Stadium Situation for the remaining of the season.

Discussion in 'Chicago Fire' started by Consciencia, Jul 29, 2002.

  1. Jeremy Goodwin

    Jeremy Goodwin Member+

    SSC Napoli
    Feb 16, 1999
    Club:
    Montreal Impact
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    There are a few reasons (not well described above) that I'd rather not be on the far side.

    Probably the biggest reasons are ticket prices and the media. I really hate the feeling I get when someone comes over with a camera. It's like we're trained monkeys or something. Perform for the camera. It really pisses me off, probably me more than anyone else though.

    But ticket prices are also an issue. If section 8 moved to a higher ticket price bracket, then not everyone would go with it. We'd pretty well be forced to have season tickets (I do, but not everyone does) and I think that would cut down on people in the section. I don't really like the idea of getting free tickets from the team either, because that compromises our independence (not that it isn't compromised in certain ways already).

    I don't know. Honestly, this sort of thing is for the braintrust to work out, and then whenever the decision is made, everyone else will decide to go with it or not go with it. I think that the decision has already been made, and it seems fine to me.
     
  2. Jeremy Goodwin

    Jeremy Goodwin Member+

    SSC Napoli
    Feb 16, 1999
    Club:
    Montreal Impact
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well, when I'm at away games that aren't "section 8 on tour" I feel very uncomfortable, because everyone near me thinks I'm nuts because I've got my fire shirt, hat and usually a scarf on in the heat, and I'm murmuring fire chants. I do the same thing when I watch the games on tv. But if I had only watched them on tv, I can't imagine that it would matter at all.

    In short, if I hadn't decided to go to the fort for my second match, I sincerely doubt that I would be here now, and I probably wouldn't give a crap about any pro sport, let alone soccer.
     
  3. CFnwside

    CFnwside Member+

    Jan 25, 2001
    Humboldt Park
    in a nut shell, they should come to us, we shouldn't go to them. we're no one's advertising campaign. if they want to show the great section 8 atmosphere-great, if not-screw them. of course, it's not to say a supporters' section can't form on the sidelines. more and more in europe, you see new groups forming in the non-traditional, roofed parts of the grounds. if there is a bunch of people who want to "transplant" the experience to the sidelines or behind the other goal-awesome! the more the merrier.
     
  4. joseph pakovits

    joseph pakovits New Member

    Apr 29, 1999
    fly-over country
    Don't get me wrong, I prefer going to see live soccer, too. I'm just saying that I still get that same knot in my gut before a big game regardless if I'm there live of I'm watching it on TV in a bar or even in my living room. I still jump up and down and scream and holler when the Fire scores in both cases. I still feel just as bad when the unworthy opponent gets a lucky goal on us. I've had to watch more games on TV than I normally would now that the Fire games are a four hour round trip away rather than a two hour round trip but I care just as much. That's all I'm saying.
     
  5. CFnwside

    CFnwside Member+

    Jan 25, 2001
    Humboldt Park
    no! i am with you 250% on that.
     
  6. joseph pakovits

    joseph pakovits New Member

    Apr 29, 1999
    fly-over country
    Thanks to everyone for the excellent responses to my questions. Everyone's got their own take on it and they're all good. This is the type of discussion I was hoping to see.
     
  7. skinut

    skinut Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 25, 2000
    Castle Pines, CO (or often elsewhere on earth)
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Perhaps a shot of "heybeerman's" 3 year old? I don't know about anyone else, but this warms the cockles of my heart.

    http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php?threadid=1488

    I'd actually had someone shoot the photo to me directly, but I couldn't figure out how to link it here. Therefore, a little searching and voila -- it's posted elsewhere. Of course the lad posting it didn't find it as heartwarming as I, but. . .
     
  8. jjayg

    jjayg New Member

    May 9, 2002
    Rolling Ghettos, IL
    Re: Re: Stadium Situation for the remaining of the season.

    That picture always kills me!! LOL
     
  9. heybeerman

    heybeerman Member

    Aug 2, 2001
    Chicago Burbs
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
  10. joseph pakovits

    joseph pakovits New Member

    Apr 29, 1999
    fly-over country
    I still think it's really Liam... :D
     
  11. skinut

    skinut Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 25, 2000
    Castle Pines, CO (or often elsewhere on earth)
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Didn't mean to impune you or your youngster. Sorry if I did -- it really wasn't intended that way.

    I'll go with the Liam bit though. Strangley, when it was e-mailed to me originally, the sender inquired as to whether it might have been me as a child. If only I'd been attending matches at that age. Sigh.
     
  12. Beasley7

    Beasley7 New Member

    Jul 12, 2002
    Fort Wayne, IN
    What about the Galaxy game in may? When it was rainy and cold. What did it look like on TV, because they closeed the endline seats because of lightning?? That was the only game i've been to yet, and i thought the stadium was, well, terrible. Oh well, just asking how it looked on TV.
     
  13. Iceblink

    Iceblink Member

    Oct 11, 1999
    Chicago
    Club:
    Ipswich Town FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Re: Re: Stadium Situation for the remaining of the season.

    Don't be silly. That's a "finger salute."

    Heybeerman said an "arm salute."

    Therefore, I don't assume the kid's flipping anyone off. He's probably just making Die Feuhrer proud.

    Or did he mean some other kind of arm salute?
     
  14. feuerfex

    feuerfex Member

    Apr 21, 2001
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Stadium Situation for the remaining of the season.

    Tch, tch. Aren't you supposed to be the grammer Nazi?
     
  15. heybeerman

    heybeerman Member

    Aug 2, 2001
    Chicago Burbs
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Skinut. I would be damn proud if he flipped off the opposition!!! JK.

    It's fairly difficult to insult me. If you somehow manage to, I'll just make you buy me beer.
     
  16. HalaMadrid

    HalaMadrid Member

    Apr 9, 1999
    Re: Re: Stadium Situation for the remaining of the season.

    If I was a Dutch kid of about 6, you're damn right it'd be me. :D
     
  17. skinut

    skinut Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 25, 2000
    Castle Pines, CO (or often elsewhere on earth)
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well, that means Naperville is out. However, I am thinking about the KC sojourn.
     
  18. heybeerman

    heybeerman Member

    Aug 2, 2001
    Chicago Burbs
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Pre-game at Jimmy's?
     
  19. Iceblink

    Iceblink Member

    Oct 11, 1999
    Chicago
    Club:
    Ipswich Town FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stadium Situation for the remaining of the season.

    Der? In any case, no, I'm supposed to be the Grammar Nazi... but only in English.
     
  20. feuerfex

    feuerfex Member

    Apr 21, 2001
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stadium Situation for the remaining of the season.

    Touchê
     
  21. Jeremy Goodwin

    Jeremy Goodwin Member+

    SSC Napoli
    Feb 16, 1999
    Club:
    Montreal Impact
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stadium Situation for the remaining of the season.

    Fixed.
     
  22. Iceblink

    Iceblink Member

    Oct 11, 1999
    Chicago
    Club:
    Ipswich Town FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stadium Situation for the remaining of the season.

    Man... even I decided to leave that one alone... even though, ironically (and, yes, it is ironic), it was a foreign language error that brought this all up in the first place.
     
  23. bunge

    bunge BigSoccer Supporter

    Oct 24, 2000
    I'm guessing that this tangent is related to the return of the announcements in three languages?
     
  24. HalaMadrid

    HalaMadrid Member

    Apr 9, 1999
    We need to pick a fourth language. And print our programs in Latin just for good measure.
     
  25. joseph pakovits

    joseph pakovits New Member

    Apr 29, 1999
    fly-over country
    Quid agis, medice?
     

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