SoulfishHawk":30n8qbqi said:It makes no sense though, with the history of that team and 5 rings etc. You would think they could pack the house at all times.
SF49r":vka6uzpd said:Candlestick was always packed even in the pre-Harbaugh dark ages
SF49r":21nxoo4u said:I've been to a handful of games between 2002-2010 they all seemed packed to me. Marvin would probably know better than me since he's a season ticket holder.
Popeyejones":10jgkajw said:SoulfishHawk":10jgkajw said:It makes no sense though, with the history of that team and 5 rings etc. You would think they could pack the house at all times.
Not really.
Remember all the shots of the Clink emptying out by the end of the 3rd quarter against the Rams this year? And that was after two Super Bowl appearances in the last four years, and eleven playoff appearances in the last fifteen years.
A lot of fans are fickle as heck dude.
After Brady and Belichick retire pats games are gonna go back to being empty. The same is gonna happen to the Warriors too.
SoulfishHawk":1z7ziq7o said:I went to a couple Hawks games out at the Stick. It certainly was a hole, kind of cold etc. But I still enjoyed the atmosphere overall. Funniest thing was when my wife says "They play HERE? That doesn't make sense, don't they have a bunch of rings?"
She makes a good point.
As far as Levi goes, how far from Candlestick is it, 30-45 minutes? Is it in a decent location, or middle of nowhere?
I do hear a lot of complaints about the sun beating down as well.
Hoping make a trip out there again, plus San Fran is one hell of a great city.
SoulfishHawk":211j9qpw said:Wrong, Hawks have been packing the house for years, win or lose. You are probably thinking of the NFC Championship. SOME fans left, but the media made it sound like thousands, it wasn't even close to that. Santa Clara has a half empty stadium every time you see them on TV.
Marvin49":nvz2zy6b said:SoulfishHawk":nvz2zy6b said:I went to a couple Hawks games out at the Stick. It certainly was a hole, kind of cold etc. But I still enjoyed the atmosphere overall. Funniest thing was when my wife says "They play HERE? That doesn't make sense, don't they have a bunch of rings?"
She makes a good point.
As far as Levi goes, how far from Candlestick is it, 30-45 minutes? Is it in a decent location, or middle of nowhere?
I do hear a lot of complaints about the sun beating down as well.
Hoping make a trip out there again, plus San Fran is one hell of a great city.
It depends on who you ask in terms of location.
If you ask people not too familiar with the Bay Area they'd lead you to believe its in the middle of nowhere. Thats incorrect.
Levis stadium sits in the middle of Silicon Valley. Santa Clara neighbors San Jose which is bigger in both size and population than SF. In fact, Santa Clara and San Jose are in Santa Clara County. This wasn't a case of the team looking for a location in the middle of nowhere. They were looking for a location near all the money. Apple, Intel, AMD, Cisco, EBay, Google, and hundreds more....all have campuses within a few short miles. They have also had their headquarters in SC for 2 or 3 decades. They built the stadium in a parking lot next to their existing HQ.
As I write this message, I'm sitting at work 1.3 miles away from Levis and can see it out the window (I'm on the 6th floor).
Now the South Bay doesn't have the same recognition of SF. Few places do. Its a storied American City (that I rarely visit because I hate to drive there...lol). However, anyone who tells you that Levis is in the middle of nowhere doesn't have the first clue what they are talking about.
SoulfishHawk":3glse6a0 said:But there is no comparison to how empty a Niners game is, the entire game.
SoulfishHawk":2tv432u0 said:Fair enough. They have had an empty stadium for years. Especially come 2nd half of a game when it's literally not even 40 percent full. And over half of what it left is opposing fans.
SoulfishHawk":2sw87uo6 said:Yeah, that was a hell of a trade for you guys. He looks like the real deal for sure.
Marvin49":q41wvflj said:SoulfishHawk":q41wvflj said:Yeah, that was a hell of a trade for you guys. He looks like the real deal for sure.
Sure hope so. Love what I've seen so far and the hype train is in full gear, but we'll see what happens.