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Posted on 6/24/16 at 7:34 pm to GetCocky11
Why Americans keep agreeing to foot the bill for this shite is a complete mystery
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:28 pm to Roger Klarvin
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Some people are just pussies. I've watch many games at the ballpark and it isn't any hotter than the Cotton Bowl, Kyle Field, DKR or any other outdoor stadium in Texas.
These are terrible comparisons. This isn't football being played here. No games get played in the Cotton Bowl, Kyle Field or DKR in June, July or August. Globe Life is miserable in 95+ degree weather. We use a suite down the third base line that is no less than 120+ degrees in the seating area during July and August. It's a concrete oven. Left field mids and uppers are absolutely empty in the heat of the summer.
People are not pussies for not wanting to sit in that type of heat for 4 hours. You and I can do it, but families with small children or elderly members are truly in harms way in that type of heat. These are the types that attend baseball games....families. And, we're not talking about catching a few games a year. Baseball is 80+ games at home....not just one football game in early September that's brutal. In order to put butts in those seats consistently throughout the entire season, a roof or some type of heat barrier is needed in Arlington. The attendance is obviously negatively affected by the heat...no question about it.
A roof should have been a part of Globe Life from the beginning and this whole mess could have been avoided. It's a damn nice stadium...I've been in every area of the stadium from the underground areas to the press boxes. It's beyond me how they can't make this stadium work for way less money.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:35 pm to Kel Varnsen
quote:I've been to one game in arlington and it was, indeed, "hot as frick"
Yeah but it's hot as frick outside
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:44 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Why Americans keep agreeing to foot the bill for this shite is a complete mystery
One way or another, the people are the ones that pay for every stadium worldwide. There are more soccer stadiums worldwide than any other type of stadium. This isn't an American thing. The world's population enjoy "sport" and we're willing to pay to enjoy it.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:45 pm to MardiGrasCajun
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We use a suite down the third base line that is no less than 120+ degrees in the seating area during July and August.
I usually always sell my season tickets in July/August and just go with my friends who have a suite behind home plate.
It's literally horrid outside, and I'm in the shade in the bottom deck in right field lol.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:46 pm to MardiGrasCajun
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There are more soccer stadiums worldwide than any other type of stadium.
go to Europe and ask the taxpayers to drop 500 million euro for a stadium and see what happens If there's a Euro or a World Cup coming you MIGHT get 1/3rd of that, otherwise they'll
This post was edited on 6/24/16 at 8:49 pm
Posted on 6/24/16 at 9:15 pm to Baloo
Arlington is the largest city in the US without any type of public transit. That's one reason they can fund stadiums, but fans from Dallas or Ft. Worth can't take a light rail to the games. The Cowboys make a fortune from parking. The stadiums are nice, but the games at experience sucks at both venues.
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