Outdoor Stadium Vs Dome

[HOF Falcon]

Any pop Warner, high school regular season games in a dome, college level reg season games in a dome? Just another pussification of NFL players...in a dome....get back to real football. Go outdoors baby!

[PSSSHHHRRR87]

A little refresh from the AJC on the possibility of a new stadium in Atlanta.

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[Quizztorris]

Honestly my issue with the outdoor stadium is not the cold, or rain, the thing that gets me is the sun. I know it's later in the year, but I hate sweating my butt off every time I go to the panthers or bucs stadium. It's just not comfortable. If we do get an outdoor stadium I hope there's something innovative about that will help deflect some of that direct sunlight.

I will say one thing to play devil's advocate. If you watched this past season the Packers were dominant earlier in the season when the weather wasn't so bad or they were in a dome. There offense tailed off when they had to play a poor weather game in the playoffs even when it was at home. If we're going to continue this path to have our offense emulate them then I think we have to have a dome, and we have to get home field for the playoffs.

[MattRyan2Canton]

i don't care either way

[fansince78]

Honestly my issue with the outdoor stadium is not the cold, or rain, the thing that gets me is the sun.

Very good point. Attending games at AFCS, that was always the worst part. Especially the games in September when it was sometimes still very hot.

[MattRyan2Canton]

if it's open air can certainly prove to the AMERICA that WE are NOT fair weather fans we are all weather fans.

[Club212]

It mostly rained on us at Fulton County Stadium; no real snow. Playing outdoors did not make us a better team.

I guess you never saw William Andrews run through everyone on the real stuff....thinking about what type surface he blew his knee out on.....I think Jamal Anderson did it on the fake stuff too! How about the Gritz Blitz? Lowest points alowed in 14 games?

Edited January 24, 2012 by Club212

[RHEC]

If we get a new stadium, it will be outdoors, Blank wants a outdoor stadium and if the new stadium is built, we will see how loyal our fanbase is.

[triggerman.0]

trig loves dome

not sure what outdoor stadium.

im a conniseur of dome though

GA DOME, or any kinda dome.

DOME>>>>>>>>>>>>

[Z Man]

I love the dome. I hated burning up and freezing in Fulton county. I will go see my Falcons where ever they play. I would rather be comfortable, but I'll suffer if need be. Question is...if you are going for entertainment, why suffer?

[fansince78]

If we get a new stadium, it will be outdoors, Blank wants a outdoor stadium and if the new stadium is built, we will see how loyal our fanbase is.

I think even those who would complain would still attend the games. They would just ***** about it.

[Mega Flare]

If we get a new stadium, it will be outdoors, Blank wants a outdoor stadium and if the new stadium is built, we will see how loyal our fanbase is.

The club-hoppers and wine-and-cheesers will not be pleased

[dipper]

Here is one STH that will not renew if we get a outdoor stadium.

[RHEC]

I think even those who would complain would still attend the games. They would just ***** about it.

Well it's like taking a really rich person and turn him poor.

[RHEC]

Here is one STH that will not renew if we get a outdoor stadium.

Bye.. don't let the door hit you on your way out. I'm sure Saints could use more Bandwagon fans.

[Billy Pilgrim]

Atlanta fans are the Goldilocks of professional sports fans. Everything has to be just right for them to show up. Temperature, opponent, superstars, nationally televised etc.

This is a superstar driven city, and if we ain't got one, we ain't coming. But we'll come if the other team has one, so we can cheer for him and do things like chant "M-V-P" as he drops 40 on us. Or we'll chant "WE WANT VICK!" in hopes that he'll be put on the field so that we can cheer him as he runs up the score and celebrate him for being a victim of our evil organization and relish in his sweet revenge.

Pretty sad, and it's not like to change, because the people here aren't going to stop being primaddonas. Atlanta is the L.A. of the south, and despite the perception that people in this state love slamming Budweisers and watching football, the truth is is that this is very much a wine and cheese market.

We'll give you every excuse in the book to not show up to a sporting event: "It's too hot" , "It's too cold" , "It's raining" , "It's Tuesday" , "NASCAR is on" , "I have to go to Church or the devil will eat me" , "The traffic is bad" , "Food and beer is too expensive" , "we're 4-8" , "We have nothing but a bunch of nice guys" , "Matt Ryan is a dork" and I could go on and on but you get the picture. We are the pampered primaddonas of NFL fanbases and there's nothing big enough or important enough to unite this city. It's a cultural thing more than anything. We have no culture.

Someone else said it perfectly, there is no civilic pride in this city (aside from "A-T-L HOE!"). It's filled with a bunch of different people from a bunch of different places and for some reason they all like to spend their time crapping on this city and its sports teams. It's not enough for them to just be Giants fans or Eagles fans or Cowboys fans or Saints fans or Steelers fans or Patriots fans, they also have to crap on the Falcons, for seemingly no reason as it's not like we've really done much over our history to thwart any of those teams from being successful.

Edited January 24, 2012 by Billy Pilgrim

[putnam6]

Yeah, it is about rain and snow. I have no problem with that. But I DO have a problem sitting in direct sunlight in red and black when it's still in the mid 90s in November. Some of these tailgates the past few years have been brutally hot. I don't cherish that thought for an entire game.

Retractable roof is the only solution imo.

LOL I had season tickets on the metal retractable stands at AFCS and during the late summer and early fall it was was like sitting in a Wok sometimes. But when they were playing well which wasn't much the stadium was packed and the fans weren't as laid back. Of course tailgating experience was better there too. **** I don't mind the heat the rain or the cold besides sometimes the dome is a little sterile.

[RHEC]

Atlanta fans are the Goldilocks of professional sports fans. Everything has to be just right for them to show up. Temperature, opponent, superstars, nationally televised etc.

This is a superstar driven city, and if we ain't got one, we ain't coming. But we'll come if the other team has one, so we can cheer for him and do things like chant "M-V-P" as he drops 40 on us. Or we'll chant "WE WANT VICK!" in hopes that he'll be put on the field so that we can cheer him as he runs up the score and celebrate him for being a victim of our evil organization and relish in his sweet revenge.

Pretty sad, and it's not like to change, because the people here aren't going to stop being primaddonas. Atlanta is the L.A. of the south, and despite the perception that people in this state love slamming Budweisers and watching football, the truth is is that this is very much a wine and cheese market.

We'll give you every excuse in the book to not show up to a sporting event: "It's too hot" , "It's too cold" , "It's raining" , "It's Tuesday" , "NASCAR is on" , "I have to go to Church or the devil will eat me" , "The traffic is bad" , "Food and beer is too expensive" , "we're 4-8" , "We have nothing but a bunch of nice guys" , "Matt Ryan is a dork" and I could go on and on but you get the picture. We are the pampered primoddanas of NFL fanbases and there's nothing big enough or important enough to unite this city. It's a cultural thing more than anything. We have no culture.

Someone else said it perfectly, there is no civilic pride in this city (aside from "A-T-L HOE!"). It's filled with a bunch of different people from a bunch of different places and for some reason they all like to spend their time crapping on this city and its sports teams. It's not enough for them to just be Giants fans or Eagles fans or Cowboys fans or Saints fans or Steelers fans or Patriots fans, they also have to crap on the Falcons, for seemingly no reason as it's not like we've really done much over our history to thwart any of those teams from being successful.

I wish we had a really good fanbase but it's sad that we don't.

[ltstorm2]

I wish we had a really good fanbase but it's sad that we don't.

When I was at the Saints game in NO, I was jealous of their fans. Every fan there is into it and loud. I hope winning a Superbowl will make our fans like theirs.

[RHEC]

When I was at the Saints game in NO, I was jealous of their fans. Every fan there is into it and loud. I hope winning a Superbowl will make our fans like theirs.

Like 90% of their fans are bandwagon fans.

Edited January 24, 2012 by Skar

[ltstorm2]

Like 90% of their fans are bandwagon fans.

As much as "bandwagon" fans are disliked where exactly do you expect our"good" fanbase to come from? I'm a bandwagon fan. I jumped on in 98 but have stayed on since then.

[theDIRTYcode]

Build it in Athens...those folks would show up if it was raining 10,000LB flaming meteorites...

[Billy Pilgrim]

Like 90% of their fans are bandwagon fans.

100% of every fanbase is comprised of bandwagon fans. Everybody hops on a bandwagon at some point or another. Despite it being a highly-used phrase amongst sports fans, nobody is "born" a fan of a team. I was born as a Caucasion, I was born as a Male, but I chose to become a Falcons fan around 95 when I got old enough to start understanding and playing the game of football.

Falcons fans, and other fans all around the country like to criticize New Orleans for being a bandwagon fanbase, and if not for the prospect of losing their team to Los Angeles and one of the largest natural disasters in this country's history, wouldn't even be showing up. My response: So what? If all of that is true, so what?

Can you think of a better reason or a better moment to jump on a bandwagon than in the face of tragedy? People can discredit it all they want to and dismiss it as "sensationalist media" but what happened to that city was real and it was life-changing for many of the people that lived there. The Saints provided an outlet and the actions of people like Drew Brees and Reggie Bush and Sean Payton within the New Orleans community further galvanized a group of people that already shared a rich and palpable culture. Perhaps that's a little too much "social psychology" for a discussion on an NFL message board but the social climate of a city is absolutely reflected in its fanbase, whether people want to believe it or not.

After all, it's not some giant cosmic coincidence that the city of Atlanta, being as divided as it is by so many different things from race to politics to religion to economics, also has a very divided fanbase that constantly seems at odds with each other. It's the city, not the team.

Edited January 24, 2012 by Billy Pilgrim

[RHEC]

The problem is that you never seen these Saints fans until after they started having winning seasons. Unlike us, with winning seasons after seasons, we are still having a problem trying to fill seats up. Most of our fans came from Vick and I say I am proud I was a fan way before that.

Edited January 24, 2012 by Skar

[Faithful Falcon]

Well it's like taking a really rich person and turn him poor.

Actually, it more like taking a man, and turning him into a woman.