Sox/Cubs is very good and the other very bad, the good team's fans will dominate the opposing stadium.
At one point, the Nashville Predators required an in-state address to purchase tickets for home games against the BlackHawks due to being overrun by Chicago fans. Not sure if that's still a policy.
Miller Park in Milwaukee during Cubs games is Wrigley North.
Blue Jays at Mariners. Whole ton of them drive down from Vancouver.
Generally whenever a Liga MX team plays at a stadium in the US, since they can draw from several states away.
In the old days, Bruins fans used to dominate Whalers fans at the XL Hartford Civic Center
Red Sox always draw a lot of fans in Anaheim and Arlington, in addition to Oriole Park at Camden Yards Fenway South.
I'm not a Tigers fan but I really don't hate them even though they are a divisional rival of the White Sox who I am a fan of. My dad is a Tigers fan though and about 10 years ago I went with him to Cleveland for a Tigers-Indians game. We got tickets right behind the first base dugout and had a few more people with us. I was sitting in a section dominated by Tigers fans who started a LETS GO TIGERS chant in Cleveland. I thought it was hilarious how the Tigers fans took over the ballpark so I joined in lol. Cleveland fans of course were booing and chanting LETS GO TRIBE but the Tigers fans in that section dominated it so much that when I got home to Saginaw later that night and was watching the encore of the game on tv I remembered what inning it was in and sure enough could hear the LETS GO TIGERS chants I was a part of earlier that day. Even the Tigers announcers commented on it.
I can remember when Cleveland fans had that sellout streak going and winning the division Cleveland fans would flock to Detroit.
The Philadelphia Phillies and Eagles fans travel real well. A few "travel agencies" developed, mostly dedicated to Eagles road trips, that will buy several hundred tickets (at least) and fans scoop them up, travelling to the away games.
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2018/10/01/eagles-fans-southwest-flight/
Quote from: hobsini2 on May 19, 2022, 07:36:14 PM
Miller Park in Milwaukee during Cubs games is Wrigley North.
When the Brewers were in the AL, County Stadium was Comiskey North when they played the White Sox. The only real exception I can think of was the "Harvey's Wallbangers" era in the early 1980s. They had a good local following in that era, and made it to the Series in 1982.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 19, 2022, 04:27:49 PM
Almost every professional sporting event in Phoenix excluding the Suns is mostly pro-road team
In the Cardinals' case, that's true if they're playing an NFC West rival or an NFC North team (Bears, Packers, Vikings, Lions).
Chase Field has this issue (and the Diamondbacks jack up ticket prices accordingly) when the Cubs, Dodgers, or Giants are in town. The other teams, not so much.
The Coyotes? They draw more Blackhaws, Red Wings, and Blues fans, but overall, the Coyotes don't have much of a fan base to begin with. Now that they're out of the hockey fan-challenged west side, that might change.
The Rangers charge premium ticket prices whenever the Yankees and Red Sox come to town for their one series a year.
Cowboys games are road-heavy when a big national draw like the Steelers or Packers visit. Even the NFC East home games have a strong road presence, because Cowboys ticketholders put their seats on the secondary market and make bank.
In recent years, many NFL teams started requiring fans who are buying tickets to their home games v. the Green Bay Packers to also buy those seats to a pre-season game because the Packers travel so well, taking over the other teams' home stadia on road games.
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I went to a Dolphins game in Miami a few years ago (Dec 9, 2018), and it was mostly Pats fans. Made it a great ending.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on May 19, 2022, 04:48:52 PM
There was a 2006 Bears at Rams game in St. Louis where so many Bears fans showed that the Rams had to use a silent count on offense.
That was fairly normal for the St Louis Rams. I went to a Packers game there where it was almost entirely Packers fans. The next week my boss who was a Steelers fan also experienced that. The Rams weren't very popular except those few Greatest Show on Turf years.
FedEx Field.
Petco Park is overrun with Dodgers and Giants fans when those teams play the Padres.
Any basketball arena where the host school offers open ticket sales for games when UK is playing there.
Heck, the last few UK football games at Vanderbilt, the UK fans outnumbered the Vandy fans.
Quote from: hbelkins on May 20, 2022, 01:15:16 PM
Any basketball arena where the host school offers open ticket sales for games when UK is playing there.
Heck, the last few UK football games at Vanderbilt, the UK fans outnumbered the Vandy fans.
Both Louisville and Kentucky played at ND this past season. There were 2x as many Louisville fans at their game as there were Kentucky fans at theirs.
Quote from: Road Hog on May 20, 2022, 01:01:07 AM
The Rangers charge premium ticket prices whenever the Yankees and Red Sox come to town for their one series a year.
Cowboys games are road-heavy when a big national draw like the Steelers or Packers visit. Even the NFC East home games have a strong road presence, because Cowboys ticketholders put their seats on the secondary market and make bank.
I have been to Cowboys-Packers and Cowboys-Redski....Commanders at AT&T. They are both pretty split, but the Packers are better. It is the same at FedEx for Cowboys-Commanders because, it was explained to me, DC has a lot of Cowboys fans.
That one year (2007 maybe) that the Longhorns went to the lowly Sun Bowl to play UTEP, the Sun Bowl was rockin with Texas fans. I was going to make the drive El Paso, but I had to work that weekend. Thing was, there were no more single tickets left, so you had to buy season tickets, and there were many Longhorn fans out there buying UTEP season tickets just to go to the game Texas was there.
They don't play regularly anymore, but when Colorado was still in the Big 12, they used to call the CU Event Center 'Allen Fieldhouse West' because there were so many KU fans from western Kansas where Boulder was closer than Lawrence. It would be 75% KU fans at least.
The most obvious stadium is TIAA Field, home of the Jacksonville Jaguars. I'm thinking the last time that place ever sold out was Super Bowl XXXIX, which was 17 years ago.
As for the Nashville Predators, they generally have good home crowds all around. I think many of the Blackhawk fans are likely Nashville-area residents but Chicagoland transplants. I should know, as a good chunk of my HS graduating class way back in 1990-something were Cubs and/or Bears fans (long before Nashville attracted any pro sports franchises).
Vanderbilt has been jacking up the prices of Kentucky home basketball games for many years, but they still end up with just about an even split of fans it seems. My brothers and I (Kentucky fans) once went to a game with some friends who were loyal Vandy fans. Vandy actually won that game, and we let them gloat because they deserved to. Anyway, I'm not aware of Vandy raising the prices of the football tickets for home games versus Kentucky or Tennessee or other SEC teams whose fans like to travel, but I'm sure they probably ought to do it if they don't already.
Quote from: jakeroot on May 20, 2022, 11:51:33 AM
I went to a Dolphins game in Miami a few years ago (Dec 9, 2018), and it was mostly Pats fans. Made it a great ending.
Want to follow this up: most Dolphins games, the biggest fan base to show up are seats.
Quote from: hobsini2 on May 19, 2022, 07:36:14 PM
Miller Park in Milwaukee during Cubs games is Wrigley North.
You spelled American Family Field wrong. Twice.
Quote from: tchafe1978 on May 21, 2022, 12:11:40 AM
Quote from: hobsini2 on May 19, 2022, 07:36:14 PM
Miller Park in Milwaukee during Cubs games is Wrigley North.
You spelled American Family Field wrong. Twice.
No.
Quote from: Takumi on May 21, 2022, 01:32:02 AM
Quote from: tchafe1978 on May 21, 2022, 12:11:40 AM
Quote from: hobsini2 on May 19, 2022, 07:36:14 PM
Miller Park in Milwaukee during Cubs games is Wrigley North.
You spelled American Family Field wrong. Twice.
No.
I still think of it as Milwaukee County Stadium.
Quote from: skluth on May 22, 2022, 01:32:15 PM
Quote from: Takumi on May 21, 2022, 01:32:02 AM
Quote from: tchafe1978 on May 21, 2022, 12:11:40 AM
Quote from: hobsini2 on May 19, 2022, 07:36:14 PM
Miller Park in Milwaukee during Cubs games is Wrigley North.
You spelled American Family Field wrong. Twice.
No.
I still think of it as Milwaukee County Stadium.
The current park was never called Milwaukee County Stadium. It was Miller Park from Day One until it became American Family Field last year.
Milwaukee County Stadium was the old park. It was torn down right before Miller Park opened for the 2001 season.
Lol. I still call the White Sox home stadium Comiskey. I still call it the Sears Tower. I don't care I'm use to original names. I still call it the Circle Interchange too.
FedExField when the Ravens or Cowboys are there...
Quote from: Takumi on May 21, 2022, 01:32:02 AM
Quote from: tchafe1978 on May 21, 2022, 12:11:40 AM
Quote from: hobsini2 on May 19, 2022, 07:36:14 PM
Miller Park in Milwaukee during Cubs games is Wrigley North.
You spelled American Family Field wrong. Twice.
No.
Yes.
I can get the emotional attachment to a stadium's name when a stadium was originally named after a person, or geographical feature, and the naming rights get sold. Like selling the naming rights to Lambeau Field would be sacrelige and would never fly. But the Brewers stadium never had a non-corporate name. Miller Park was a fitting name, as it was bought by the largest brewery in a city known for brewing. But Miller decided to not renew the naming rights, and American Family Insurance bought the naming rights instead. Is it the best name? No. I'd prefer something more related to baseball or the city. But it is what it is: Large corporate sponsors throwing their name on a stadium for money.
Now calling the stadium Wrigley North? Aw hell naw!
In South Carolina, Gamecock games whenever they play at Williams-Brice against Clemson or any SEC East team other than Kentucky or Vandy are filled with the opponent's fans.
There's years where half the crowd is Clemson fans at that game. Georgia and Tennessee usually bring 10,000+ fans, sometimes more.
I have season tickets to College of Charleston basketball games; when we hosted UNC this year, who has a big fan base around here, I'd say 1/3 of my home arena (which seats 5,100) was filled with UNC fans.
We hosted Texas in baseball this year and more than 40% of the stadium (1,600 fans) were rooting for the Longhorns.
Nebraska, Dayton, and St. Bonaventure have big followings no matter where you go too. We have the Charleston Classic here and the years the latter two were in it, the arena was filled up with their fans even though they are small schools.
Bonaventure even brought students down to Charleston. Nebraska filled up half our stadium for a February baseball series a few years back.
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I have heard a few stories about how when Iowa State is bad at football, the other team has more fans there.
Probably my favorite one that was kinda random and long distance:
Ohio State @ California in 2013
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During Rivalry Week in college football (and also when arch-rivals meet in basketball), usually the road team's fans will fill at least half of its opponent's stadium. I can't tell you how many times I had to deal with USC fans taking over UCLA's stadium whenever their teams met; I always thought they were very obnoxious in the same way that Red Sox fans think of the Yankees (or Giants fans of the Dodgers).
Quote from: DandyDan on May 24, 2022, 07:18:49 AM
I have heard a few stories about how when Iowa State is bad at football, the other team has more fans there.
I would imagine Hawkeyes fans pack Jack Trice Stadium when it's Iowa State's turn to host Cy-Hawk.
Quote from: cabiness42 on May 19, 2022, 07:33:26 PM
If one of the White Sox/Cubs is very good and the other very bad, the good team's fans will dominate the opposing stadium.
At one point, the Nashville Predators required an in-state address to purchase tickets for home games against the BlackHawks due to being overrun by Chicago fans. Not sure if that's still a policy.
It is in Nashville, they did the same thing with their first round matchup against the Avs this season. I know Carolina also is doing the same this NHL playoff season, Tampa did it in the past.
Packers and Steelers are good as making road games sound like home games with the strong following they have.
Do wish as a Brewers fan that Brewers/Cubs games didn't sound like road games......but it's also cheaper for Cubs fans to get tickets in Milwaukee and have way less a headache making the drive.
It is a lot more fun to win at home when the Cubbies are in town. ;)
Quote from: triplemultiplex on June 01, 2022, 03:25:34 PM
It is a lot more fun to win at home when the Cubbies are in town. ;)
Considering the fans that come on the road are more obnoxious than the ones in their home stadium. When at Wrigley the Cubs fans there don't act like every hit or home run is a world series winner. Been to enough Brewers/Cubs games at Miller Park(was still named that at last time I saw one of those games) where whether Cubs are up or down by ten runs anything positive the Cubs do is as exciting as a walkoff. Seems to be just Cubs fans do that as Bulls, White Sox, and Bears fans don't at like this(although saw a White Sox and Cubs fan fight each other outside of Miller Park years ago after Brewers Cubs game).
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Quote from: triplemultiplex on June 01, 2022, 03:25:34 PM
It is a lot more fun to win at home when the Cubbies are in town. ;)
Considering the fans that come on the road are more obnoxious than the ones in their home stadium. When at Wrigley the Cubs fans there don't act like every hit or home run is a world series winner. Been to enough Brewers/Cubs games at Miller Park(was still named that at last time I saw one of those games) where whether Cubs are up or down by ten runs anything positive the Cubs do is as exciting as a walkoff. Seems to be just Cubs fans do that as Bulls, White Sox, and Bears fans don't at like this(although saw a White Sox and Cubs fan fight each other outside of Miller Park years ago after Brewers Cubs game).
Nah they just go to Wrigley for the party atmosphere. I'd imagine enough of them are drunk enough to not even know what is going on in the game.
Quote from: tchafe1978 on May 21, 2022, 12:11:40 AM
Quote from: hobsini2 on May 19, 2022, 07:36:14 PM
Miller Park in Milwaukee during Cubs games is Wrigley North.
You spelled American Family Field wrong. Twice.
Geez just being a bit touchy there. I'll still call it Miller Park too, just like I call the White Sox stadium Comiskey and I'm not the only Sox fan that does.
Veterans Stadium has in recent years had more Mets than Phillies fans at some points, and that also sometimes happens in DC. Also, Mets and Yankees fans will usually split Shea and Yankee Stadiums evenly during the Subway Series.
Quote from: Declan127 on July 28, 2022, 12:19:11 AM
Veterans Stadium has in recent years had more Mets than Phillies fans at some points, and that also sometimes happens in DC. Also, Mets and Yankees fans will usually split Shea and Yankee Stadiums evenly during the Subway Series.
I am guessing this is intentional.
Last time the Yankees came to Fenway, I was a little amazed at how many Yankees fans were there compared to prior years. It was like a ton of Sox fans just unloaded them on StubHub or something.
Enough there to start their classless "Boston Sucks" chant, all the while paying hundreds and thousands to the coffers of the city they are claiming sucks.
In Los Angeles the LA Clippers Vs. LA Lakers would have fans dominated by the visiting team. This is given that Clippers and Lakers share the same stadium. LA Lakers would dominate Crypto arena when they are labeled as the visiting team because the stadium has the LA Clippers logo on the court.
Quote from: bing101 on July 28, 2022, 10:41:34 AM
In Los Angeles the LA Clippers Vs. LA Lakers would have fans dominated by the visiting team. This is given that Clippers and Lakers share the same stadium. LA Lakers would dominate Crypto arena when they are labeled as the visiting team because the stadium has the LA Clippers logo on the court.
IIRC, the Clippers are getting their own arena in the near future. Wonder if that will change things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetLife_Stadium
Here is another one this time for the NFL the Metlife Stadium is the home field for both the NY Giants and NY Jets at the same time. In the event of a Giants Vs. Jets game I think NY Giants would get an advantage that would dominate Metlife stadium given their past championship history.
Quote from: SectorZ on July 28, 2022, 10:23:31 AM
Last time the Yankees came to Fenway, I was a little amazed at how many Yankees fans were there compared to prior years. It was like a ton of Sox fans just unloaded them on StubHub or something.
Enough there to start their classless "Boston Sucks" chant, all the while paying hundreds and thousands to the coffers of the city they are claiming sucks.
Do you ever engage in "Yankees Suck" chants? I don't see any difference between them (though I'm a fan of a different AL East team and thus root against both teams equally).
Also, yes, the old stadium name use by fans is intentional.
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Quote from: SectorZ on July 28, 2022, 10:23:31 AM
Last time the Yankees came to Fenway, I was a little amazed at how many Yankees fans were there compared to prior years. It was like a ton of Sox fans just unloaded them on StubHub or something.
Enough there to start their classless "Boston Sucks" chant, all the while paying hundreds and thousands to the coffers of the city they are claiming sucks.
Do you ever engage in "Yankees Suck" chants? I don't see any difference between them (though I'm a fan of a different AL East team and thus root against both teams equally).
Also, yes, the old stadium name use by fans is intentional.
Your Team Sucks.
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Quote from: Takumi on July 30, 2022, 07:16:52 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on July 28, 2022, 10:23:31 AM
Last time the Yankees came to Fenway, I was a little amazed at how many Yankees fans were there compared to prior years. It was like a ton of Sox fans just unloaded them on StubHub or something.
Enough there to start their classless "Boston Sucks" chant, all the while paying hundreds and thousands to the coffers of the city they are claiming sucks.
Do you ever engage in "Yankees Suck" chants? I don't see any difference between them (though I'm a fan of a different AL East team and thus root against both teams equally).
Also, yes, the old stadium name use by fans is intentional.
Your Team Sucks.
Orioles fans 🤝 Yankees fans
Hating Joey Bats and the Red Sox
Vanderbilt is dominated by most teams they are playing fans.
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Quote from: Takumi on July 30, 2022, 11:19:39 PM
Quote from: Alps on July 30, 2022, 10:47:12 PM
Quote from: Takumi on July 30, 2022, 07:16:52 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on July 28, 2022, 10:23:31 AM
Last time the Yankees came to Fenway, I was a little amazed at how many Yankees fans were there compared to prior years. It was like a ton of Sox fans just unloaded them on StubHub or something.
Enough there to start their classless "Boston Sucks" chant, all the while paying hundreds and thousands to the coffers of the city they are claiming sucks.
Do you ever engage in "Yankees Suck" chants? I don't see any difference between them (though I'm a fan of a different AL East team and thus root against both teams equally).
Also, yes, the old stadium name use by fans is intentional.
Your Team Sucks.
Orioles fans 🤝 Yankees fans
Hating Joey Bats and the Red Sox
I can hear the "Dodgers suck" chants when the Giant fans visit Dodger Stadium, and "Giants suck" by Dodger fans in San Francisco. If you're a fan of another NL West team, you hate both teams the same way. My wife is a Padres fan (because she is from San Diego and proud of it), so she would root against the other two CA teams equally.
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Quote from: Alps on July 30, 2022, 10:47:12 PM
Quote from: Takumi on July 30, 2022, 07:16:52 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on July 28, 2022, 10:23:31 AM
Last time the Yankees came to Fenway, I was a little amazed at how many Yankees fans were there compared to prior years. It was like a ton of Sox fans just unloaded them on StubHub or something.
Enough there to start their classless "Boston Sucks" chant, all the while paying hundreds and thousands to the coffers of the city they are claiming sucks.
Do you ever engage in "Yankees Suck" chants? I don't see any difference between them (though I'm a fan of a different AL East team and thus root against both teams equally).
Also, yes, the old stadium name use by fans is intentional.
Your Team Sucks.
Orioles fans 🤝 Yankees fans
Hating Joey Bats and the Red Sox
I can hear the "Dodgers suck" chants when the Giant fans visit Dodger Stadium, and "Giants suck" by Dodger fans in San Francisco. If you're a fan of another NL West team, you hate both teams the same way. My wife is a Padres fan (because she is from San Diego and proud of it), so she would root against the other two CA teams equally.
I know it took a while for me to respond to the original point, there is a large difference between your [city] sucks and your [team] sucks. Figured that was pretty obvious but whatever. I've never chanted "New York" sucks, especially in a stadium where 3-5K of the people there are New Yorkers coming to Fenway to help my region's economy.
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Quote from: Henry on October 19, 2022, 10:12:33 AM
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Quote from: Alps on July 30, 2022, 10:47:12 PM
Quote from: Takumi on July 30, 2022, 07:16:52 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on July 28, 2022, 10:23:31 AM
Last time the Yankees came to Fenway, I was a little amazed at how many Yankees fans were there compared to prior years. It was like a ton of Sox fans just unloaded them on StubHub or something.
Enough there to start their classless "Boston Sucks" chant, all the while paying hundreds and thousands to the coffers of the city they are claiming sucks.
Do you ever engage in "Yankees Suck" chants? I don't see any difference between them (though I'm a fan of a different AL East team and thus root against both teams equally).
Also, yes, the old stadium name use by fans is intentional.
Your Team Sucks.
Orioles fans 🤝 Yankees fans
Hating Joey Bats and the Red Sox
I can hear the "Dodgers suck" chants when the Giant fans visit Dodger Stadium, and "Giants suck" by Dodger fans in San Francisco. If you're a fan of another NL West team, you hate both teams the same way. My wife is a Padres fan (because she is from San Diego and proud of it), so she would root against the other two CA teams equally.
I know it took a while for me to respond to the original point, there is a large difference between your [city] sucks and your [team] sucks. Figured that was pretty obvious but whatever. I've never chanted "New York" sucks, especially in a stadium where 3-5K of the people there are New Yorkers coming to Fenway to help my region's economy.
Boston sucks.
That's just the standard chant sorry
Quote from: Alps on October 19, 2022, 03:13:47 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on October 19, 2022, 11:30:33 AM
Quote from: Henry on October 19, 2022, 10:12:33 AM
Quote from: Takumi on July 30, 2022, 11:19:39 PM
Quote from: Alps on July 30, 2022, 10:47:12 PM
Quote from: Takumi on July 30, 2022, 07:16:52 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on July 28, 2022, 10:23:31 AM
Last time the Yankees came to Fenway, I was a little amazed at how many Yankees fans were there compared to prior years. It was like a ton of Sox fans just unloaded them on StubHub or something.
Enough there to start their classless "Boston Sucks" chant, all the while paying hundreds and thousands to the coffers of the city they are claiming sucks.
Do you ever engage in "Yankees Suck" chants? I don't see any difference between them (though I'm a fan of a different AL East team and thus root against both teams equally).
Also, yes, the old stadium name use by fans is intentional.
Your Team Sucks.
Orioles fans 🤝 Yankees fans
Hating Joey Bats and the Red Sox
I can hear the "Dodgers suck" chants when the Giant fans visit Dodger Stadium, and "Giants suck" by Dodger fans in San Francisco. If you're a fan of another NL West team, you hate both teams the same way. My wife is a Padres fan (because she is from San Diego and proud of it), so she would root against the other two CA teams equally.
I know it took a while for me to respond to the original point, there is a large difference between your [city] sucks and your [team] sucks. Figured that was pretty obvious but whatever. I've never chanted "New York" sucks, especially in a stadium where 3-5K of the people there are New Yorkers coming to Fenway to help my region's economy.
Boston sucks.
That's just the standard chant sorry
Says the guy from New Jersey :-D
IIRC, there was one year Virginia hosted Virginia Tech where they required prospective ticket purchasers to make a $100 donation to the boosters first, ostensibly to stave off an invasion of Hokie fans.
My high school, Green Bay East, shared their stadium (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Stadium_(Green_Bay)) with Green Bay Preble. It was strange playing them at our stadium when they were the home team and we had to use the crappy visitors bleachers on the river side. (Honestly, the home bleachers weren't much better but they had more seats and were closer to the rest rooms and concession booth.) My school also had better teams so we were usually more numerous and louder. The same happened on the West Side with GB West and GB Southwest.
Quote from: skluth on December 04, 2022, 12:44:09 PM
The same happened on the West Side with GB West and GB Southwest.
They actually played their home games at Lambeau until they got kicked out. Then they built a stadium at West High. All the schools eventually got their own stadium.
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Quote from: skluth on December 04, 2022, 12:44:09 PM
The same happened on the West Side with GB West and GB Southwest.
They actually played their home games at Lambeau until they got kicked out. Then they built a stadium at West High. All the schools eventually got their own stadium.
Didn't get kicked out as much as the Packers built the West Side schools a new stadium so they didn't tear up the turf at Lambeau. I remember going to a couple high school games in Lambeau before that happened. But yeah, the Packers definitely wanted them out of Lambeau.
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Quote from: skluth on December 04, 2022, 12:44:09 PM
The same happened on the West Side with GB West and GB Southwest.
They actually played their home games at Lambeau until they got kicked out. Then they built a stadium at West High. All the schools eventually got their own stadium.
Didn't get kicked out as much as the Packers built the West Side schools a new stadium so they didn't tear up the turf at Lambeau. I remember going to a couple high school games in Lambeau before that happened. But yeah, the Packers definitely wanted them out of Lambeau.
Yes it was field issues. West stadium wasn't completed for a couple years afterward.
Back when the Detroit Red Wings were winning Stanley Cups left and right (late '90s and '00s), the crowds were awfully red and white pretty much everywhere.
Not so much the case nowadays, of course.
Basically any match for the US men's national soccer team against a Central American country that isn't played in flyover country. Particular cases:
El Salvador - RFK Stadium in DC
Honduras - Red Bull Arena in NJ
Mexico - LA, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Chicago, DC, Atlanta, etc.
Quote from: Bruce on December 04, 2022, 06:08:45 PM
Basically any match for the US men's national soccer team against a Central American country that isn't played in flyover country. Particular cases:
El Salvador - RFK Stadium in DC
Honduras - Red Bull Arena in NJ
Mexico - LA, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Chicago, DC, Atlanta, etc.
I once watched the US men's team play El Salvador in Salt Lake. If El Salvador fans didn't make up a majority of the attendance, they were damn close to it.
Every single Los Angeles Chargers game. Many Rams games as well.
Quote from: US 89 on December 04, 2022, 06:38:28 PM
Quote from: Bruce on December 04, 2022, 06:08:45 PM
Basically any match for the US men's national soccer team against a Central American country that isn't played in flyover country. Particular cases:
El Salvador - RFK Stadium in DC
Honduras - Red Bull Arena in NJ
Mexico - LA, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Chicago, DC, Atlanta, etc.
I once watched the US men's team play El Salvador in Salt Lake. If El Salvador fans didn't make up a majority of the attendance, they were damn close to it.
Also happened during a friendly vs Bosnia in St Louis. St Louis has a large Bosnian population as the mayor opened the city to Bosnian refugees regardless of ethnicity during the 90s Bosnian War. (Most were Bosnian Muslims, but there were also Croats and Serbs.) I wasn't there but my Bosnian neighbor went and he told me afterwards it was like a Bosnian homecoming.
Quote from: Bruce on December 04, 2022, 06:08:45 PM
Basically any match for the US men's national soccer team against a Central American country that isn't played in flyover country. Particular cases:
El Salvador - RFK Stadium in DC
Honduras - Red Bull Arena in NJ
Mexico - LA, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Chicago, DC, Atlanta, etc.
I went to the 2019 Gold Cup Final at Soldier Field. Was really close to 50/50 US and Mexico fans.