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Topic	NHL Discussion Topic 2: Holiday Road
SmartMuffin 01/02/20 6:49:39 PM #103:	Lockes Ragnarok posted... This years winter classic was amazing. How was it being there smuffin? I mean, it was a cool experience, and I don't regret going. But the venue left a lot to be desired. It turns out that "historic" is also a synonym for "shitty." It was just way too crowded. Concessions and restrooms were unusable because the lines were insane. Usually so long that the end of them wasn't even in sight of the thing they were for, so you had to force your way through an unmoving mass of people constantly asking them what they were in line for to even find the back of the line. I went out with 5 minutes left in the first for food, and by the time the 2nd period was starting, I was only halfway through, so I said fuck it and went back to my seat (and so, didn't eat all day). Even just walking through the concourse was basically impossible. Even though we got there a little early, I couldn't do any of the pre-game stuff because there were just way too many people everywhere. It literally took us 30 minutes from when we entered the stadium just to get to our seats, because it was just a wall of people, mostly not moving. Game was fun though. Our seats were great, pretty high up (just a few rows below the press box) but perfectly centered. Could still see well though. Basically any of the wide views of like the "whole field surface" you saw on NBC was basically the view we had. The section we were in was mostly Preds fans, but they were clearly knowledgeable and into it and were still southerners, so everyone was nice enough. We left with about 5 minutes left in the 3rd fearing the crowds. It was better on the way out than on the way in and we managed to avoid most of the traffic getting out (were super paranoid given that we had a 3.5 hour drive back to Houston and work the next day). Fun story though, once we got out of Dallas we stopped at a Whataburger right along 45. I'm still wearing my jersey, at the counter is some cowboy looking guy, he says "So you guys got out of that whole mess quick enough, huh?" Start chatting with him and it turns out he was part of the hired "entertainment." I guess he's a professional rodeo guy and apparently they paid him $600 to ride the mechanical bull a few times. But he says "I also got this" and whips out a puck... it turns out when he wasn't riding the mechanical bull, he was just kind of hanging out near the edge of the glass, and when a puck flew over and out of play he just grabbed it and nobody bugged him about it. I'd definitely recommend going if it's at a modern venue but the Cotton Bowl just wasn't able to handle this. I have no idea how they do OU/Texas there every year... it really did put a bit of a damper on the experience. --- SmartMuffin - Because anything less would be uncivilized - https://imgur.com/W66HUUy http://dudewheresmyfreedom.com/ <cite>SmartMuffin posted [p:932380170] in NHL Discus... [t:78230176]...</cite> <quote>Lockes Ragnarok posted... </cite> <quote>This years winter classic was amazing. How was it being there smuffin?</quote> I mean, it was a cool experience, and I don't regret going. But the venue left a lot to be desired. It turns out that "historic" is also a synonym for "shitty." It was just way too crowded. Concessions and restrooms were unusable because the lines were insane. Usually so long that the end of them wasn't even in sight of the thing they were for, so you had to force your way through an unmoving mass of people constantly asking them what they were in line for to even find the back of the line. I went out with 5 minutes left in the first for food, and by the time the 2nd period was starting, I was only halfway through, so I said fuck it and went back to my seat (and so, didn't eat all day). Even just walking through the concourse was basically impossible. Even though we got there a little early, I couldn't do any of the pre-game stuff because there were just way too many people everywhere. It literally took us 30 minutes from when we entered the stadium just to get to our seats, because it was just a wall of people, mostly not moving. Game was fun though. Our seats were great, pretty high up (just a few rows below the press box) but perfectly centered. Could still see well though. Basically any of the wide views of like the "whole field surface" you saw on NBC was basically the view we had. The section we were in was mostly Preds fans, but they were clearly knowledgeable and into it and were still southerners, so everyone was nice enough. We left with about 5 minutes left in the 3rd fearing the crowds. It was better on the way out than on the way in and we managed to avoid most of the traffic getting out (were super paranoid given that we had a 3.5 hour drive back to Houston and work the next day). Fun story though, once we got out of Dallas we stopped at a Whataburger right along 45. I'm still wearing my jersey, at the counter is some cowboy looking guy, he says "So you guys got out of that whole mess quick enough, huh?" Start chatting with him and it turns out he was part of the hired "entertainment." I guess he's a professional rodeo guy and apparently they paid him $600 to ride the mechanical bull a few times. But he says "I also got this" and whips out a puck... it turns out when he wasn't riding the mechanical bull, he was just kind of hanging out near the edge of the glass, and when a puck flew over and out of play he just grabbed it and nobody bugged him about it. I'd definitely recommend going if it's at a modern venue but the Cotton Bowl just wasn't able to handle this. I have no idea how they do OU/Texas there every year... it really did put a bit of a damper on the experience. --- SmartMuffin - Because anything less would be uncivilized - https://imgur.com/W66HUUy http://dudewheresmyfreedom.com/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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