Train Horn Haters - Alternate Ideas?

[par73]

On 12/10/2021 at 1:23 PM, MJS said:

How about nothing? Artificial noise in stadiums is just annoying. Let the crowd do it.

Exactly.

[Dablitzkrieg]

When I take a dump, it is a terrifying sound.  I suggest they use that

[Nextmanup]

1 hour ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

When I take a dump, it is a terrifying sound.  I suggest they use that

Can you provide us with a sound sample for evaluation?

 

 

 

 

[BillnutinHouston]

OP, maybe you should ask Andy Major.

 

Wink, wink

[BillnutinHouston]

On 12/10/2021 at 4:27 PM, SirAndrew said:

field goals are always a let down in the moment. 

 

Game winners?

1 hour ago, Nextmanup said:

Can you provide us with a sound sample for evaluation?

 

 

 

 

 

Hard pass.

 

Ba dum dum.  Try the veal!

[HOUSE]

Having a 400 ton locomotive run me over never excited me much

[Rubes]

On 12/10/2021 at 11:44 AM, benderbender said:

The Mighty Taco's "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayo!"

 

Back in the day, that was the most awesome thing. They'd play it during a timeout, and the whole freaking stadium would just shout it back and start dancing. But they'd only do it once or maybe twice a game.

 

[Bubba Gump]

I vote for David Wallace

 

 

[BillsPride12]

On 12/10/2021 at 4:22 PM, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

MORE train horn.

 

Every defensive down.

 

The crowd needs all the prodding that they can get.    

 

I sit near the top of the lower bowl and even though everyone stands,   most of them make zero noise.    

 

The place is at about 25% noise capacity this season.

 

 

Bingo!  I've had the same observation this season. The homefield advantage isn't what it used to be.  My theory is alot of the older fans have been drifted away from going to the games over the recent years and it is a much younger crowd who probably weren't even born yet during the Super Bowl years when Rich Stadium would truly be rocking.  

[BuffaloBillyG]

17 minutes ago, BUFFALOBART said:

Too lazy to cheer, and too stupid to realize they can have a better view, if they would just sit down.

Half the time they don't watch the game. People around me come about halfway through 1st quarter...head back out about midway through 2nd quarter for more beer and don't seem them again until late in the 4th or until the following game. 

 

To the younger crowd it seems the game day experiece is all about paying for overpriced beer instead of the actual game. 

[Nextmanup]

2 hours ago, No Place To Hyde said:

Half the time they don't watch the game. People around me come about halfway through 1st quarter...head back out about midway through 2nd quarter for more beer and don't seem them again until late in the 4th or until the following game. 

 

To the younger crowd it seems the game day experiece is all about paying for overpriced beer instead of the actual game. 

There is a certain breed of "sports fan" that is at the game to feed off the energy, be out with friends, it's something to do...get drunk....it's that type of thing for them.

 

Sabres games have been cursed with these types for years now.

 

I always laugh at the number of women I see, obviously dragged to the game by their husband/boyfriend sitting next to them, who ARE READING A BOOK WHILE AT THE SABRES GAME.

 

LOL

 

 

[BuffaloBillyG]

55 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

There is a certain breed of "sports fan" that is at the game to feed off the energy, be out with friends, it's something to do...get drunk....it's that type of thing for them.

 

Sabres games have been cursed with these types for years now.

 

I always laugh at the number of women I see, obviously dragged to the game by their husband/boyfriend sitting next to them, who ARE READING A BOOK WHILE AT THE SABRES GAME.

 

LOL

 

 

Maybe I'm just getting old and cranky but I just don't get why people would go to the game and not actually watch the game.

 

-Get up early in a Sunday

-Ticket price/parking

-Pregame alcohol

-Food

-Overpriced alcohol in games

 

Dropping a few hundred to sit outside in the elements. Just stay home....make some chili. Have friends over. 

[Nextmanup]

2 minutes ago, No Place To Hyde said:

Maybe I'm just getting old and cranky but I just don't get why people would go to the game and not actually watch the game.

 

-Get up early in a Sunday

-Ticket price/parking

-Pregame alcohol

-Food

-Overpriced alcohol in games

 

Dropping a few hundred to sit outside in the elements. Just stay home....make some chili. Have friends over. 

Well, you know, it's the excitement, the energy, the crowd....I guess.

 

I agree with you.  There is a long list of negatives to overcome to actually go to one of these games, and if you aren't passionate about the game in the first place, not sure why you would do it.

 

 

[BillsPride12]

4 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

Well, you know, it's the excitement, the energy, the crowd....I guess.

 

I agree with you.  There is a long list of negatives to overcome to actually go to one of these games, and if you aren't passionate about the game in the first place, not sure why you would do it.

 

 

For the younger/trendier crowd it's a place to be, a place to be seen, a place to take a bunch of pics to upload on Social Media.  I like the aspect of running into friends at games but I'm ultimately there to watch the game itself.  Each passing year it loses a little bit of the gameday magic for me personally.  I think mostly because the atmosphere has slowly but steadily changed over the years.

[Herc11]

Do people really think starting these idea threads are actually going to change anything? 

 

 

[dorquemada]

43 minutes ago, Herc11 said:

Do people really think starting these idea threads are actually going to change anything? 

 

 

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