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Hey, hey, welcome back, everybody. 18 00:01:11,946 --> 00:01:14,906 Speaker 1: Let me tell you we have an episode of NFL 19 00:01:15,026 --> 00:01:18,026 Speaker 1: Explained that is near and dear to my heart. It 20 00:01:18,306 --> 00:01:22,386 Speaker 1: is about stadiums and as somebody who spends every Sunday 21 00:01:22,426 --> 00:01:26,626 Speaker 1: at a stadium. Stadiums are really so much more vibrant, 22 00:01:26,666 --> 00:01:29,826 Speaker 1: so much more fun, so much more energetic when the 23 00:01:29,866 --> 00:01:31,986 Speaker 1: fans are back in them, and it makes you think 24 00:01:32,026 --> 00:01:35,146 Speaker 1: about the buildings where the games are being played. So 25 00:01:35,226 --> 00:01:38,386 Speaker 1: much history around every single stadium. And look, we're not 26 00:01:38,426 --> 00:01:40,826 Speaker 1: going to dive into every single nugget, because I think 27 00:01:40,866 --> 00:01:42,946 Speaker 1: that would be like a ton of different episodes and 28 00:01:42,986 --> 00:01:45,786 Speaker 1: we could go on for hours about each individual spot. 29 00:01:45,986 --> 00:01:47,906 Speaker 1: But as I think, it's important to highlight some of 30 00:01:47,906 --> 00:01:50,706 Speaker 1: the cool features. And sometimes it's not just about having 31 00:01:50,706 --> 00:01:53,706 Speaker 1: the really cool jumbo monitor in the middle of your field. 32 00:01:53,786 --> 00:01:56,306 Speaker 1: Sometimes you know, have a little characters. Okay too, how 33 00:01:56,306 --> 00:01:59,786 Speaker 1: many stadiums do you think, one hundred and one years 34 00:01:59,826 --> 00:02:03,346 Speaker 1: of professional football, how many stadiums have been home to 35 00:02:03,506 --> 00:02:06,466 Speaker 1: NFL teams? I would imagine it is in ridiculous, like 36 00:02:06,466 --> 00:02:08,226 Speaker 1: over a hundred and fifty would be my guest, just 37 00:02:08,266 --> 00:02:10,386 Speaker 1: because I think if when we were doing the research 38 00:02:10,546 --> 00:02:13,666 Speaker 1: on the names of the teams which encourage people to 39 00:02:13,706 --> 00:02:16,306 Speaker 1: go back, I remember the amount of movement that was 40 00:02:16,386 --> 00:02:18,986 Speaker 1: happening with a lot of teams that were sharing stadiums 41 00:02:18,986 --> 00:02:24,306 Speaker 1: with baseball. So I'm gonna say probably well over X 42 00:02:25,146 --> 00:02:28,586 Speaker 1: when hundred and one years of professional football and when 43 00:02:28,706 --> 00:02:31,946 Speaker 1: hundred and eighties six different stadiums. I'll tell you this though, Mike. 44 00:02:31,946 --> 00:02:34,226 Speaker 1: The Super Bowl this year is at a stadium which 45 00:02:34,266 --> 00:02:36,386 Speaker 1: is one of the very few stadiums that I've not 46 00:02:36,466 --> 00:02:39,866 Speaker 1: been to. And it's over on your coast, so Fie 47 00:02:40,706 --> 00:02:45,386 Speaker 1: Stadium in Los Angeles, right next to NFL h Q 48 00:02:45,826 --> 00:02:47,506 Speaker 1: on the West coast. You know, it's kind of crazy 49 00:02:47,506 --> 00:02:50,186 Speaker 1: about it. Last weekend I was on a flight heading 50 00:02:50,346 --> 00:02:52,786 Speaker 1: to l A X and one of the really cool 51 00:02:52,826 --> 00:02:55,306 Speaker 1: things is if anyone's flying to Los Angeles, when you 52 00:02:55,346 --> 00:02:59,746 Speaker 1: fly over so Fi Stadium, it looks awesome. It feels 53 00:02:59,946 --> 00:03:02,426 Speaker 1: big and massive in all the things that you want 54 00:03:02,746 --> 00:03:05,226 Speaker 1: for a Super Bowl site. But it's so big it 55 00:03:05,226 --> 00:03:08,106 Speaker 1: actually both the Rams and the Chargers, both of those 56 00:03:08,106 --> 00:03:11,986 Speaker 1: teams relocating to l A from St. Louis and San Diego. 57 00:03:12,146 --> 00:03:15,986 Speaker 1: But the stadium actually opened up in no fans And 58 00:03:16,066 --> 00:03:18,946 Speaker 1: you made reference to the cutouts, Yeah, that was a 59 00:03:18,986 --> 00:03:20,626 Speaker 1: buzz kill. What I do know is there won't be 60 00:03:20,666 --> 00:03:25,266 Speaker 1: cutouts for Super Bowl fifty six. Sofi Stadium also passing 61 00:03:25,506 --> 00:03:30,226 Speaker 1: Allegiance Stadium as the most expensive NFL stadium to be built. 62 00:03:30,266 --> 00:03:32,186 Speaker 1: Of course I'm the one bringing up the coin, right. 63 00:03:32,226 --> 00:03:37,466 Speaker 1: It cost over five billion dollars to build b B 64 00:03:37,946 --> 00:03:40,426 Speaker 1: a billion. That's just insane to me. Not only is 65 00:03:40,426 --> 00:03:42,946 Speaker 1: it going to host football games, there's a separate six 66 00:03:42,986 --> 00:03:45,426 Speaker 1: thousand seat theater to host some concerts as well. I 67 00:03:45,426 --> 00:03:48,146 Speaker 1: think Taylor Swift might have been performing recently, if I'm 68 00:03:48,186 --> 00:03:50,946 Speaker 1: not mistaken at SOFI Stadium. I thought I saw that somewhere. 69 00:03:51,266 --> 00:03:52,746 Speaker 1: But the point is, like, you're gonna be able to 70 00:03:52,786 --> 00:03:55,306 Speaker 1: go all these concerts. It's just it's really awesome. And 71 00:03:55,586 --> 00:03:58,346 Speaker 1: one of my really great friends is the radio voice 72 00:03:58,386 --> 00:04:01,586 Speaker 1: for the Rams, JP Long, and I remember when when 73 00:04:01,586 --> 00:04:04,066 Speaker 1: things opened up. He was telling me about the circular 74 00:04:04,186 --> 00:04:07,026 Speaker 1: video board that I think we see on television as 75 00:04:07,066 --> 00:04:09,986 Speaker 1: we're watching the games. The thing that that that circular 76 00:04:10,066 --> 00:04:13,226 Speaker 1: video board, it's the first of its kind. Two point 77 00:04:13,346 --> 00:04:16,826 Speaker 1: two million pounds is what that thing weighs. It is 78 00:04:16,906 --> 00:04:22,066 Speaker 1: just really ridiculous to me, and it's really cool too. Yeah, 79 00:04:22,106 --> 00:04:23,666 Speaker 1: a whole lot of us is really what it comes 80 00:04:23,666 --> 00:04:26,546 Speaker 1: down to. It's got the indoor outdoor vibe, which is 81 00:04:26,666 --> 00:04:29,026 Speaker 1: very like property brothers asked, you know, like the living 82 00:04:29,106 --> 00:04:31,266 Speaker 1: room that's got the sliding doors that leads to the backyard. 83 00:04:31,626 --> 00:04:33,786 Speaker 1: It's kind of like that for so Fi Stadium. Right 84 00:04:33,826 --> 00:04:36,546 Speaker 1: the roof, it's got a little that transparent feel. You 85 00:04:36,626 --> 00:04:39,026 Speaker 1: got the outdoor vibe, the indoor vibe. So to me, 86 00:04:39,426 --> 00:04:41,466 Speaker 1: really really cool. And just one other side note here, 87 00:04:41,506 --> 00:04:44,826 Speaker 1: the stadium is built one hundred feet below ground because, 88 00:04:44,866 --> 00:04:47,346 Speaker 1: as I made reference to it, the flight pattern near 89 00:04:47,466 --> 00:04:49,746 Speaker 1: L A X, like the airplanes need to be able 90 00:04:49,786 --> 00:04:52,346 Speaker 1: to clear, so they actually had to build further down 91 00:04:52,386 --> 00:04:55,666 Speaker 1: to make sure that the stadium was in line with 92 00:04:55,746 --> 00:04:58,306 Speaker 1: the flight paths for airplanes. You know, Mike, this gives 93 00:04:58,346 --> 00:05:01,986 Speaker 1: me multiple segues, so I can talk about another stadium 94 00:05:01,986 --> 00:05:07,306 Speaker 1: where two teams share a home, and I can also 95 00:05:07,466 --> 00:05:11,986 Speaker 1: talk about flight paths and stadiums because it all fits. So, 96 00:05:12,746 --> 00:05:15,266 Speaker 1: the New York Giants used to play at Shase Stadium, 97 00:05:15,386 --> 00:05:17,626 Speaker 1: as we have talked about before when we talked about 98 00:05:17,626 --> 00:05:19,786 Speaker 1: the naming of the Jets. Shase Stadium, of course was 99 00:05:19,826 --> 00:05:23,066 Speaker 1: in the flight path of LaGuardia, and so that's part 100 00:05:23,066 --> 00:05:26,106 Speaker 1: of how the Jets got their name. But the Giants 101 00:05:26,186 --> 00:05:29,346 Speaker 1: moved to New Jersey and eventually their home was the 102 00:05:29,386 --> 00:05:33,626 Speaker 1: meadow Lands or Giants Stadium. They said, hey, Jets, come 103 00:05:33,666 --> 00:05:35,586 Speaker 1: and play with us, except that the Jets had to 104 00:05:35,666 --> 00:05:38,066 Speaker 1: keep on playing at Giants Stadium, which wasn't so much 105 00:05:38,106 --> 00:05:41,586 Speaker 1: fun for them. So then together they built a stadium. 106 00:05:41,666 --> 00:05:43,546 Speaker 1: And what's crazy about this, Mike, is that I was 107 00:05:43,626 --> 00:05:45,626 Speaker 1: in New York at the Wall Street Journal when this 108 00:05:45,706 --> 00:05:49,146 Speaker 1: was happening. So I was covering this entire process of 109 00:05:49,306 --> 00:05:53,306 Speaker 1: building this brand new stadium where two teams were in 110 00:05:53,386 --> 00:05:57,266 Speaker 1: it all together. They were going to share everything about it. 111 00:05:57,786 --> 00:06:01,546 Speaker 1: There would be two different home locker rooms, which there 112 00:06:01,586 --> 00:06:06,026 Speaker 1: are two different visitors locker rooms. It was the New 113 00:06:06,106 --> 00:06:08,706 Speaker 1: Meadowlands in two thousand and ten when it first opened. 114 00:06:08,826 --> 00:06:12,426 Speaker 1: Then it became MetLife Stadium in two thousand eleven. It 115 00:06:12,586 --> 00:06:16,266 Speaker 1: hosted Super Bowl forty nine between the Seahawks and the Broncos, which, 116 00:06:16,306 --> 00:06:19,826 Speaker 1: of course I'm sure you remember, didn't start so auspiciously 117 00:06:19,946 --> 00:06:22,506 Speaker 1: for Peyton Manning. But now, one of the things that 118 00:06:22,546 --> 00:06:25,466 Speaker 1: I think is most interesting is how you transfer over. 119 00:06:25,826 --> 00:06:28,786 Speaker 1: You know, you think about this when let's say a 120 00:06:28,826 --> 00:06:31,546 Speaker 1: professional team like the Steelers, who WI will get to later, 121 00:06:31,626 --> 00:06:34,906 Speaker 1: shares the stadium with a college team like the pit Panthers, 122 00:06:35,106 --> 00:06:38,386 Speaker 1: and you need to change signage. So at MetLife Stadium, 123 00:06:38,466 --> 00:06:40,626 Speaker 1: you need to change from a Giant's game to a 124 00:06:40,706 --> 00:06:44,546 Speaker 1: Jets game. That means that you need to change all 125 00:06:44,586 --> 00:06:46,906 Speaker 1: of the gel packs that light up the venue. You 126 00:06:46,986 --> 00:06:49,786 Speaker 1: need to change the field wall, you need to change 127 00:06:49,826 --> 00:06:52,226 Speaker 1: the ring of honor. You know, the Jets Ring of 128 00:06:52,266 --> 00:06:54,146 Speaker 1: Honor is not the same as the Giants Ring of Honor, 129 00:06:54,146 --> 00:06:56,386 Speaker 1: and you can't have the Giants honrees when the Jets 130 00:06:56,426 --> 00:06:59,026 Speaker 1: are playing a home game. You've got to change the suites, 131 00:06:59,066 --> 00:07:01,186 Speaker 1: You've got to change all of the press box artwork. 132 00:07:01,306 --> 00:07:05,106 Speaker 1: So the standard changeover takes a fair amount of time. 133 00:07:05,546 --> 00:07:08,226 Speaker 1: I will say this, and this may be unbelievably unpopular, 134 00:07:08,306 --> 00:07:11,506 Speaker 1: but whatever, I feel like this is the time for honesty. 135 00:07:11,706 --> 00:07:14,066 Speaker 1: I don't really love the look of MetLife Stadium. It 136 00:07:14,186 --> 00:07:17,066 Speaker 1: is little sterile, I'll give you that. Yeah, it feels 137 00:07:17,226 --> 00:07:21,466 Speaker 1: like my favorite stadiums around the country, Mike, have some 138 00:07:21,586 --> 00:07:25,506 Speaker 1: character to them. There's something that feels very distinct and 139 00:07:25,626 --> 00:07:29,146 Speaker 1: unique and right next to Zanna Do or whatever that 140 00:07:29,186 --> 00:07:32,466 Speaker 1: thing is called. Now, MetLife Stadium looks a little bit, 141 00:07:32,586 --> 00:07:35,026 Speaker 1: to use your words, sterile. Yeah, yeah, no, I mean 142 00:07:35,026 --> 00:07:37,266 Speaker 1: it's like and look at not that you made reference 143 00:07:37,306 --> 00:07:39,666 Speaker 1: to Schase Stadium, like I will say City Field on 144 00:07:39,666 --> 00:07:42,466 Speaker 1: the baseball front's got that character. And for all my 145 00:07:42,826 --> 00:07:45,266 Speaker 1: friends who are Yankee fans, sorry, like the New York 146 00:07:45,386 --> 00:07:49,946 Speaker 1: Stadium little sterile to me. But inside MetLife Stadium, beautiful view. 147 00:07:50,146 --> 00:07:53,066 Speaker 1: There's not a bad seat. I love the four scoreboards 148 00:07:53,066 --> 00:07:55,666 Speaker 1: in the for like quote unquote corners. I don't know 149 00:07:55,706 --> 00:07:57,866 Speaker 1: if you can have corners in around stadium, but I 150 00:07:57,906 --> 00:08:00,426 Speaker 1: do love that no matter where you're sitting, you can 151 00:08:00,426 --> 00:08:02,946 Speaker 1: always look down at the field and then immediately look 152 00:08:03,026 --> 00:08:05,346 Speaker 1: up and see the scoreboard, no doubt. And look the 153 00:08:05,386 --> 00:08:07,266 Speaker 1: new sta adiums and we've touched on two of them. 154 00:08:07,506 --> 00:08:09,946 Speaker 1: Newer stadiums, I should say, the bells and whistles are there. 155 00:08:09,946 --> 00:08:11,506 Speaker 1: But sometimes you got get a little dirty, right, a 156 00:08:11,506 --> 00:08:13,746 Speaker 1: little little little gritty and dirty. I mean like in 157 00:08:13,786 --> 00:08:15,546 Speaker 1: a good way, you know, have a little bit of 158 00:08:15,546 --> 00:08:19,066 Speaker 1: that that old school flare. And I think there's one 159 00:08:19,106 --> 00:08:22,106 Speaker 1: field in particular, it's one of the oldest stadiums in 160 00:08:22,106 --> 00:08:26,026 Speaker 1: the NFL Soldier Field nineteen twenty four. It was actually 161 00:08:26,146 --> 00:08:28,986 Speaker 1: named to honor the fallen soldiers from World War One, 162 00:08:29,026 --> 00:08:32,466 Speaker 1: which is just a really cool aspect and history around 163 00:08:32,666 --> 00:08:35,306 Speaker 1: that stadium. Their first game. They'll play there in twenty 164 00:08:35,306 --> 00:08:38,306 Speaker 1: four actually between two high schools, which also speaks to 165 00:08:38,346 --> 00:08:41,706 Speaker 1: what you mentioned before. Add this idea of the venue 166 00:08:41,746 --> 00:08:44,666 Speaker 1: being a part of the fabric of of our lives. Yeah, 167 00:08:44,666 --> 00:08:47,386 Speaker 1: but the Bears didn't play there initially, did they. I 168 00:08:47,426 --> 00:08:50,226 Speaker 1: feel like when we talked about our naming episode, we 169 00:08:50,306 --> 00:08:52,706 Speaker 1: talked about the Bears playing at Wrigley They were at 170 00:08:52,706 --> 00:08:55,226 Speaker 1: Wrigley Field. But guess what two issues there? Field a 171 00:08:55,226 --> 00:08:57,826 Speaker 1: little too small and that brick wall in the outfield 172 00:08:58,226 --> 00:08:59,906 Speaker 1: a little bit of an issue. I think if you're 173 00:08:59,906 --> 00:09:03,666 Speaker 1: gonna go and lay out just something to throw out there, 174 00:09:03,986 --> 00:09:07,306 Speaker 1: um small stadium in the league thought, and below the 175 00:09:07,346 --> 00:09:10,586 Speaker 1: minimum to host a super Bowl, not to mention those winters. 176 00:09:10,626 --> 00:09:12,146 Speaker 1: And I'm a little bit of a baby about it. 177 00:09:12,186 --> 00:09:13,586 Speaker 1: Even though I was in the Northeast, I've been in 178 00:09:13,626 --> 00:09:15,506 Speaker 1: the state of California. My blood is thinned out a 179 00:09:15,546 --> 00:09:17,586 Speaker 1: little bit. Give me that warm weather. I'm looking forward 180 00:09:17,586 --> 00:09:19,426 Speaker 1: to a super Bowl and so FI stadium. But the 181 00:09:19,426 --> 00:09:21,866 Speaker 1: point is there's some good history around Soldier Field and 182 00:09:21,906 --> 00:09:24,666 Speaker 1: you can feel it when you watch some of those games. Well, 183 00:09:24,786 --> 00:09:27,626 Speaker 1: if you don't like talking about the cold, which we 184 00:09:27,666 --> 00:09:30,066 Speaker 1: will certainly be talking about the cold as we keep going. 185 00:09:30,146 --> 00:09:32,666 Speaker 1: Let's then go back out to the desert to the 186 00:09:32,786 --> 00:09:37,066 Speaker 1: Las Vegas Raiders, who are now playing at Allegiance Stadium. 187 00:09:37,066 --> 00:09:40,706 Speaker 1: It opened, it hasn't yet hosted a Super Bowl, but 188 00:09:40,786 --> 00:09:43,786 Speaker 1: it will be hosting our very next Pro Bowl. And 189 00:09:44,186 --> 00:09:46,306 Speaker 1: as you know, the Raiders have played in Oakland, in 190 00:09:46,466 --> 00:09:49,426 Speaker 1: l A, in Oakland again. Now they're in Las Vegas 191 00:09:49,546 --> 00:09:53,746 Speaker 1: and this was a one point nine billion dollar stadium, 192 00:09:53,786 --> 00:09:56,506 Speaker 1: ten levels. Another one of those clear roofs that you 193 00:09:56,546 --> 00:09:59,626 Speaker 1: were talking about, is it roofs or roofs? You got 194 00:09:59,666 --> 00:10:03,106 Speaker 1: the writing background? You should know roof Like you're asking, Okay, 195 00:10:03,506 --> 00:10:06,546 Speaker 1: writing is not the same as speaking my okay, ninety 196 00:10:06,746 --> 00:10:11,586 Speaker 1: three ft Al Davis Memorial torch. So this Al Davis 197 00:10:11,586 --> 00:10:16,106 Speaker 1: Memorial Torch is ceremoniously lit before each game, which is 198 00:10:16,146 --> 00:10:19,466 Speaker 1: kind of like the Olympic torch again right. The field 199 00:10:19,466 --> 00:10:22,386 Speaker 1: is natural grass, which of course I love, love, love 200 00:10:22,506 --> 00:10:25,386 Speaker 1: the idea of natural grass as opposed to turf for 201 00:10:25,586 --> 00:10:28,466 Speaker 1: field turf for you know whatever. There is a section 202 00:10:28,506 --> 00:10:31,746 Speaker 1: in the end zone that mimics and nightclub. There's DJ 203 00:10:31,826 --> 00:10:35,346 Speaker 1: boots and televisions and bottle service. Although if you're paying 204 00:10:35,346 --> 00:10:37,066 Speaker 1: for bottle service. Why not just go to the club 205 00:10:37,106 --> 00:10:41,706 Speaker 1: instead of allegedly watching a football game. But anyway, um, 206 00:10:41,786 --> 00:10:46,066 Speaker 1: it has been called the Death Star because Raiders fans 207 00:10:46,386 --> 00:10:49,226 Speaker 1: are you know, known as being in the black Hole, 208 00:10:49,746 --> 00:10:53,626 Speaker 1: and since Allegian Stadium has that black exterior, it just 209 00:10:53,706 --> 00:10:57,466 Speaker 1: feels like it works perfectly. Yeah, there's an ominous vibe 210 00:10:57,506 --> 00:10:59,426 Speaker 1: as you look at the pictures of Allegian Stadium, which 211 00:10:59,506 --> 00:11:02,186 Speaker 1: is really cool and intimidating, just like the black Hole. 212 00:11:02,186 --> 00:11:05,826 Speaker 1: And their fans certainly are speaking of newer state d 213 00:11:05,946 --> 00:11:07,266 Speaker 1: m s. And I know we keep throwing out the 214 00:11:07,266 --> 00:11:12,106 Speaker 1: B word billions, the first stadium construction to surpass one billion. 215 00:11:12,386 --> 00:11:16,506 Speaker 1: Not surprising here head into Texas, my guy Jerry Jones 216 00:11:16,546 --> 00:11:19,746 Speaker 1: handling business. Jerry's world, I think is usually how I 217 00:11:19,826 --> 00:11:22,146 Speaker 1: refer to it. But I know more formally, a T 218 00:11:22,266 --> 00:11:25,346 Speaker 1: and T Stadium in Dallas is the official title that 219 00:11:25,386 --> 00:11:28,506 Speaker 1: you can throw out. Their capacity actually is increased eight 220 00:11:28,586 --> 00:11:32,226 Speaker 1: thousand to over a hundred and five thousand because of 221 00:11:32,226 --> 00:11:34,466 Speaker 1: the standing concourse, like the thing is crazy. And I 222 00:11:34,506 --> 00:11:36,906 Speaker 1: mentioned the video boards before a little bit earlier at 223 00:11:36,906 --> 00:11:40,306 Speaker 1: Sofi Stadium. I remember when the first video board went 224 00:11:40,346 --> 00:11:43,506 Speaker 1: in at Jerry's world. Everyone was talking about it, but 225 00:11:43,546 --> 00:11:46,306 Speaker 1: the facility is just truly amazing. We saw it on 226 00:11:46,386 --> 00:11:48,666 Speaker 1: Hard Knocks with the little drone flight that took us 227 00:11:48,706 --> 00:11:51,346 Speaker 1: through the facility. Just so cool. And to give you 228 00:11:51,386 --> 00:11:53,746 Speaker 1: some context and perspective, for any of our listeners of 229 00:11:53,786 --> 00:11:56,506 Speaker 1: the NFL Explained podcasts who are in the Northeast and 230 00:11:56,546 --> 00:12:00,306 Speaker 1: have not been able to head to Dallas, you probably 231 00:12:00,306 --> 00:12:02,986 Speaker 1: have seen the Statue of Liberty. The damn Stadium so 232 00:12:03,026 --> 00:12:06,026 Speaker 1: big it can hold literally the statue of liberal which 233 00:12:06,026 --> 00:12:08,346 Speaker 1: takes me back to my Ghostbuster days when I was 234 00:12:08,386 --> 00:12:10,946 Speaker 1: a kid seeing the Statue of Liberty actually walking that 235 00:12:11,066 --> 00:12:14,066 Speaker 1: real statue of Liberty from Ghostbusters could have walked all 236 00:12:14,106 --> 00:12:16,706 Speaker 1: the way to Dallas and ended up inside a Jerry's 237 00:12:16,706 --> 00:12:19,066 Speaker 1: World and it would have been fine. Another unpopular opinion 238 00:12:19,186 --> 00:12:21,386 Speaker 1: right here, but I am unafraid to share it. Mike. 239 00:12:21,506 --> 00:12:24,026 Speaker 1: I don't like the scoreboard. I feel like when I'm 240 00:12:24,066 --> 00:12:26,906 Speaker 1: sitting in the press box, the scoreboard distracts me from 241 00:12:26,946 --> 00:12:30,946 Speaker 1: actually seeing the field. But lest any of our listeners 242 00:12:31,066 --> 00:12:33,186 Speaker 1: or you think that I am just an old fogy 243 00:12:33,306 --> 00:12:35,866 Speaker 1: and a curmudgeon, Let's go back to that whole club. 244 00:12:37,506 --> 00:12:39,426 Speaker 1: Let's go back to that clubbing vibe right, like we 245 00:12:39,506 --> 00:12:42,506 Speaker 1: talked about it with Las Vegas. So what about Miami. 246 00:12:42,986 --> 00:12:46,506 Speaker 1: I have not been to Miami, actually since I had 247 00:12:46,546 --> 00:12:49,066 Speaker 1: had one child, not too when I went to Miami, 248 00:12:49,146 --> 00:12:50,906 Speaker 1: and the one thing I did go to the club 249 00:12:51,146 --> 00:12:54,826 Speaker 1: because hard Rock Stadium, where the Miami Dolphins play, doesn't 250 00:12:55,826 --> 00:12:59,826 Speaker 1: have a club inside. Okay, I was gonna say this, 251 00:12:59,946 --> 00:13:01,586 Speaker 1: this doesn't sound like a great trip if you only 252 00:13:01,626 --> 00:13:03,226 Speaker 1: went to one club, But anyway, go on. It was 253 00:13:03,266 --> 00:13:05,186 Speaker 1: a good game because the point is that if the 254 00:13:05,226 --> 00:13:08,466 Speaker 1: game gets boring at hard Rock Stadium, then there is 255 00:13:08,506 --> 00:13:11,786 Speaker 1: the club that turns into one of Miami's most famous nightclubs. 256 00:13:11,946 --> 00:13:14,186 Speaker 1: The thing about hard Rock Stadium that I thought was 257 00:13:14,266 --> 00:13:17,666 Speaker 1: so insane was that the closest seats to the field, 258 00:13:17,786 --> 00:13:21,626 Speaker 1: Mike have not only they're not like regular seats, They're 259 00:13:21,626 --> 00:13:25,226 Speaker 1: not stadium seats. They're sort of armchair like, hang out, 260 00:13:25,386 --> 00:13:28,426 Speaker 1: very comfortable seats, and everybody's got a TV right there. 261 00:13:28,866 --> 00:13:31,426 Speaker 1: And I remember initially when I went there, I was like, 262 00:13:31,466 --> 00:13:33,826 Speaker 1: wait a minute, if the field is I don't know, 263 00:13:33,906 --> 00:13:36,106 Speaker 1: twenty yards away from you, why are you looking at 264 00:13:36,106 --> 00:13:40,346 Speaker 1: the screen. But we have changed as consumers of football 265 00:13:40,546 --> 00:13:43,946 Speaker 1: so much recently that we do indeed constantly look for 266 00:13:43,986 --> 00:13:47,466 Speaker 1: the replay, and so many of us are watching television 267 00:13:47,466 --> 00:13:49,906 Speaker 1: on multiple screens right or we're watching the game and 268 00:13:49,946 --> 00:13:52,546 Speaker 1: we're also watching it on Twitter or game Pass or 269 00:13:52,586 --> 00:13:57,906 Speaker 1: whatever it may be. So actually a pretty inventive idea 270 00:13:58,026 --> 00:14:00,826 Speaker 1: right there. Really quickly though, Mike, there are a tributes 271 00:14:00,826 --> 00:14:04,266 Speaker 1: outside the stadium, because many of these stadiums do have statues. 272 00:14:04,986 --> 00:14:06,946 Speaker 1: Can you guess from me, what are the two statues 273 00:14:06,986 --> 00:14:09,306 Speaker 1: outside hard Rock Stadium? If you were to think of 274 00:14:09,346 --> 00:14:12,146 Speaker 1: the two most iconic Miami Dolphins, who would they be? 275 00:14:12,626 --> 00:14:14,626 Speaker 1: My guy, Damn Marino has got to be one of them, 276 00:14:15,066 --> 00:14:18,226 Speaker 1: just to be one of them, and coach Coach has 277 00:14:18,226 --> 00:14:19,986 Speaker 1: got to be sort of in the mix. And you 278 00:14:20,026 --> 00:14:22,346 Speaker 1: know what, it's not just Coachula, it Coachla being carried 279 00:14:22,386 --> 00:14:25,306 Speaker 1: off the field by his players. Very cool. That's totally 280 00:14:25,306 --> 00:14:26,986 Speaker 1: the way to do it. Okay, since you're old, why 281 00:14:26,986 --> 00:14:28,626 Speaker 1: don't you go back to one of our old school ones, 282 00:14:28,826 --> 00:14:30,586 Speaker 1: which is totally I was going to say, like the 283 00:14:30,666 --> 00:14:32,866 Speaker 1: one place that I'm not worried that TVs are going 284 00:14:32,906 --> 00:14:34,906 Speaker 1: to make it at the seats just because they would 285 00:14:35,026 --> 00:14:38,266 Speaker 1: the screens would probably crack relatively quickly because of how 286 00:14:38,306 --> 00:14:40,826 Speaker 1: cold it can be at lambeau Field, Yes, home of 287 00:14:40,866 --> 00:14:45,706 Speaker 1: the Packers since nineteen fifty seven. It's the longest continuously 288 00:14:45,746 --> 00:14:49,026 Speaker 1: occupied stadium in the NFL by fifteen years. Only the 289 00:14:49,106 --> 00:14:52,706 Speaker 1: Cubs and the Red Sox have played at their respective 290 00:14:52,706 --> 00:14:56,386 Speaker 1: fields longer than the Packers, So it's kind of unique 291 00:14:56,386 --> 00:14:58,746 Speaker 1: in terms of that history. First stadium by the way, 292 00:14:58,746 --> 00:15:01,066 Speaker 1: to have this goes back to the cold and the 293 00:15:01,106 --> 00:15:05,386 Speaker 1: heating thing, hydronic heating systems under the field. Remember Steve 294 00:15:05,386 --> 00:15:08,266 Speaker 1: Stable say it the frozen tundra, just so that it's 295 00:15:08,306 --> 00:15:13,306 Speaker 1: not frozen tundra anymore. So, look, everyone knows, like when 296 00:15:13,306 --> 00:15:15,746 Speaker 1: it comes to lambeau Field, there's it's it's iconic. You 297 00:15:15,746 --> 00:15:17,626 Speaker 1: think about the lambau Leap, you think about the cold, 298 00:15:17,706 --> 00:15:20,346 Speaker 1: like when you think about NFL football. In my mind, 299 00:15:20,346 --> 00:15:22,706 Speaker 1: if I close my eyes, most of the time, those 300 00:15:22,746 --> 00:15:25,626 Speaker 1: games that I'm envisioning are being played at lambeau Field. 301 00:15:25,626 --> 00:15:27,986 Speaker 1: And I know I can't be alone in that regard 302 00:15:28,026 --> 00:15:30,666 Speaker 1: when talking about that place. Yeah, not me, because most 303 00:15:30,706 --> 00:15:34,746 Speaker 1: of my most unpleasant, bordering on frost bite experiences have 304 00:15:34,866 --> 00:15:37,626 Speaker 1: been at lambeau Field. And I think of poor Tom 305 00:15:37,666 --> 00:15:42,346 Speaker 1: Coughlin he's a red face. Come on, Mike, you you 306 00:15:42,346 --> 00:15:44,186 Speaker 1: did grow up a Giants fan, so you know exactly 307 00:15:44,186 --> 00:15:47,546 Speaker 1: what I've done. It's a different deal. Yeah, it is. 308 00:15:47,946 --> 00:15:49,706 Speaker 1: Uh you know what else is a different deal? The 309 00:15:49,746 --> 00:15:52,626 Speaker 1: fans in Philadelphia. Yes, since we're talking about Tom Coughlin, 310 00:15:52,706 --> 00:15:54,706 Speaker 1: the former Giants head coach, and of course we should 311 00:15:54,706 --> 00:15:58,386 Speaker 1: talk about the fans of Philadelphia. So now, the Eagles 312 00:15:59,026 --> 00:16:03,106 Speaker 1: used to share Veteran Stadium with the Phillies, and it 313 00:16:03,186 --> 00:16:06,466 Speaker 1: is a true story. There was indeed a jail underneath 314 00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:09,626 Speaker 1: the stadium for the fans that got just a little 315 00:16:09,626 --> 00:16:13,666 Speaker 1: bit too rowdy. And there was even a judge on 316 00:16:13,986 --> 00:16:16,386 Speaker 1: game days for the fans that showed up in the 317 00:16:16,386 --> 00:16:18,706 Speaker 1: Eagles jail. Can you imagine if there was a reality 318 00:16:18,746 --> 00:16:20,946 Speaker 1: TV episode about that, if you were going to do 319 00:16:20,986 --> 00:16:23,466 Speaker 1: a reality show. And I know there's hard knocks and 320 00:16:23,466 --> 00:16:26,066 Speaker 1: all that, but like the fans in Philadelphia, I mean 321 00:16:26,066 --> 00:16:29,066 Speaker 1: they boot Santa I just like you can't be the 322 00:16:29,066 --> 00:16:32,666 Speaker 1: fans of Philly. You're tough. The Eagles now play at 323 00:16:32,706 --> 00:16:34,826 Speaker 1: the Link, of course, Lincoln Financial Field, and I'll tell 324 00:16:34,866 --> 00:16:37,786 Speaker 1: you this, there's one holdover from Veteran Stadium. It's not 325 00:16:37,826 --> 00:16:42,066 Speaker 1: a jail. But there is a required four our Code 326 00:16:42,146 --> 00:16:46,106 Speaker 1: of Conduct course that fans who have been tossed out 327 00:16:46,106 --> 00:16:48,546 Speaker 1: of a game at the link are required to take 328 00:16:48,586 --> 00:16:50,186 Speaker 1: if they ever want to go back to a game. 329 00:16:50,266 --> 00:16:53,506 Speaker 1: That's like a defensive driving class. Right like you got 330 00:16:53,546 --> 00:16:56,626 Speaker 1: tossed out once before we let you back in, We're 331 00:16:56,626 --> 00:16:59,146 Speaker 1: going to make you take this class. And it happens 332 00:16:59,306 --> 00:17:03,106 Speaker 1: enough that they had to create this class. Look Philadelphia 333 00:17:03,146 --> 00:17:05,106 Speaker 1: for giving city. You get back in, you take the course, 334 00:17:05,106 --> 00:17:07,586 Speaker 1: You're ready to rock. I believe in seces and I 335 00:17:07,666 --> 00:17:09,266 Speaker 1: think that's the point of all this stuff. And the 336 00:17:09,266 --> 00:17:11,546 Speaker 1: fans actually in New England more recently a d D, 337 00:17:11,906 --> 00:17:15,426 Speaker 1: they've had a lot, a lot to cheer four. In fact, 338 00:17:15,426 --> 00:17:17,706 Speaker 1: the Patriots who play at Gilette Stadium, let's take this 339 00:17:17,746 --> 00:17:21,026 Speaker 1: back though. Playing at Toilette Stadium is given the Patriots 340 00:17:21,106 --> 00:17:24,466 Speaker 1: one of the top five home records in the NFL. Look, 341 00:17:24,546 --> 00:17:26,466 Speaker 1: I I know, I get it. You could point to Brady, 342 00:17:26,506 --> 00:17:28,186 Speaker 1: you can point to Belichick in the whole deal. But 343 00:17:28,346 --> 00:17:33,346 Speaker 1: prior to Gillette opening, Patriots spent thirty years at Foxborough 344 00:17:33,546 --> 00:17:37,066 Speaker 1: and because the plumbing issues, there no public bathrooms, just 345 00:17:37,146 --> 00:17:41,186 Speaker 1: poor to potties that had to have smelled really good. Um, 346 00:17:41,226 --> 00:17:44,026 Speaker 1: in the entire existence of the stadium, Like to me, 347 00:17:44,866 --> 00:17:47,506 Speaker 1: you want to talk about like the fan experience. I mean, 348 00:17:47,506 --> 00:17:50,106 Speaker 1: you've got stadiums that got TVs in front of you, right, 349 00:17:50,146 --> 00:17:52,026 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden we're using poor to potties. 350 00:17:52,066 --> 00:17:54,626 Speaker 1: But besides the point, a couple of fun facts here 351 00:17:54,626 --> 00:17:57,466 Speaker 1: about Toilette Stadium open two thousand two. Never hosted a 352 00:17:57,506 --> 00:18:01,026 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, but it does have six Super Bowl champion 353 00:18:01,066 --> 00:18:03,226 Speaker 1: banners hanging in the stadium, which is tied for the 354 00:18:03,226 --> 00:18:05,666 Speaker 1: most in the NFL. In that regard, you can serve 355 00:18:05,746 --> 00:18:09,306 Speaker 1: only thank Brady and Belichick for that in the stadium. 356 00:18:09,386 --> 00:18:11,466 Speaker 1: You know, wait, I'm going to interrupt you here we 357 00:18:11,546 --> 00:18:13,666 Speaker 1: talk about you and I are talking about growing up 358 00:18:13,706 --> 00:18:15,546 Speaker 1: as kids as Yankee fans and it was the house. 359 00:18:17,746 --> 00:18:20,386 Speaker 1: Don't insult me like that. Oh my god. That explains 360 00:18:20,426 --> 00:18:23,106 Speaker 1: so much, explains a lot about you too, so being 361 00:18:23,146 --> 00:18:25,426 Speaker 1: a Yankees fan. Let's just I think we're all on 362 00:18:25,506 --> 00:18:28,146 Speaker 1: the same page. I'm fine, I'm fine, and brace saying 363 00:18:28,146 --> 00:18:29,666 Speaker 1: the fact that we don't win a lot of games 364 00:18:29,706 --> 00:18:31,666 Speaker 1: like it's cool, Like it's it's fine. It's developed a 365 00:18:31,746 --> 00:18:34,186 Speaker 1: nice little character for myself. I don't know how we 366 00:18:34,266 --> 00:18:37,186 Speaker 1: spent the whole season together, and I am just learning 367 00:18:37,266 --> 00:18:40,626 Speaker 1: this about you. Okay. Well, anyway, in New York, it 368 00:18:40,706 --> 00:18:44,306 Speaker 1: was the house that they built, right, So even though 369 00:18:44,386 --> 00:18:48,906 Speaker 1: officially Gillette Stadium was built before Tom Brady, it really 370 00:18:48,986 --> 00:18:50,906 Speaker 1: is the house that Tom built. And I will tell 371 00:18:50,946 --> 00:18:53,026 Speaker 1: you this that in Foxburg around the stadium there's a 372 00:18:53,106 --> 00:18:58,026 Speaker 1: whole strip of shopping and retail and restaurants and this 373 00:18:58,146 --> 00:19:01,626 Speaker 1: tremendous vibe. None of that happens without Tom Brady. Totally agree. 374 00:19:01,826 --> 00:19:04,706 Speaker 1: So even though that relationship ended, that is the house 375 00:19:04,746 --> 00:19:07,146 Speaker 1: that Tom built, and that is the strip that top melt. 376 00:19:07,266 --> 00:19:09,826 Speaker 1: I'm with you. There is still a ton more to 377 00:19:09,906 --> 00:19:12,826 Speaker 1: get to on this podcast and facts. Can you guess 378 00:19:12,906 --> 00:19:17,746 Speaker 1: which division has all of its stadiums on the water? Answer? 379 00:19:19,026 --> 00:19:21,066 Speaker 1: You should know. 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I would know that it's 415 00:21:18,026 --> 00:21:22,586 Speaker 1: one where you have frequented many, many of those places 416 00:21:22,586 --> 00:21:25,426 Speaker 1: on a very regular basis. And that is indeed the 417 00:21:25,426 --> 00:21:28,106 Speaker 1: a f C North. Because we looked to the end 418 00:21:28,146 --> 00:21:30,826 Speaker 1: of this season. By the way, I think the next 419 00:21:31,306 --> 00:21:33,226 Speaker 1: I don't know, five six weeks, I don't get out 420 00:21:33,266 --> 00:21:35,746 Speaker 1: of the a f C North. So let's hit that 421 00:21:35,986 --> 00:21:39,706 Speaker 1: right there. They're actually my eight stadiums that sit on water. 422 00:21:40,026 --> 00:21:43,106 Speaker 1: The Bears sit on Lake Michigan, and the Jaguars sit 423 00:21:43,186 --> 00:21:45,226 Speaker 1: on St. John's River, and the Titans, of course are 424 00:21:45,266 --> 00:21:47,986 Speaker 1: on the Cumberland River. And Seattle. We can't forget Seattle, 425 00:21:48,026 --> 00:21:51,186 Speaker 1: of course, right Seattle is on Elliott Bay. But the 426 00:21:51,266 --> 00:21:55,146 Speaker 1: a f C North has all four of its teams 427 00:21:55,386 --> 00:21:58,466 Speaker 1: playing on bodies of water. And so what that means 428 00:21:58,506 --> 00:22:00,986 Speaker 1: for me is that on Sunday mornings, when your weather 429 00:22:01,026 --> 00:22:04,306 Speaker 1: app tells you that it is twenty two degrees, it's 430 00:22:04,346 --> 00:22:08,706 Speaker 1: actually about sixteen to reason below that because of whatever 431 00:22:08,746 --> 00:22:12,546 Speaker 1: the lake effect isscending. The Browns they are on Lake Erie. 432 00:22:12,586 --> 00:22:17,026 Speaker 1: The Steelers, they are really at the confluence of the 433 00:22:17,026 --> 00:22:20,066 Speaker 1: three rivers, but they are officially on the Ohio River. 434 00:22:20,226 --> 00:22:24,506 Speaker 1: The Ravens sit on the Potapsco River, and of course 435 00:22:24,546 --> 00:22:27,666 Speaker 1: the Bengals are at the confluence of the Ohio and 436 00:22:27,706 --> 00:22:30,986 Speaker 1: the Allegheny Rivers. Let's start with hines Field. So part 437 00:22:31,066 --> 00:22:34,226 Speaker 1: of the Sunday environment, especially early in the fall before 438 00:22:34,266 --> 00:22:37,466 Speaker 1: it gets brutally cold, is for these boats to really 439 00:22:37,586 --> 00:22:40,066 Speaker 1: cross again. In Pittsburgh, there are three rivers. There's the 440 00:22:40,066 --> 00:22:42,946 Speaker 1: Alleghany River, there's the mononga Hila River, and then there's 441 00:22:42,946 --> 00:22:48,626 Speaker 1: the Ohio River. They create a point and boats come 442 00:22:49,226 --> 00:22:51,986 Speaker 1: along all those rivers and they dock right at the 443 00:22:51,986 --> 00:22:54,826 Speaker 1: base of the stadium. And so you know, you can 444 00:22:54,906 --> 00:22:57,226 Speaker 1: kind of see a video board, you can certainly feel 445 00:22:57,226 --> 00:23:01,706 Speaker 1: the energy of the crowd. And this is why before 446 00:23:01,746 --> 00:23:04,546 Speaker 1: the Steelers played at hines Field, they played at a 447 00:23:04,626 --> 00:23:09,626 Speaker 1: stadium that was called three Rivers Stadium. I'll tell you 448 00:23:09,666 --> 00:23:12,786 Speaker 1: this though, here's a really interesting fun fact about hines Field, 449 00:23:12,826 --> 00:23:14,546 Speaker 1: and it has nothing to do with Renegade. It has 450 00:23:14,546 --> 00:23:16,266 Speaker 1: nothing to do with sticks, it has nothing to do 451 00:23:16,346 --> 00:23:19,906 Speaker 1: at the terrible towel. The very very very first event 452 00:23:19,946 --> 00:23:25,066 Speaker 1: at hines Field was actually a concert and the concert 453 00:23:25,866 --> 00:23:30,986 Speaker 1: was in sync. Yes, yes, of trivia that there is 454 00:23:31,066 --> 00:23:34,986 Speaker 1: nobody who will ever, ever ever guess, so listeners who 455 00:23:35,026 --> 00:23:40,746 Speaker 1: are welcome rocking out at So here's where I'm headed. 456 00:23:40,906 --> 00:23:43,026 Speaker 1: Here's where I'm headed this weekend, actually, and that is 457 00:23:43,106 --> 00:23:47,266 Speaker 1: the Bengals home which is at Paul Brown Stadium. Now, 458 00:23:47,306 --> 00:23:49,706 Speaker 1: Paul Brown Stadium is one of only two stadiums that's 459 00:23:49,706 --> 00:23:54,146 Speaker 1: actually named after a person. And if we're going to 460 00:23:54,186 --> 00:23:58,026 Speaker 1: talk about Renegade being played at hines Field, which is 461 00:23:58,066 --> 00:24:01,746 Speaker 1: what they do when you know the Steelers, p a 462 00:24:01,746 --> 00:24:06,266 Speaker 1: announcer wants a big defensive moment, well, they play an 463 00:24:06,506 --> 00:24:10,106 Speaker 1: iconic song at Paul Brown Stadium to give me a guest, 464 00:24:10,146 --> 00:24:12,146 Speaker 1: guns and Roses. Guns and Roses. The only song that 465 00:24:12,186 --> 00:24:14,986 Speaker 1: I think of his Welcome to the Jungle. Oh good gas, 466 00:24:15,026 --> 00:24:19,666 Speaker 1: good gas. Okay, So, if Cincinnati is a city of chili, which, 467 00:24:19,746 --> 00:24:22,626 Speaker 1: by the way, there's no actual skyline chili served at 468 00:24:22,666 --> 00:24:25,226 Speaker 1: Paul Brown Stadium. But anyway, if we are going to 469 00:24:25,306 --> 00:24:28,386 Speaker 1: move from chili, then let's move to crab cakes. And 470 00:24:28,506 --> 00:24:31,226 Speaker 1: where do you think there is a concession stand that 471 00:24:31,346 --> 00:24:34,106 Speaker 1: is dedicated to just crap cakes? There's no doubt in 472 00:24:34,106 --> 00:24:35,706 Speaker 1: my mind it's one of the stadiums that I have 473 00:24:35,826 --> 00:24:38,266 Speaker 1: been to. My mom lives in Baltimore, M and T 474 00:24:38,786 --> 00:24:42,586 Speaker 1: Bank Stadium. I always make it down there to try 475 00:24:42,586 --> 00:24:44,466 Speaker 1: to grab some crab cakes whenever I'm in town of 476 00:24:44,586 --> 00:24:46,586 Speaker 1: visit my mom to grab the crab cakes. And do 477 00:24:46,626 --> 00:24:50,506 Speaker 1: you rub the foot of a very very special statue? No, 478 00:24:50,586 --> 00:24:54,386 Speaker 1: I don't touch any statues. I don't like touching handrails. 479 00:24:54,426 --> 00:24:56,706 Speaker 1: I use my elbow on elevators to hit the button, 480 00:24:56,746 --> 00:24:58,666 Speaker 1: So no, I'm not. I'm not rubbing up against statue. 481 00:24:58,786 --> 00:25:02,546 Speaker 1: You're a germaphobe. Really, I haven't been. More recently in 482 00:25:02,586 --> 00:25:05,146 Speaker 1: the COVID era, I've been paying a little more closer 483 00:25:05,146 --> 00:25:07,786 Speaker 1: to its into things that I touched. Yes, well, we 484 00:25:07,906 --> 00:25:10,826 Speaker 1: talked about statues earlier. So there is a Johnny United 485 00:25:10,866 --> 00:25:14,346 Speaker 1: statue that sits out front of MMT Bank Stadium and 486 00:25:14,586 --> 00:25:17,986 Speaker 1: fans do rub the foot of Johnny Uniteds as they 487 00:25:18,186 --> 00:25:21,106 Speaker 1: walk in and that allegedly brings them luck, although that 488 00:25:21,146 --> 00:25:23,986 Speaker 1: does really kind of beg the question why the foot 489 00:25:24,106 --> 00:25:27,546 Speaker 1: and not the hand or the arm. You're no, I'm 490 00:25:27,586 --> 00:25:29,826 Speaker 1: not going just make sure you get the hand sanitizer. 491 00:25:29,866 --> 00:25:31,746 Speaker 1: That's all I'm going to say. That's I'm not you 492 00:25:31,946 --> 00:25:34,066 Speaker 1: just I'm not going where you were just trying to 493 00:25:34,146 --> 00:25:38,506 Speaker 1: lead me. I'm just saying hand sanitizer. Alright. So, So 494 00:25:39,186 --> 00:25:41,266 Speaker 1: when I go to MMT Bank Stadium, there is often 495 00:25:41,386 --> 00:25:44,466 Speaker 1: a live raven there that will, you know, circle the field, 496 00:25:44,506 --> 00:25:46,986 Speaker 1: and I in fact have some photographs that I can 497 00:25:47,026 --> 00:25:50,026 Speaker 1: share of me with this raven. When I go to Cleveland, 498 00:25:50,106 --> 00:25:52,586 Speaker 1: what is the live animal that I see there? Um? Sorry, 499 00:25:52,626 --> 00:25:54,746 Speaker 1: I'm on bye bye bye thinking about in sync and 500 00:25:54,826 --> 00:25:57,146 Speaker 1: like different songs that you can play at random stadium. 501 00:25:57,226 --> 00:25:59,706 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna let you handle that. I'm thinking about, 502 00:25:59,946 --> 00:26:01,986 Speaker 1: you know, the dogs and the whole thing. But yes, 503 00:26:02,146 --> 00:26:06,706 Speaker 1: that's exactly what it is, is a dog because out Yes, 504 00:26:07,146 --> 00:26:11,666 Speaker 1: and at First Energy Stadium, which opened in nineteen when 505 00:26:11,666 --> 00:26:13,986 Speaker 1: the Ravens absconded and then the Cleveland Browns had to 506 00:26:13,986 --> 00:26:16,586 Speaker 1: be awarded a new franchise and all of that. Of course, 507 00:26:16,946 --> 00:26:20,946 Speaker 1: the fan fans central zone became known as the dog Pound. 508 00:26:21,226 --> 00:26:23,386 Speaker 1: And here's a really cool fun fact, right because I 509 00:26:23,426 --> 00:26:25,306 Speaker 1: love the dog Pound. Even though we talked about Eagles 510 00:26:25,306 --> 00:26:27,426 Speaker 1: fans earlier, I will tell you this, I have a 511 00:26:27,466 --> 00:26:30,146 Speaker 1: bias towards Cleveland fans. I think that part of it 512 00:26:30,186 --> 00:26:33,106 Speaker 1: is because they have suffered, suffered, suffered, and remained so 513 00:26:33,666 --> 00:26:38,946 Speaker 1: loyal through all that suffering. In nineteen eighty nine, now 514 00:26:38,986 --> 00:26:41,466 Speaker 1: this is before First Energy Stadium, of course, this was 515 00:26:41,506 --> 00:26:46,186 Speaker 1: the first itineration of the Cleveland Browns. Fans were so 516 00:26:46,826 --> 00:26:51,026 Speaker 1: rowdy at a game versus Denver Broncos that fans in 517 00:26:51,026 --> 00:26:53,266 Speaker 1: the end zone of the dog Pound were so rowdy. 518 00:26:53,346 --> 00:26:55,106 Speaker 1: Do you know what? The rest died? They made the 519 00:26:55,146 --> 00:26:59,706 Speaker 1: team switch end zones. Wow, there's a similar story coming 520 00:26:59,786 --> 00:27:01,466 Speaker 1: up that I have for you with regard to crowd 521 00:27:01,506 --> 00:27:04,186 Speaker 1: noise and the whole thing, which is not Yeah, it 522 00:27:04,306 --> 00:27:06,346 Speaker 1: just kind of surprised me, that's or surprised me. I 523 00:27:06,386 --> 00:27:08,146 Speaker 1: didn't realize that, all right, did you since you've gone 524 00:27:08,186 --> 00:27:10,826 Speaker 1: through the a f C North, is it going to 525 00:27:10,906 --> 00:27:13,026 Speaker 1: be me? Did you see what I did there? Come on, 526 00:27:13,666 --> 00:27:18,226 Speaker 1: come on, come on, all right, like the two instinct fans, 527 00:27:18,266 --> 00:27:20,506 Speaker 1: and I know there's more listening to the NFL Explained podcast, 528 00:27:20,586 --> 00:27:22,386 Speaker 1: you feel me here, all right? I want to jump 529 00:27:22,466 --> 00:27:26,146 Speaker 1: to the A t L. You are just exposing yourself. 530 00:27:27,386 --> 00:27:30,786 Speaker 1: You yes, I do have to appreciate that you just 531 00:27:30,986 --> 00:27:33,306 Speaker 1: you just embrace it. Look I like instinct justin Timberlake. 532 00:27:33,386 --> 00:27:36,746 Speaker 1: I guess it's cool. It's it's fine, very very talented individuals. 533 00:27:36,786 --> 00:27:38,866 Speaker 1: Can you name the rest of instincts? I definitely can. 534 00:27:38,906 --> 00:27:41,466 Speaker 1: I will do that on another episode. The only stadium 535 00:27:41,666 --> 00:27:44,946 Speaker 1: who has hosted an Olympic Games, a Final Four, and 536 00:27:44,986 --> 00:27:47,226 Speaker 1: a super Bowl. By the way, I've seen basketball played 537 00:27:47,306 --> 00:27:50,066 Speaker 1: in a NFL stadium down in Arizona. Also a weird 538 00:27:50,106 --> 00:27:51,906 Speaker 1: sensation while you're trying to take it in. But the 539 00:27:51,946 --> 00:27:54,706 Speaker 1: answer to that question, George, don't. In the A t L. 540 00:27:54,826 --> 00:27:59,786 Speaker 1: Falcons currently play at a shiny new Mercedes Benz Stadium, 541 00:27:59,866 --> 00:28:03,346 Speaker 1: though opening up in two seventeen. You got a retractable 542 00:28:03,426 --> 00:28:05,986 Speaker 1: roof that shaped like a camera abatur which only takes 543 00:28:06,026 --> 00:28:08,466 Speaker 1: about eight minutes or so. It's open and closed. But 544 00:28:08,506 --> 00:28:10,106 Speaker 1: I think one of the coolest things because d D 545 00:28:10,226 --> 00:28:12,186 Speaker 1: we were talking a little bit earlier in the podcast 546 00:28:12,186 --> 00:28:14,946 Speaker 1: about showing up the stadiums and what that's like and 547 00:28:14,986 --> 00:28:17,066 Speaker 1: how expensive things can be. How about this for the 548 00:28:17,106 --> 00:28:19,986 Speaker 1: fans down Atlanta, huge draw When you talk about the 549 00:28:20,066 --> 00:28:24,066 Speaker 1: cheapest concessions in the league by a wide marchin got 550 00:28:24,106 --> 00:28:26,466 Speaker 1: a dollar fifty hot dogs? Are you kidding me? Two 551 00:28:26,546 --> 00:28:33,426 Speaker 1: dollar fountain drinks, free refills? Yo, I am, that's totally 552 00:28:33,626 --> 00:28:35,466 Speaker 1: That's like triple the price in the Bay Area where 553 00:28:35,506 --> 00:28:37,026 Speaker 1: I live. And that's not even like going to a game. 554 00:28:37,066 --> 00:28:38,626 Speaker 1: I just mean, like going to get a hot dog 555 00:28:38,746 --> 00:28:41,826 Speaker 1: is like eight nine bucks. Normally dollar fifty hot dog. 556 00:28:41,866 --> 00:28:43,466 Speaker 1: Like I wouldn't eat for like a week to get 557 00:28:43,506 --> 00:28:45,866 Speaker 1: ready for that game. I'd be fasting just to get 558 00:28:45,906 --> 00:28:49,266 Speaker 1: to Sunday at Mercedes ben Stadium. So to me, it's 559 00:28:49,266 --> 00:28:51,546 Speaker 1: obviously a deal. And I know this because I've been 560 00:28:51,626 --> 00:28:54,826 Speaker 1: down in Atlanta for a college football playoff game when 561 00:28:54,826 --> 00:28:57,106 Speaker 1: Alabama beat Washington. I was covering that matchup, and I 562 00:28:57,146 --> 00:28:59,426 Speaker 1: know Chick fil A is such a big part of 563 00:28:59,466 --> 00:29:01,946 Speaker 1: the culture down there. Can't get it on a Sunday 564 00:29:01,986 --> 00:29:05,146 Speaker 1: because it's actually closed. It's all good though. You got 565 00:29:05,186 --> 00:29:07,146 Speaker 1: Thursday night game, you got money night games, But who cares? 566 00:29:07,146 --> 00:29:09,746 Speaker 1: You got a dollar fifty hot dogs, free refills, two 567 00:29:09,786 --> 00:29:12,306 Speaker 1: dollar fountain drinks that d D sign me up for that. 568 00:29:12,506 --> 00:29:14,226 Speaker 1: We know that you love the South, so why don't 569 00:29:14,266 --> 00:29:16,306 Speaker 1: we just go further south to what used to be 570 00:29:16,346 --> 00:29:18,266 Speaker 1: the old Gator Bowl. What do you know about that? 571 00:29:18,466 --> 00:29:19,986 Speaker 1: Not a ton about the Gator Ball, But I do 572 00:29:20,106 --> 00:29:22,066 Speaker 1: know that every time I see m j D on 573 00:29:22,226 --> 00:29:26,226 Speaker 1: NFL network, there's always a reference to Duval County. So 574 00:29:26,826 --> 00:29:28,586 Speaker 1: to the way he says, it's always cool too, and 575 00:29:28,906 --> 00:29:31,986 Speaker 1: that is because it's Duval County that is the home 576 00:29:32,066 --> 00:29:34,586 Speaker 1: to t I A A Bank Field, which is the 577 00:29:34,666 --> 00:29:40,066 Speaker 1: home of the Jacksonville Jaguars, whose mascot Jackson Deville Bungee 578 00:29:40,186 --> 00:29:44,866 Speaker 1: jumps onto the field prior to kick off. And also 579 00:29:45,186 --> 00:29:48,706 Speaker 1: ps it is the only stadium with its own swimming pools, 580 00:29:49,026 --> 00:29:51,666 Speaker 1: jump in cannonball, ready to rock and roll. I was 581 00:29:51,746 --> 00:29:55,706 Speaker 1: surprised that a pool was not put into Levi Stadium 582 00:29:55,706 --> 00:29:58,306 Speaker 1: in because the d D when they were building that sucker, 583 00:29:58,386 --> 00:30:02,386 Speaker 1: it felt like they thought of everything for it, although 584 00:30:02,426 --> 00:30:04,986 Speaker 1: depending on where you sit during a game, it could 585 00:30:05,026 --> 00:30:08,666 Speaker 1: be really really hot or really really cold. Levi's in 586 00:30:08,706 --> 00:30:12,346 Speaker 1: Santa Clara, about forty miles or so. Actually forty four 587 00:30:12,386 --> 00:30:14,146 Speaker 1: point four. I do know that because I used to 588 00:30:14,146 --> 00:30:15,906 Speaker 1: work at a place that was forty four point four 589 00:30:15,906 --> 00:30:18,706 Speaker 1: miles away in the middle of San Francisco to get 590 00:30:18,746 --> 00:30:21,306 Speaker 1: down there. It's actually the furthest stadium from a team's 591 00:30:21,386 --> 00:30:24,546 Speaker 1: actual home city, because we think about San Francisco with 592 00:30:24,666 --> 00:30:28,786 Speaker 1: the forty Niners for good reason. Rooftop farm deal with 593 00:30:28,946 --> 00:30:32,506 Speaker 1: just a ton of food options in the Bay area. 594 00:30:32,826 --> 00:30:34,946 Speaker 1: I remember that actually, So when I covered the Super 595 00:30:34,986 --> 00:30:37,306 Speaker 1: Bowl out there, I do remember because it was called 596 00:30:37,346 --> 00:30:39,586 Speaker 1: sort of the San Francisco Super Bowl, except that I 597 00:30:39,626 --> 00:30:42,946 Speaker 1: was stuck out by the stadium covering the Peyton Manning 598 00:30:42,946 --> 00:30:46,506 Speaker 1: Denver Broncos, and I remember that. That was Something that 599 00:30:46,586 --> 00:30:50,386 Speaker 1: was specifically very cool about Levi Stadium is that they 600 00:30:50,386 --> 00:30:53,426 Speaker 1: had this rooftop farm with these rotational crops, and they 601 00:30:53,466 --> 00:30:57,506 Speaker 1: used to grow crops at the stadium, which felt very 602 00:30:57,586 --> 00:31:00,346 Speaker 1: very California to me. Forty crops used in the dishes. 603 00:31:00,346 --> 00:31:02,826 Speaker 1: The tech company that you can think of is got 604 00:31:02,826 --> 00:31:05,306 Speaker 1: a building down in Silicon Valley in that area, which 605 00:31:05,306 --> 00:31:07,906 Speaker 1: is always really cool if you're paying attention to it. 606 00:31:08,026 --> 00:31:10,626 Speaker 1: I think from like a technical standpoint, it is. But 607 00:31:10,746 --> 00:31:12,346 Speaker 1: in the meantime, I think if you go a little 608 00:31:12,386 --> 00:31:14,746 Speaker 1: further north. Add, there's one place in particular when I 609 00:31:14,746 --> 00:31:17,306 Speaker 1: think about fans and how much they honor their fans, 610 00:31:17,586 --> 00:31:20,786 Speaker 1: Seattle comes to mind to me. Well, it's the twelfth man, right, 611 00:31:21,186 --> 00:31:25,506 Speaker 1: The number twelve was retired in order to honor those fans. 612 00:31:25,746 --> 00:31:28,986 Speaker 1: It's the you know, the raising of the twelve flag 613 00:31:29,066 --> 00:31:33,586 Speaker 1: has been a century field tradition forever. It is ridiculously 614 00:31:34,266 --> 00:31:37,666 Speaker 1: loud there. I mean, I remember, gosh, I went out 615 00:31:37,666 --> 00:31:40,586 Speaker 1: there with the Giants multiple times. And as I say that, 616 00:31:40,786 --> 00:31:43,106 Speaker 1: Eli Manning, I remember when he was really young. I 617 00:31:43,146 --> 00:31:46,386 Speaker 1: think it was maybe two thousand five. The Giants were 618 00:31:46,426 --> 00:31:52,786 Speaker 1: flagged for eleven false start penalties. Eleven and that is 619 00:31:52,826 --> 00:31:56,066 Speaker 1: exactly what a twelfth man does, right, Yeah, there's the 620 00:31:56,106 --> 00:32:00,386 Speaker 1: loudness there certainly comes to mind. Uh. There's one stadium 621 00:32:00,466 --> 00:32:03,866 Speaker 1: that's hosted more Super Bowls than any other, the Superdome 622 00:32:04,066 --> 00:32:07,146 Speaker 1: in New Orleans, which today is obviously Caesar's super Dome. 623 00:32:07,266 --> 00:32:09,066 Speaker 1: And I get it, like you got the Super Bowls 624 00:32:09,066 --> 00:32:11,306 Speaker 1: that have appeared there. But for me and add you 625 00:32:11,346 --> 00:32:14,266 Speaker 1: probably feel because we're about the same age. I can't 626 00:32:14,346 --> 00:32:16,746 Speaker 1: think about New Orleans and the Superdome without thinking about 627 00:32:16,746 --> 00:32:20,066 Speaker 1: two thousand five Hurricane Katrina, and the fact that thirty 628 00:32:20,106 --> 00:32:24,106 Speaker 1: thousand vacuees from that hurricane were forced to be inside 629 00:32:24,746 --> 00:32:27,106 Speaker 1: the Superdome at the time. You got the winds that 630 00:32:27,106 --> 00:32:29,786 Speaker 1: were ripping holes to the roof needed repairs. I mean, 631 00:32:29,906 --> 00:32:33,106 Speaker 1: just the sadness around that moment. And for me, even 632 00:32:33,146 --> 00:32:36,666 Speaker 1: to this day, I can't think about how that facility 633 00:32:36,746 --> 00:32:38,746 Speaker 1: was used to help people, and I think about that 634 00:32:38,786 --> 00:32:41,346 Speaker 1: first before I think about the football aspect of it. 635 00:32:41,386 --> 00:32:44,266 Speaker 1: But it is cool to know that the NFL and 636 00:32:44,306 --> 00:32:46,626 Speaker 1: specifically that Superdome was able to help people in a 637 00:32:46,666 --> 00:32:49,146 Speaker 1: really bad situation at a time of need. For sure, 638 00:32:49,306 --> 00:32:54,826 Speaker 1: and stadiums, especially this year Mike have become community points, 639 00:32:54,986 --> 00:32:59,266 Speaker 1: especially as vaccination centers, and so it is tremendous to 640 00:32:59,306 --> 00:33:02,226 Speaker 1: think about them. Is not only host of football games, 641 00:33:02,226 --> 00:33:05,466 Speaker 1: which we all love, and of concerts, but also that 642 00:33:05,506 --> 00:33:10,586 Speaker 1: they can be very very useful, very very vital parts 643 00:33:10,786 --> 00:33:13,866 Speaker 1: of what a community needs or is trying to do. Yeah, 644 00:33:13,866 --> 00:33:16,146 Speaker 1: those stadiums, those teams that are part of the community 645 00:33:16,306 --> 00:33:18,346 Speaker 1: in a big way, and indeed there's one team in 646 00:33:18,346 --> 00:33:22,386 Speaker 1: particular that um that community can't be thrilled with what 647 00:33:22,426 --> 00:33:27,106 Speaker 1: they've seen recently on the football fields. Um, the poor Lions, Spike. 648 00:33:27,306 --> 00:33:29,546 Speaker 1: I just saw them play to a tie. They played 649 00:33:29,586 --> 00:33:31,626 Speaker 1: their hearts out and it was still and tie. You know, 650 00:33:31,666 --> 00:33:33,826 Speaker 1: they just can't catch a break any which way. They 651 00:33:33,826 --> 00:33:36,586 Speaker 1: moved to Ford Field in two thousand two, and you know, 652 00:33:36,706 --> 00:33:40,306 Speaker 1: it is a really really lovely stadium. It looks cool. 653 00:33:40,586 --> 00:33:44,546 Speaker 1: It incorporates the former Hudson's Warehouse. It's one of the 654 00:33:44,786 --> 00:33:48,106 Speaker 1: few NFL stadiums that actually have end zones that run 655 00:33:48,186 --> 00:33:51,186 Speaker 1: east west as opposed to north south, which is pretty cool. 656 00:33:51,386 --> 00:33:54,466 Speaker 1: You know, it's old stadium was built in nineteen seventy five, 657 00:33:54,626 --> 00:33:58,066 Speaker 1: that's the Pontiac Silver Don for fifty five point seven 658 00:33:58,066 --> 00:34:01,066 Speaker 1: million dollars, and then it was sold for just five 659 00:34:01,146 --> 00:34:05,106 Speaker 1: hundred and eighty three thousand dollars. My memory, my greatest 660 00:34:05,146 --> 00:34:07,626 Speaker 1: memory of ford Field is let me think back to 661 00:34:07,666 --> 00:34:10,466 Speaker 1: the year. I think this was the two thousand ten season. 662 00:34:10,986 --> 00:34:14,346 Speaker 1: The Giants were getting ready to play the Vikings in 663 00:34:14,426 --> 00:34:20,426 Speaker 1: Minneapolis and the roof collapsed in Minneapolis and everybody had 664 00:34:20,426 --> 00:34:22,066 Speaker 1: to go to Detroit to play this game. And it 665 00:34:22,106 --> 00:34:24,426 Speaker 1: was sort of crazy. They were twenty fans, nobody knew 666 00:34:24,466 --> 00:34:26,786 Speaker 1: who to cheer for. It was an odd odd odd game. 667 00:34:26,866 --> 00:34:30,026 Speaker 1: But yes, that is one of those memories. No, I'm 668 00:34:30,026 --> 00:34:32,266 Speaker 1: with you there. A little bit earlier here on the 669 00:34:32,306 --> 00:34:34,786 Speaker 1: podcast d D we had talked about the Giants and 670 00:34:34,786 --> 00:34:36,386 Speaker 1: the Jets and the fact that they don't actually play 671 00:34:36,426 --> 00:34:38,586 Speaker 1: in New York, but who cares because New Yorkers are 672 00:34:38,626 --> 00:34:41,906 Speaker 1: like Yo, we got its NFL stadium, high Mark Stadium 673 00:34:41,986 --> 00:34:47,146 Speaker 1: home Bill's mafia handling business, the Buffalo Bills, always making 674 00:34:47,186 --> 00:34:50,146 Speaker 1: things very interesting for its fans. I think about the 675 00:34:50,146 --> 00:34:52,746 Speaker 1: tailgaming that happens there in the stadium has actually had 676 00:34:52,746 --> 00:34:55,986 Speaker 1: a ton of different names, the first rich Stadium believed 677 00:34:56,026 --> 00:35:00,786 Speaker 1: to be one of the first instances of stadium naming rights. 678 00:35:00,826 --> 00:35:02,946 Speaker 1: Like to me, it's kind of a cool little side 679 00:35:02,986 --> 00:35:05,306 Speaker 1: be there. It doesn't always pop up, especially when you 680 00:35:05,346 --> 00:35:07,426 Speaker 1: think about all the dollars that are going towards naming 681 00:35:07,466 --> 00:35:09,786 Speaker 1: rights a d D. So here's my story about high 682 00:35:09,786 --> 00:35:12,226 Speaker 1: Mark Stadium Week one of this past season. I was 683 00:35:12,266 --> 00:35:14,946 Speaker 1: covering a game there and fans were so, so so 684 00:35:15,066 --> 00:35:17,746 Speaker 1: excited because as we talk about amazing fans like the 685 00:35:17,786 --> 00:35:21,186 Speaker 1: Dog Pound and the Eagles fans, well Bill's mafia, I mean, 686 00:35:21,346 --> 00:35:25,546 Speaker 1: they take the cake. There were so many fans outside 687 00:35:25,586 --> 00:35:29,946 Speaker 1: the stadium excited to tailgate at seven am. That it 688 00:35:30,026 --> 00:35:33,546 Speaker 1: took me an hour and a half to go less 689 00:35:33,586 --> 00:35:37,546 Speaker 1: than half a mile to the parking lot. I needed 690 00:35:37,626 --> 00:35:41,146 Speaker 1: special help to actually get to the stadium. And then 691 00:35:41,146 --> 00:35:42,826 Speaker 1: you know who was stuck in the same traffic And 692 00:35:42,866 --> 00:35:46,906 Speaker 1: about two hours later, Josh Allen, I had to go 693 00:35:46,986 --> 00:35:50,586 Speaker 1: on television and say, Bills, fans, pull over so that 694 00:35:50,706 --> 00:35:56,146 Speaker 1: your quarterback can actually get to the stadium towards police escort. 695 00:35:56,826 --> 00:35:59,266 Speaker 1: Let's get it done, folks. Well, you know who had 696 00:35:59,266 --> 00:36:01,546 Speaker 1: a police escort this past year? Are many, many many 697 00:36:01,586 --> 00:36:04,346 Speaker 1: times that, of course is the Tampa Bay Bucks. The 698 00:36:04,386 --> 00:36:08,186 Speaker 1: defending Super Bowl champions, play at Raymond James Stadium. They 699 00:36:08,266 --> 00:36:11,666 Speaker 1: hosted the Super Bowl last year, which is sort of insane. 700 00:36:11,746 --> 00:36:14,146 Speaker 1: It's the only stadium to ever host its home team 701 00:36:14,346 --> 00:36:16,786 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl. This was the third time that 702 00:36:16,906 --> 00:36:20,466 Speaker 1: Raymond James Stadium hosted the Super Bowl. And you know, 703 00:36:20,546 --> 00:36:22,346 Speaker 1: you can't talk about the ray j without talking about 704 00:36:22,346 --> 00:36:24,946 Speaker 1: that pirate ship above the end zone? Can you know, 705 00:36:25,266 --> 00:36:28,066 Speaker 1: just sort of a staple? I think everyone thinks about 706 00:36:28,106 --> 00:36:31,266 Speaker 1: that forty three ton pirate ship above that end zone. 707 00:36:31,306 --> 00:36:33,106 Speaker 1: How can you not just kind of fire in that 708 00:36:33,146 --> 00:36:37,266 Speaker 1: canon let's roll, because that always just means really good moments. Adity, 709 00:36:37,346 --> 00:36:39,346 Speaker 1: it's been awesome so far. Kind of rolling through a 710 00:36:39,346 --> 00:36:41,706 Speaker 1: lot of these stadiums and come of the cool factoids. 711 00:36:41,906 --> 00:36:44,266 Speaker 1: We got a couple more left. In fact, there's one 712 00:36:44,306 --> 00:36:48,706 Speaker 1: that's got underground tunnels connecting its stadium to other buildings. 713 00:36:48,826 --> 00:36:51,186 Speaker 1: The answer to where that is coming up next on 714 00:36:51,266 --> 00:36:59,346 Speaker 1: the NFL Explained podcast. This podcast is sponsored by Kindrel. 715 00:36:59,866 --> 00:37:04,426 Speaker 1: Kindrel Designs builds, manages, and modernizes the mission critical technology 716 00:37:04,466 --> 00:37:07,346 Speaker 1: systems that the world the ends on every day. 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They unlock 725 00:37:38,186 --> 00:37:41,786 Speaker 1: new possibilities, creating a world powered by healthy digital systems 726 00:37:41,826 --> 00:37:46,386 Speaker 1: alive with opportunity, oxygen to innovation, and energy to change 727 00:37:46,386 --> 00:37:54,146 Speaker 1: the world. Kindrel the heart of progress. Welcome back to 728 00:37:54,146 --> 00:37:56,866 Speaker 1: the NFL Explained Podcast. She's a d D. Kin Kawala, Mike, 729 00:37:56,906 --> 00:37:59,306 Speaker 1: I am with you and a d D. Like high Mark. 730 00:37:59,426 --> 00:38:04,706 Speaker 1: Most stadiums multiple names. The Denver Broncos Mile High Stadium 731 00:38:04,706 --> 00:38:08,466 Speaker 1: before moving to Empower Field that opened in two thousand one. 732 00:38:08,586 --> 00:38:11,546 Speaker 1: Mile High got its name because yeah, the obvious right, 733 00:38:11,586 --> 00:38:15,546 Speaker 1: Denver five more than five thousand feet above sea level, 734 00:38:16,106 --> 00:38:18,666 Speaker 1: one mile above sea level, and if you've run in 735 00:38:18,746 --> 00:38:21,106 Speaker 1: that area and you're not used to it, it becomes 736 00:38:21,106 --> 00:38:24,266 Speaker 1: an issue. Which I am inside that stadium. I do do, 737 00:38:24,426 --> 00:38:26,946 Speaker 1: indeed know that, and I will admit that I still 738 00:38:26,986 --> 00:38:29,106 Speaker 1: do call it Mile High Stadium. Some names just stick 739 00:38:29,146 --> 00:38:31,266 Speaker 1: with us right now, there's no doubt, there's no doubt. 740 00:38:31,266 --> 00:38:34,106 Speaker 1: And yeah, there's one stadium in particular to add that. 741 00:38:34,146 --> 00:38:36,426 Speaker 1: I think of um and it's hard for me to 742 00:38:36,506 --> 00:38:40,106 Speaker 1: think about pro football sometimes when I think about some 743 00:38:40,146 --> 00:38:42,306 Speaker 1: of my own personal history in the state of Arizona 744 00:38:42,346 --> 00:38:44,626 Speaker 1: with with a s U football and how well it's 745 00:38:44,666 --> 00:38:47,146 Speaker 1: done at times down in the desert. Well, that's fair. 746 00:38:47,186 --> 00:38:50,306 Speaker 1: So they spent eighteen years. The Cardinals spent eighteen years 747 00:38:50,306 --> 00:38:52,586 Speaker 1: at Arizona State's home stadium and Tempe, and that was 748 00:38:52,626 --> 00:38:55,066 Speaker 1: the longest tenure than any We talked about this earlier, 749 00:38:55,146 --> 00:38:57,426 Speaker 1: right about a pro team and a college team sharing 750 00:38:57,426 --> 00:38:59,746 Speaker 1: a stadium, when we talked about Hines Field and the 751 00:38:59,786 --> 00:39:03,346 Speaker 1: Steelers in pit, Well, the Cardinals actually had to play 752 00:39:03,386 --> 00:39:06,546 Speaker 1: at Arizona State Stadium. They finally moved to State Farm 753 00:39:06,586 --> 00:39:10,266 Speaker 1: Stadium in two thousand and six, and they had the 754 00:39:10,346 --> 00:39:14,786 Speaker 1: first retractable field of its kind. Right now, Las Vegas 755 00:39:14,786 --> 00:39:17,506 Speaker 1: has this. But part of this is because you know, 756 00:39:17,626 --> 00:39:20,386 Speaker 1: sometimes you need to catch the desert sun and sometimes 757 00:39:20,466 --> 00:39:23,666 Speaker 1: you don't want to. And Arizona has hosted two Super 758 00:39:23,666 --> 00:39:26,706 Speaker 1: Bowls forty two and forty nine. I can get hot 759 00:39:26,706 --> 00:39:29,666 Speaker 1: in the desert um no breaking news animation needed for 760 00:39:29,746 --> 00:39:31,706 Speaker 1: something like that, a d D. I should probably handle 761 00:39:31,706 --> 00:39:34,226 Speaker 1: this next one because I learned on our food episode 762 00:39:34,226 --> 00:39:36,506 Speaker 1: for players you do not eat meat. And when I 763 00:39:36,546 --> 00:39:39,546 Speaker 1: think about the Chiefs and the barbecue down there, I 764 00:39:39,586 --> 00:39:42,186 Speaker 1: feel like I should handle this. And look, I've been 765 00:39:42,266 --> 00:39:45,186 Speaker 1: to games down there and it is so loud, and 766 00:39:45,186 --> 00:39:47,426 Speaker 1: believe it or not, actually the loudest stadium in the 767 00:39:47,466 --> 00:39:50,506 Speaker 1: Guinness Book of World Records does not belong to Seattle, 768 00:39:50,506 --> 00:39:52,666 Speaker 1: which we touched on a little bit earlier. In fact, 769 00:39:52,706 --> 00:39:56,386 Speaker 1: it's Kansas City a game against New England. The fans 770 00:39:56,466 --> 00:40:00,226 Speaker 1: hit a one forty two point to decibel mark. All 771 00:40:00,266 --> 00:40:02,306 Speaker 1: I know is that's really loud. And here's the story 772 00:40:02,306 --> 00:40:03,746 Speaker 1: that I told you. I would tell you. It was 773 00:40:03,786 --> 00:40:05,586 Speaker 1: so loud. In the game against the Broncos, a d 774 00:40:05,826 --> 00:40:09,866 Speaker 1: back in John Elway asked the ref to quiet the crowd. 775 00:40:10,306 --> 00:40:13,426 Speaker 1: What the ref did it and threatened to charge the 776 00:40:13,506 --> 00:40:16,306 Speaker 1: Chiefs with the time out if they kept it up. 777 00:40:16,386 --> 00:40:19,506 Speaker 1: I'm actually surprised that went down. That disappoints me. Yeah, 778 00:40:19,506 --> 00:40:22,226 Speaker 1: that disappoints me so much because being there and hearing 779 00:40:22,266 --> 00:40:24,906 Speaker 1: the crowd and feeling your ears ringing and feeling the 780 00:40:24,986 --> 00:40:27,986 Speaker 1: stadium shake. That's what it is. It's you're standing there 781 00:40:28,026 --> 00:40:32,426 Speaker 1: and the stadium shakes. Okay, another place I've been Bank 782 00:40:32,466 --> 00:40:36,066 Speaker 1: of America Stadium. It's the home of mixed reality mascots. 783 00:40:36,146 --> 00:40:39,906 Speaker 1: It was opened in nine, shortly after the Carolina Panthers 784 00:40:39,946 --> 00:40:44,266 Speaker 1: came into existence. There are lots and lots of massive 785 00:40:44,506 --> 00:40:49,946 Speaker 1: bronze Panthers statues, six of them I believe, around the stadium. Wow, 786 00:40:49,986 --> 00:40:51,826 Speaker 1: you got to get the bronze going ready to rock 787 00:40:51,866 --> 00:40:55,106 Speaker 1: and roll DD. There's one team when I think about them, 788 00:40:55,146 --> 00:40:57,986 Speaker 1: I kind of only think about one player. That's Peyton Manning. 789 00:40:58,026 --> 00:40:59,866 Speaker 1: And yes it's the Cults, and yes I'm talking about 790 00:40:59,946 --> 00:41:03,786 Speaker 1: Lucas Oil Stadium, built in two thousand eight, hosted Super 791 00:41:03,826 --> 00:41:06,706 Speaker 1: Bowl forty six, one of my favorite super Bowls, one 792 00:41:06,706 --> 00:41:09,346 Speaker 1: of my absolute favorite super Bowls to cover anything that 793 00:41:09,426 --> 00:41:12,306 Speaker 1: stands out of Mario Manningham holding onto a ball, I 794 00:41:12,346 --> 00:41:14,466 Speaker 1: mean Eli making you know what it was? It was. 795 00:41:14,506 --> 00:41:15,986 Speaker 1: There was so much fear. That was one of the 796 00:41:15,986 --> 00:41:18,426 Speaker 1: first Super Bowls in a cold weather climate. And the 797 00:41:18,626 --> 00:41:21,266 Speaker 1: really cool thing about Indianapolis is that there are all 798 00:41:21,346 --> 00:41:24,986 Speaker 1: these tunnels. They are underground tunnels, there are over the 799 00:41:25,066 --> 00:41:27,306 Speaker 1: road tunnels, whatever you call them. There are tunnels so 800 00:41:27,346 --> 00:41:30,106 Speaker 1: you never actually need to go outside. But it was 801 00:41:30,146 --> 00:41:34,346 Speaker 1: this unseasonably warm week prior to the Super Bowl, and 802 00:41:34,666 --> 00:41:37,266 Speaker 1: the volunteers were as friendly as can be. And then 803 00:41:37,306 --> 00:41:40,426 Speaker 1: it was of course that epic. It was another epic, 804 00:41:40,546 --> 00:41:44,706 Speaker 1: the second epic Giants Patriots super Bowl. And I will 805 00:41:44,746 --> 00:41:47,066 Speaker 1: never forget that pass that Eli Manning made to Mario 806 00:41:47,146 --> 00:41:49,986 Speaker 1: Manningham and Mario Manningham on the sideline actually holding onto 807 00:41:50,066 --> 00:41:52,146 Speaker 1: the ball because it felt like all season he didn't 808 00:41:52,146 --> 00:41:54,546 Speaker 1: necessarily hold on the ball. And then you can't forget 809 00:41:54,546 --> 00:41:56,666 Speaker 1: a mod Brats show, right, being told not to score 810 00:41:56,906 --> 00:41:59,906 Speaker 1: and then turning around backwards and falling on his tush 811 00:41:59,986 --> 00:42:04,666 Speaker 1: while he scored. Anyway, showtime deliver when it counts. Yes, 812 00:42:04,746 --> 00:42:07,066 Speaker 1: And of course Lucas Oils Data, we should say, has 813 00:42:07,106 --> 00:42:08,906 Speaker 1: been home of the NFL Combine and one of my 814 00:42:08,946 --> 00:42:11,786 Speaker 1: all time favorite events. They're talking about moving the Combine, 815 00:42:11,826 --> 00:42:15,546 Speaker 1: not this year though, great great, great host for the Combine, 816 00:42:16,026 --> 00:42:19,146 Speaker 1: for aspiring NFL players for that Super Bowl, and just 817 00:42:19,186 --> 00:42:21,626 Speaker 1: in general on game day. Yeah, I think about cold weather. 818 00:42:21,666 --> 00:42:24,826 Speaker 1: I also think about Minnesota a d D where the 819 00:42:24,866 --> 00:42:27,946 Speaker 1: roof collapsed. Yeah, it actually collapsed five times. They finally 820 00:42:27,986 --> 00:42:30,946 Speaker 1: decided to move on, which you can certainly understand. Their 821 00:42:30,986 --> 00:42:34,266 Speaker 1: current home, US Bank Stadium. It's kind of got a 822 00:42:34,266 --> 00:42:36,626 Speaker 1: pretty good vibe to it, just in terms of the 823 00:42:36,626 --> 00:42:39,266 Speaker 1: aesthetics around it. But it did host Super Bowl fifty 824 00:42:39,306 --> 00:42:42,146 Speaker 1: two while it actually fixed it that roof stadium, but 825 00:42:42,186 --> 00:42:47,506 Speaker 1: the temperatures that week reached negative twenty five degrees outside. 826 00:42:47,746 --> 00:42:50,746 Speaker 1: You need the tunnels. You need the tunnels. That's all 827 00:42:50,786 --> 00:42:53,706 Speaker 1: I'm saying keep it warm negative twenty five. That's just 828 00:42:53,746 --> 00:42:56,786 Speaker 1: a different breed of of existence. That was one of 829 00:42:56,786 --> 00:42:58,986 Speaker 1: my live shots at the Super Bowl in Minneapolis. I 830 00:42:59,026 --> 00:43:01,306 Speaker 1: was the person tasked with standing outside and talking about 831 00:43:01,346 --> 00:43:02,826 Speaker 1: how cold it was. And I will tell you what, 832 00:43:02,866 --> 00:43:06,506 Speaker 1: I've never been so cold in my life. Okay, Onto 833 00:43:06,546 --> 00:43:09,106 Speaker 1: the team without a mascot, That, of course is the 834 00:43:09,106 --> 00:43:12,946 Speaker 1: Washington football team. FedEx Field open in ninet It's one 835 00:43:12,946 --> 00:43:16,106 Speaker 1: of the largest stadiums in the league. Seats eighty two 836 00:43:16,146 --> 00:43:19,786 Speaker 1: thousand people. FedEx has a marching band that was formed 837 00:43:19,786 --> 00:43:22,906 Speaker 1: in nineteen thirty seven. That's the oldest band in the NFL. 838 00:43:23,106 --> 00:43:25,026 Speaker 1: And there's of course the Hoggets that those are the 839 00:43:25,026 --> 00:43:28,546 Speaker 1: fans who dress up in dresses and pig faces, which 840 00:43:28,706 --> 00:43:30,706 Speaker 1: I suppose is supposed to be in homage to the 841 00:43:30,746 --> 00:43:34,106 Speaker 1: offensive line. But you know the mushroomn handle in business. 842 00:43:34,226 --> 00:43:35,746 Speaker 1: You know, what's always kind of cool because of all 843 00:43:35,786 --> 00:43:37,786 Speaker 1: the weather issues that we've talked about is just this 844 00:43:37,826 --> 00:43:40,506 Speaker 1: whole idea of like retractable domes. It really is sort 845 00:43:40,546 --> 00:43:43,586 Speaker 1: of like a marvel from an engineering standpoint, but the 846 00:43:43,626 --> 00:43:47,226 Speaker 1: Texans actually had the first retractable roof when they built 847 00:43:47,466 --> 00:43:50,706 Speaker 1: what is now an RG Stadium back in two thousand two. 848 00:43:50,746 --> 00:43:52,826 Speaker 1: That roof, by the way, seven minutes or so open 849 00:43:52,986 --> 00:43:57,186 Speaker 1: and close. And r G also hosts Houston Livestock Show 850 00:43:57,266 --> 00:44:00,386 Speaker 1: and the Rodeo, which I know is a big popular attraction. 851 00:44:00,386 --> 00:44:02,266 Speaker 1: Shout out to the Bullpen, by the way, those dieheart 852 00:44:02,306 --> 00:44:05,546 Speaker 1: fans always ready to support their football team in a 853 00:44:05,586 --> 00:44:08,586 Speaker 1: big gay and are very very last stadium. And that's 854 00:44:08,586 --> 00:44:11,706 Speaker 1: an old team from Texas, the Tennessee Titans. They now 855 00:44:11,746 --> 00:44:14,626 Speaker 1: play at Nissan Stadium. When they played in Houston as 856 00:44:14,666 --> 00:44:17,506 Speaker 1: the Oilers, they of course played as the Houston Astrodome, 857 00:44:17,586 --> 00:44:19,426 Speaker 1: which was once known as the Eighth Wonder of the World. 858 00:44:19,506 --> 00:44:21,546 Speaker 1: But then when they moved to Nashville, first they played 859 00:44:21,546 --> 00:44:26,306 Speaker 1: at Vanderbilt while they waited for Adelphia Coliseum. At Vandy 860 00:44:26,426 --> 00:44:29,146 Speaker 1: you couldn't buy a beer on Sundays because of the 861 00:44:29,226 --> 00:44:32,146 Speaker 1: college stadium liquor laws. But then when they finally started 862 00:44:32,146 --> 00:44:36,026 Speaker 1: playing at a Delphia Coliseum, they set an NFL record 863 00:44:36,186 --> 00:44:38,306 Speaker 1: by winning third team straight home games. Of course, now 864 00:44:38,346 --> 00:44:41,826 Speaker 1: they're at Nissan Stadium and uh fun, fun, fun place 865 00:44:41,906 --> 00:44:43,986 Speaker 1: to cover a game. I'll tell you that the dity 866 00:44:44,026 --> 00:44:46,146 Speaker 1: I know, as we've kind of gone through every single 867 00:44:46,186 --> 00:44:49,026 Speaker 1: team and some of the cool factoids around every stadium. 868 00:44:49,306 --> 00:44:50,626 Speaker 1: The one thing that I will say, and I know 869 00:44:50,666 --> 00:44:53,586 Speaker 1: we've hammered home this point, but just what these places 870 00:44:53,666 --> 00:44:55,946 Speaker 1: mean for those local communities. And in fact, I think 871 00:44:55,986 --> 00:44:59,546 Speaker 1: about the Old Giant Stadium and my high school, Burden 872 00:44:59,586 --> 00:45:01,706 Speaker 1: Catholic in New Jersey, the Crusaders. We won the state 873 00:45:01,746 --> 00:45:04,866 Speaker 1: high school championships um that year were the game was 874 00:45:04,906 --> 00:45:08,346 Speaker 1: played in the Old Giants Stadium, and I whenever I think, 875 00:45:08,426 --> 00:45:09,826 Speaker 1: I don't even think of and I'm a Giants fan, 876 00:45:09,866 --> 00:45:11,626 Speaker 1: I always even think about the Giants. When I think 877 00:45:11,626 --> 00:45:13,866 Speaker 1: about Old Giants Stadium, I think about the memory of 878 00:45:13,906 --> 00:45:16,706 Speaker 1: being a high school student cheering on our guys and 879 00:45:16,746 --> 00:45:19,626 Speaker 1: we won a state championship. And I know that people 880 00:45:19,746 --> 00:45:22,986 Speaker 1: all across this country and people even internationally probably experienced 881 00:45:23,026 --> 00:45:25,106 Speaker 1: it in different forms in different sports. But anyone who's 882 00:45:25,106 --> 00:45:27,226 Speaker 1: listening to this podcast a DD I'm sure has a 883 00:45:27,266 --> 00:45:29,826 Speaker 1: story and a memory just like that, and share them 884 00:45:29,866 --> 00:45:34,586 Speaker 1: with us, Tweet us and tell us your favorites memories 885 00:45:34,626 --> 00:45:36,746 Speaker 1: from your stadiums. And of course, as always, as we 886 00:45:36,786 --> 00:45:39,106 Speaker 1: ask every single week, if you have questions, if you 887 00:45:39,146 --> 00:45:43,266 Speaker 1: have things that you want explained about the National Football 888 00:45:43,346 --> 00:45:46,506 Speaker 1: League about the game, about the people in the buildings 889 00:45:46,506 --> 00:45:49,866 Speaker 1: and everything that comprised the game will come at us. 890 00:45:49,906 --> 00:45:53,786 Speaker 1: Send us the topics that interest you most. 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