Never have been in all these years. The dirt-cheap tickets and a 4-day weekend convinced me to load up the kids and go.
Commute/Drive - B- - short trip (closer than Lubbock) from DFW, but I-35 is so trash. Too much construction and a lot of traffic stoppage.
Parking - A+ - Free downtown parking garage with really nice buses to drop you right by the stadium. After the game they are there to take you back.
Concessions - C+ - Great selection, but crazy prices. Lines were short. Wanted a Freddy's burger and they told me they could not take off the veggies because the burgers were pre-made. Ewww. Ordered some $9 cheese curds instead and it was a small container that was half-full. Maybe 12-14 curds total in there.
Stadium - B- - Not a lot of "real" seats, and the benches were not comfortable at all. Maybe I am just spoiled by never sitting on bleacher seats at home games. Design is nice enough, and their huge screen is cool and the WHOLE THING is used for game video, no ads. Ads are on the smaller screens. They were bad about not showing replays, so that was annoying, as was their PA guy's voice.
Fans - B- - A lot showed up considering their terrible record, and they made a lot of noise toward the end when it was close. Boy, are they ever salty though. I got called an ass for starting a Raider Power chant in our section after what should have been our last first down (if not for their 4th timeout). The ones in front of us in the bus line after the game also spent the entire time complaining about the refs.
Commute/Drive - B- - short trip (closer than Lubbock) from DFW, but I-35 is so trash. Too much construction and a lot of traffic stoppage.
Parking - A+ - Free downtown parking garage with really nice buses to drop you right by the stadium. After the game they are there to take you back.
Concessions - C+ - Great selection, but crazy prices. Lines were short. Wanted a Freddy's burger and they told me they could not take off the veggies because the burgers were pre-made. Ewww. Ordered some $9 cheese curds instead and it was a small container that was half-full. Maybe 12-14 curds total in there.
Stadium - B- - Not a lot of "real" seats, and the benches were not comfortable at all. Maybe I am just spoiled by never sitting on bleacher seats at home games. Design is nice enough, and their huge screen is cool and the WHOLE THING is used for game video, no ads. Ads are on the smaller screens. They were bad about not showing replays, so that was annoying, as was their PA guy's voice.
Fans - B- - A lot showed up considering their terrible record, and they made a lot of noise toward the end when it was close. Boy, are they ever salty though. I got called an ass for starting a Raider Power chant in our section after what should have been our last first down (if not for their 4th timeout). The ones in front of us in the bus line after the game also spent the entire time complaining about the refs.
