My first AIFA game (Carolina defeats Huntington)
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:19 am
Tonight was my first AIFA game.
I paid for a $50 "VIP" ticket, which I think was on the front row of seats. I'm not sure, because the seats weren't marked (the section was marked, just not the seats) and no usher was to be found down there. I ended up standing along the dasher boards all evening and did okay despite my bad knee. Thank goodness I was wearing comfortable shoes. No one came by to see if I had a ticket. The seat supposedly included food & drink per the website, but I never noticed any wait staff, so I don't know how you were supposed to get the food & drink.
The game play was what I expected: sloppy. Lots of dropped passes. Botched handoffs. The final was 35-34 for Carolina, which came back from 15 points down as Huntington pretty much imploded in the fourth quarter. There was music in between plays and giveaways and dizzy bat, so that was all familiar. I will note that the single point on made field goals at the kickoff was odd to me. It takes guts to go for it, because if it's missed and goes out the back of the endzone, the ball comes out to the 20 for the receiving team.
I walked on the turf after the game. I noticed that the endzones are shorter than Arena Football and the yard markings were hard to see. The turf itself was soft (IMHO) but you could see a few gaps at the seams.
The merchandise was sparse. One customer had to wait as one of the two girls went to find change for the cash purchase. I wanted a t-shirt, but the only men's shirts were black and they had no size XL.
So would I go back? Absolutely as I still had a good time. The arena's 40 miles from my home, so that's why I didn't go to the first two Monday home games. I'm not good at attendance guesses, but I'll say around 1,000 in attendance, about what I expected.
If you have questions, post and I'll try to answer.
Pepster
I paid for a $50 "VIP" ticket, which I think was on the front row of seats. I'm not sure, because the seats weren't marked (the section was marked, just not the seats) and no usher was to be found down there. I ended up standing along the dasher boards all evening and did okay despite my bad knee. Thank goodness I was wearing comfortable shoes. No one came by to see if I had a ticket. The seat supposedly included food & drink per the website, but I never noticed any wait staff, so I don't know how you were supposed to get the food & drink.
The game play was what I expected: sloppy. Lots of dropped passes. Botched handoffs. The final was 35-34 for Carolina, which came back from 15 points down as Huntington pretty much imploded in the fourth quarter. There was music in between plays and giveaways and dizzy bat, so that was all familiar. I will note that the single point on made field goals at the kickoff was odd to me. It takes guts to go for it, because if it's missed and goes out the back of the endzone, the ball comes out to the 20 for the receiving team.
I walked on the turf after the game. I noticed that the endzones are shorter than Arena Football and the yard markings were hard to see. The turf itself was soft (IMHO) but you could see a few gaps at the seams.
The merchandise was sparse. One customer had to wait as one of the two girls went to find change for the cash purchase. I wanted a t-shirt, but the only men's shirts were black and they had no size XL.
So would I go back? Absolutely as I still had a good time. The arena's 40 miles from my home, so that's why I didn't go to the first two Monday home games. I'm not good at attendance guesses, but I'll say around 1,000 in attendance, about what I expected.
If you have questions, post and I'll try to answer.
Pepster