jshawaii22 wrote:It was insanely hot today in the stadium. I can't believe that the players actually played (a little, anyway) without melting.
One thing for sure, when you only have 1 game a year, no-one from out here has a clue how to deal with security. Some of the crowd was still waiting in line after the first qtr.
Personally, I've seen or worked every game that's ever been here.. it's fun and the only one, but they sure aren't talking like they're coming back.
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jshawaii22 wrote:River --- my observation tooling around the stadium in my golfcart was that they have 6 entry points, and every one was slow. Some gates have up to 4 pass-throughs available and some, due to I guess a shortage of 'wands' only had one or 2 of them open. It was a total cluster. Lack of planning/training by Homeland Security (which is in charge).. I don't know, not my part of the show.
The game, on a Sunday afternoon, totally shut down the freeway system that passes around the stadium. How do you not know to prepare that 50k are coming, when the game is a sell-out 3 days in advance? Got me.
One more point. I may be biased, but the Seahawks dominated the fans, dominated the game and the "12" was everywhere including a nice big flag hanging off a construction crane across the street from the main entrance. Nice day all around for the 12.
RiverDog wrote:
There are a lot of Washingtonians that visit Hawaii regularly. When we were in Maui and went to a comedy/magic show, the host asked everyone in the crowd what state they were from, and the only state that had more guests was California. Pus isn't there a lot of local Hawaiians like yourself that are 12's? I sure see a lot of people wearing Seahawks gear anytime I've visited Hawaii.
Is Homeland Security in charge of screening? I thought that the host teams were responsible for it with oversight from Homeland Security. I've been to NFL games at several locations and don't remember seeing any of the security people being identified as working for Homeland Security.
mykc14 wrote:River, was that comedy/magic show Warren and Annebelle's by any chance? My wife and I went to that show about 8 years ago. Really a fun experience. I recommend it to anybody going to Maui.
jshawaii22 wrote:Homeland Security is who confirms all the worker's credentials, even though they are issued through the NFL.
While the actual gate security is a 3rd party contractor, how they screen, where they screen, and to what level the screening is done is all set by Homeland Security.
obiken wrote:When it was NFC vs AFC I watched it I haven't watched a pro bowl in 10 years. They need to move it to after the SB.
EmeraldBullet wrote:I really like what hockey did this year with their all star game. Not sure how that could be easily implemented into NFL though.
mykc14 wrote:Maybe with some 8 man football or something.
RiverDog wrote:I actually think it would be more fun watching the pro bowlers playing a completely different sport, such as golf, tennis, racquetball, etc. At least you could get a look at their faces.
Wouldn't it be great to see Russell playing racquetball against someone like JJ Watt? Or maybe beach volleyball, or scramble golf. Give the players a choice of 5 or 6 different sports and give a tidy sum of cash to the winners of each competition. IMO it would be something that the players would enjoy one hell of a lot more than another football game.
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