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Fins Plan More Stadium Innovations

Weren't they already using these? I could swear last time I was there, they had these kangaroo mobile devices that you could rent.

Either way whatever they offer you that brings you the ability to view instant replay would be a fantastic stadium experience innovation. It's the one thing that tends to tick me off when I make the 4 hour trek down to see a Miami game live instead of on the tube.
 
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ckparrothead said:
Weren't they already using these? I could swear last time I was there, they had these kangaroo mobil devices that you could rent.
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They had them in the 2006 season, I believe. I remember ads advertising them around the stadium, they rented them out for $30 a pop.

They're big at NASCAR races too, because the ones there have driver/crew audio among other things
 
I never sit in the seats that would get these devices nor am I paying any additional money to use these.

Oh well
 
Though the units will be available only in the 5,000 premium seats and suites, we hope that the development is the first step in a process that will result in similar units being available to any fan attending an NFL game.

Yeah.. Go to the game live- just so you can watch it on TV
 
Yep, just what we need, another excuse for the wine and cheese crowd to sit motionless in their seats instead of paying attention to the game and cheering.

I will admit, some of the features sound very cool (replay, camera angles, and field level audio!), plus I'd be able to come to a game without being tangled in wires from my walkman and headset.

But I GUARANTEE you, walk through the stands next home game and you'll see at least half of them tuned to other games, movies, and walls of text messages.

Maybe i'd change my mind if they came equipped with air-horns or 100db clapping sounds. Oh, or be able to order beer from your seat like the old days!!!
 
Avigatorx said:
Yep, just what we need, another excuse for the wine and cheese crowd to sit motionless in their seats instead of paying attention to the game and cheering.
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Thank you. That's the only relevant angle. The stadium is a disaster and every recent decision moves forward in that masochistic direction. I couldn't help but laugh when I heard about hand held devices. It was like a parody: What do we need the least? Okay, pronto!

The media is clueless, comfy in its seated and fed surroundings, so the runaway faults of the venue are ignored. I read that Skolnick's one suggestion is more replays. :lol:

Yeah, replays. That will approximate crowd involvement like the Orange Bowl heyday.

A few weeks ago I finally got an inside look at the suites in Dolphin Stadium, invited to a Marlins game by a family friend, maybe 8 of us in a 300 level suite. Exactly as I suspected. It was like a stuffy cruise ship, segregated by class. We went through 2 or 3 checkpoints to get there. Once inside it was like a room in a LaQuinta, fake plush. The two front rows were deep and comfortable, 4 or 5 seats wide. Above that were small round tables and pull up chairs. Serving trays. Plenty of ice in the little frig. Cupboards stocked with plates. But hardly comparable to any of the fancy digs I've seen in modern Las Vegas hotels.

The game started and it was eerily quiet. Like you were hearing through a pool, muffled and distorted noise. Finally I asked someone to open the darn windows. Only at that point did a sporting event partially break out. But no wonder the occupants of those suites are worthless to crowd impact. I have no idea why they count in the attendance figures.

When I ventured outside the suite it was identical to a cruise ship hallway, only twice as wide. No activity. No noise. Granted, this was Marlins not Dolphins but the same fundamentals apply. I sampled the eatery on the 200 level and at least a hundred fans were reclining around small tables with their grub, no apparent concern that a game was nearby. Multiply that by dozens and behold the 3rd quarter at Dolphin games.

We're stuck with a bland and sterile cement warehouse, a wonderful advertisement for the term home-neutral. If Ross wants to stamp his mark for the positive on this community he'll tear up the lower seating, regardless of cost or so-called impossibility. Then construct a diabolical seating mix of nearby and metal, with rows angling upward not comically and silently out. I realize it will never be done. But it could make Ross a legend, eclipsing Robbie, and the stadium good for another 50+ years.
 
This is a buisness. It's about money. If you don't want to pay for the expensive seats, some rich non football fan will. As long as the money comes in, no one who matters will care. Ross is doing what he got to do. Make money, not satisfy your *****. If you don't pay for the seats, someone else will. Keep doing your thing Ross. Make that money LOL. I would do the same.
 
Am I wrong or are there two different NFL game day stadium experiences, one the average fan in the stands bellowing for his/her team, paying high dollar for seats and snacks (an experience IMHO being priced out of reach of the "average" fan). The other is the corporate status symbol/perk of suites with the amenities, the eerie silence, the place to stand and say to yourself "I made it" while oblivious to the drama on the field. God, but I miss the old Orange Bowl with the noise and character. I guess the boxes and suites are the moneymaker and Ross is playing to the wine-and-cheese crowd. I just look on them as a sideshow, glad that the franchise can make some bucks off them and help to stay profitable. Whatever makes them happy is okay by me. I am all for ripping up the seating after the Marlins leave and bringing the REAL fans closer to the action where they can play a bigger part in what's going on.
 
Lol...There is absolutely nothing Ross can do to win. I don't think I've ever been sorry for a millionare in my life.
 
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