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Death Valley Jr. - most cramped major venue ever?
Posted on 9/2/25 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 9/2/25 at 1:32 pm
I heard maybe the upper bowl wasn't the same, but man, the lower bowl was absurdly tightly packed. From the moment you are in line at the gates outside the stadium, it's sardine town...to the point of it feeling actually a tad unsafe at times.
The breezeways were packed, but the aisles going from the portal down to the field were just bumper to bumper at all times. I saw people who thought they were going to go do something at halftime stand in the aisle in place without moving for 10 minutes before just going back to their seats.
And the rows/seats themselves are very compact.
I'm not sure how it came to pass that the home field in a losing effort allowed fans to run on the field, but I'm assuming it might have been a concession to just how impossible it is to empty the place via the normal avenues.
On the plus side, it seems like being overcrowded allows the atmosphere to be better than the facility would have otherwise, but even that turned lame by the 3rd quarter.
The breezeways were packed, but the aisles going from the portal down to the field were just bumper to bumper at all times. I saw people who thought they were going to go do something at halftime stand in the aisle in place without moving for 10 minutes before just going back to their seats.
And the rows/seats themselves are very compact.
I'm not sure how it came to pass that the home field in a losing effort allowed fans to run on the field, but I'm assuming it might have been a concession to just how impossible it is to empty the place via the normal avenues.
On the plus side, it seems like being overcrowded allows the atmosphere to be better than the facility would have otherwise, but even that turned lame by the 3rd quarter.
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Posted on 9/2/25 at 1:33 pm to Big Scrub TX
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I'm not sure how it came to pass that the home field in a losing effort allowed fans to run on the field, but I'm assuming it might have been a concession to just how impossible it is to empty the place via the normal avenues.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 1:35 pm to Big Scrub TX
Traffic after the game looked horrendous
Posted on 9/2/25 at 1:37 pm to Big Scrub TX
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most cramped major venue ever?
Ever been in Neyland Stadium?
Posted on 9/2/25 at 1:42 pm to longhorn22
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Traffic after the game looked horrendous
It's a tiny rather remote town with only a handful of rural highways connecting it. There's no way it could be anythig but a clusterfrick to move that many people out.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 1:52 pm to Big Scrub TX
The Upper Deck concessions were atrocious. Only three food options to choose from and it was their first game of credit card only so naturally everything was down. From an hour before the game to the end of the game it was a minimum of 30 minutes to get any sort of concessions. The beer lines required a security person to use his phone to scan the front and back of every ID. They had multiple kiosks full of waters and soft drinks not manned the entire game.
The actual seating wasn't very cramped but after the game I noticed the home field upper deck had completely emptied out while it took the visiting side an extra 15-20 minutes. Everything bottlenecks at the single entrance/exit to the upper deck serviced by the skywalk.
The actual seating wasn't very cramped but after the game I noticed the home field upper deck had completely emptied out while it took the visiting side an extra 15-20 minutes. Everything bottlenecks at the single entrance/exit to the upper deck serviced by the skywalk.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 1:55 pm to Big Scrub TX
You were gone an hour from your seats in the upper deck if you wanted anything from the concession stand. I've seen high school games run their concessions better than they did.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 1:56 pm to Penrod
quote:You laugh, but it's not like the field was overly "rushed". It was just like people decided they could/would hop the wall. There was zero effort to stop it. By far the most bizarre "field rushing" I have ever seen.
Penrod
Posted on 9/2/25 at 1:59 pm to Big Scrub TX
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major venue
There's nothing "major" about death valley JR
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:01 pm to longhorn22
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Traffic after the game looked horrendous
It did look pretty bad as I walked past it to my hotel.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:01 pm to clamdip
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Ever been in Neyland Stadium?
I came to post this. I’m surprised fat people haven’t sued
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:04 pm to Big Scrub TX
They’re not rushing the field. One of their many “traditions” is to join the team on the field for their Alma mater.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:06 pm to PsychTiger
quote:Hmm. That would sort of seem to tie in with them evidently attempting to start a "new tradition" - possibly to counter that? They had people holding "WAIT" signs, urging people to stay in their seats for the full alma mater.
They’re not rushing the field. One of their many “traditions” is to join the team on the field for their Alma mater.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:11 pm to clamdip
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Ever been in Neyland Stadium?
Tiger Stadium could hold 140K if we did seating like TN.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:16 pm to Big Scrub TX
It was suffocating getting into the stadium and getting to your seat in the lower level. I never left my seat until the end but the people who did during the game or halftime were gone 40-60 minutes.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:18 pm to Big Scrub TX
No thanks. And you pay serious money for this misery. Simply not worth it.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:22 pm to Big Scrub TX
Sans helicopter and tickets to a nice suite, going to games is a beating.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:23 pm to austintexastiger
quote:My experience exactly.
It was suffocating getting into the stadium and getting to your seat in the lower level. I never left my seat until the end but the people who did during the game or halftime were gone 40-60 minutes.
It was actually decently breezy and nice outside, but you wouldn't know it when squeezed in there.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:27 pm to Big Scrub TX
Tennessee when I went was so cramped that I got up to go to concession stand, and had no seat when I got back….not a lie or exaggeration
Posted on 9/2/25 at 2:31 pm to clamdip
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Ever been in Neyland Stadium?
6” wide seats
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