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20 sats \ 20 replies \ @grayruby OP 27 Aug 2023 \ parent \ on: Stacker Sports- Meta Takeover- Day 54 meta
Free corporate seats are always a nice perk. Around 10 years ago a buddy of mine called me a couple hours before an afternoon Blue Jays game. His CEO was supposed to take a client to the game but the guy couldn't make it so the CEO gave the tickets to my buddy and told him to take the rest of the day off and go catch the game. Fortunately I was heading to meet a client close to downtown at the time and could just make the game in time after my meeting.
I have sat right beside the bench for a hockey game (in detroit) and I have sat third row courtside for a basketball game (in toronto) but these were the best seats I have ever sat in. 2nd row in the action seats down the first base line. The blue jays don't even have these seats anymore since they expanded all the netting for fan safety. But these were two small rows of seats they used to have boxed in, in front of the stands down the first and third base line (essentially putting you on the field of play). Amazing. Thought for sure we would get a screeching liner coming our way but no luck.
Damn. That's nice. Corporate perks. I was all excited that I basically got free seats, and they were good seats too. Not quite as good as yours. But, then reality set in: The Jets have been terrible for 50 plus years. The stadium is pretty damn cold and windy. 2 1/2 hour car ride each way. I eventually stopped accepting the gift. I went to a Monday night blowout against Buffalo, when drunk fans set fire to seat cushions. That night changed the rules for beer sales. I think they stopped at halftime after that.
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Haha Jets fans can get a bit rowdy I guess.
I was at a Jays game that went 19 innings once. It was brutal. 6 hours and all the drunk people around me in the 6th inning were either sober or sleeping by the 19th. Haha.
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Jets fans have been stereotyped as drunken idiots. Stereotypes often have some basis in truth.
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I don't drink anymore but in my youth I tended to overindulge especially at sporting events. I am pretty sure my buddies and I would have been part of the "drunken idiots" crowd at a number of games.
Regrettable now that I have kids. I can't stand when I take my kids to a game and people are just sloppy drunk. Have your drinks, have fun, yell at the players, refs, but don't make everyone around you uncomfortable because you are trashed and an idiot.
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Same. I was almost thrown out of a 1979 World Series game in Baltimore, and I DID get thrown out of a mid 80s Angels Indians game in Anaheim.
Since my daughter was born I get all indignant at bad drunken behavior
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I was thrown out of a Jays game for buying my ex wife (we weren't married at the time) alcohol when she didn't have her ID with her. (I think I was 28 and she was 24 at the time but they did warn me not to do it and I did it anyways). Don't know why I didn't just go to another vendor (young and arrogant I guess).
And I wasn't permitted to enter a game once. I had gone to a liquid lunch business meeting before an evening game and had time to kill so I stopped into a bar near the stadium. Anyways about half an hour before game time, I was waiting outside one of the stadium gates for my buddy to arrive and decided to make new "friends", needless to say the security guard nearby was unimpressed and told me that he wasn't going to let me in because I was being loud. Again, I could have just said ok screw it, I will go to another gate but I had to protest and argue with him to the point that the nearby police officer walked over and politely told me "you won't be going to the game tonight. go home".
So stupid in retrospect.
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This sounds very familiar
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Rogers centre was notorious for very strict security at the time. They have laid off a bit but they used to kick people out for almost anything. I guess there was a mandate at the time that because it was a corporate team they didn't want the stadium to be perceived as place that allows unruly behavior but the pendulum swung a bit to far.
I think we need a post about getting kicked out of sporting events. I want to hear some good stories.
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I have a few really good ones. The two I mentioned are pretty entertaining, and I have a few more.