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I’m not a sports guy. But I did go to a big ten college, and purchased season tickets as all my buddy’s were sports dudes. There is an energy in a stadium, like
by nickthegreek 3y ago
I’m not a sports guy. But I did go to a big ten college, and purchased season tickets as all my buddy’s were sports dudes. There is an energy in a stadium, like there are at concerts, some churches or when hearing someone you admire give a good speech. There is something primal in the moment that I feel is baked into the human experience to varying degrees in all of us. I haven’t been to a game since then, but I do remember them fondly (I was also drunk).
- kjkjadksj 3y agoCollege football games are one of the only moments in the US where you can experience over 100,000 people screaming in unison. They don’t build any other sort of stadium or event space as large as some of these college football stadiums in terms of attendance.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoMost of the 100,000+ person stadiums arent actually larger than NFL stadiums. The trick is they use bleachers which take up less space per seat, so a smaller stadium is able to fit a lot more people. I went to Michigan and now have season tickets to the Chicago bears, the big house fits 45 thousand more people, but the bears stadium feels much larger. I think everyone being so close together adds even more energy to college games.
- pests 3y agoDoes it maybe feel larger because there is half as many people?
- kjkjadksj 3y agoPro stadiums are often bound by capacity limits from their cities agreement with them being there. So over time they tend to replace cheap seats with more luxurious experiences and booths. Dodgers stadium is kind of notorious for this.