Why isn't Gillette Stadium as loud as other stadiums

[UK_Pat37]

Look, I've been to EVERY SINGLE GAME at Gillette since it opened except for two preseason games. I've also been to games in 15 other NFL stadiums (a few of them multiple times). You simply don't have enough experience in this to dare call anyone else "ignorant." Again, it's not the crowd. And tell your friends that yes -- they need to be quiet when the Patriots have the ball on offense.



You're wasting your time. These imaginary scenarios just aren't funny.

Do you really think we're that stupid? Or are you another one of those naive Americans who throw the 'you're English so are obviously oblivious card'?

It's absolutely the crowd at times...you don't need to be there to see it. You can pick out completely contrasted games on the television.

Gillette can be rocking...but there are games where you can clearly tell it isn't. My experience proves that.

 

[robbomango]

Do you really think we're that stupid? Or are you another one of those naive Americans who throw the 'you're English so are obviously oblivious card'?

It's absolutely the crowd at times...you don't need to be there to see it. You can pick out completely contrasted games on the television.

Gillette can be rocking...but there are games where you can clearly tell it isn't. My experience proves that.

I watch a lot of games and they all have the same trend, when the home teams are getting steam rolled fans shut up or boo.

At least the so called spoiled fans pack that stadium full every season in even the worst of weather conditions.

Go to a Buccs game and tell me how loud that half full stadium of miserable fans are..oh wait they're not, I guess they're spoiled

 

[Tunescribe]

Do you really think we're that stupid? Or are you another one of those naive Americans who throw the 'you're English so are obviously oblivious card'?

It's absolutely the crowd at times...you don't need to be there to see it. You can pick out completely contrasted games on the television.

Heh, they must sell quiet televisions over there in Blighty.

 

[DaBruinz]

Meh.

Seattle might be the loudest stadium in the league, and they play soccer there.

Seattle also happens to be a DOMED Stadium that is fully enclosed at both ends.. The fact that the only item you hit on is that they also play soccer there is somewhat boggling.. It's like you ignored everything else..
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[DaBruinz]

Do you really think we're that stupid? Or are you another one of those naive Americans who throw the 'you're English so are obviously oblivious card'?

It's absolutely the crowd at times...you don't need to be there to see it. You can pick out completely contrasted games on the television.

Gillette can be rocking...but there are games where you can clearly tell it isn't. My experience proves that.

Yes, most of us who are subjected to your posts really do think you are that stupid.

You've been to what, 2 NFL Football stadiums? I've been to 5. Gillette is the only one that doesn't get loud. Not because the fans don't get loud, because it's poorly designed.

And, another thing. There are FAR more people in the Upper and Lower Deck than in the "Club Seats". So, the idea that 20% of the crowd controls the 90% of the noise is what is ridiculous.

 

[neuronet]

http://www.patsfans.com/new-england...10/44781-crowd-noise-gillette-final-word.html

That was posted by Tunescribe in 2006.

And it comes up every single year since I have been posting here.

This is the one significant aspect of things that Kraft screwed up really badly. He should have told the architects: Make it loud, I want teams to hate playing here, I want a ROCKING home field advantage. Make it happen. Make the Superdome sound like church by comparison. I want them to remember playing here.

That he didn't make that a top priority was a pretty major oversight. Probably we'd have two or three more wins at home....

 

[fnordcircle]

No.

Every year, we get this same stupid thread. Every year, idiots chime in saying it's the crowd. It is not. It's the way the stadium is built.

So tired of this excuse being trotted out as fact. Without fail everyone I know who is a season ticket holder (I'm in a group of about 50 Patriots fans and 10 or so of them have season tickets) says the stadium is quieter than it was back in the 2003/2004 era in general due to fan apathy.

You can't blame the stadium, which hasn't changed in 10 years, for the poor showing the Gillette crowd gives relative to earlier in the stadium's existence.

I will say this, the crowd for the playoffs last year was fantastic and in general I've been happier with what we're getting. But there's no denying, to me, that there have been some seasons with ****ty stadium support.

 

[PATS16N0]

Just curious, if the stadium is so quiet why do the Patriots never lose at home?

 

[Tunescribe]

So tired of this excuse being trotted out as fact. Without fail everyone I know who is a season ticket holder (I'm in a group of about 50 Patriots fans and 10 or so of them have season tickets) says the stadium is quieter than it was back in the 2003/2004 era in general due to fan apathy.

You can't blame the stadium, which hasn't changed in 10 years, for the poor showing the Gillette crowd gives relative to earlier in the stadium's existence.

I will say this, the crowd for the playoffs last year was fantastic and in general I've been happier with what we're getting. But there's no denying, to me, that there have been some seasons with ****ty stadium support.

So tired of crowd apathy being trotted out as fact by non-season ticket holders who feel they know enough to chime in. (I've been a season ticket holder since 1994.) There is no denying the fact that Gillette's poorly conceived acoustic design is without peer in the NFL. Unless you personally have plenty of experience attending games at Gillette AND other league stadiums, you have no basis for objective analysis or comparison.

 

[Mike in 333]

So tired of this excuse being trotted out as fact. Without fail everyone I know who is a season ticket holder (I'm in a group of about 50 Patriots fans and 10 or so of them have season tickets) says the stadium is quieter than it was back in the 2003/2004 era in general due to fan apathy.

You can't blame the stadium, which hasn't changed in 10 years, for the poor showing the Gillette crowd gives relative to earlier in the stadium's existence.

I will say this, the crowd for the playoffs last year was fantastic and in general I've been happier with what we're getting. But there's no denying, to me, that there have been some seasons with ****ty stadium support.

This is just not the case.

 

[Off The Grid]

Too often fans get credit for the benefit of a good acoustic stadium design.

Places like arrowhead and Centurylink can make even the lamest crowd look visually imposing and loud.

NE is one of the best sports hubs in america, (the best IMO but I'm biast) and that's not the result of lame fans who don't care, quite the opposite. Gillette isn't a very intimidating looking stadium and has lesser acoustics, please don't blame the fans, that's just ignorant.

Peace

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Brilliant Post, Brother Rob.

 

[Off The Grid]

You could put fluffy bunnies in these stands and still intimidate teams.

Fluffy Bunnies!!

Just remember: Not all Fluffy Bunnies are alike:

2:00 Video ~ The Legendary Killer Rabbit of CaerBannog

 

[robbomango]

So tired of this excuse being trotted out as fact. Without fail everyone I know who is a season ticket holder (I'm in a group of about 50 Patriots fans and 10 or so of them have season tickets) says the stadium is quieter than it was back in the 2003/2004 era in general due to fan apathy.

You can't blame the stadium, which hasn't changed in 10 years, for the poor showing the Gillette crowd gives relative to earlier in the stadium's existence.

I will say this, the crowd for the playoffs last year was fantastic and in general I've been happier with what we're getting. But there's no denying, to me, that there have been some seasons with ****ty stadium support.

Seattle fans are not louder than pats fans, their stadium is, that's a fact. Same goes for the other echo chambers around the league especially the domes.

 

[Off The Grid]

I have to say, when the team with the red bird on their helmet played at Gillette a few weeks ago, the fans in our suite were going wild. Robert's personal chef Marc Dupuis whipped up some goat cheese encrusted New Zealand lamb tenderloin skewers that were an absolute hit with the crew ....even the wives.

Muffy, Bev, Alexandra, Tiffany, and Victoria. And when the match started, we were glued to our monitors. Nothing like opening day... the suite with a new decor....safari chic. And the serving staff brought their A game with flight after flight of wines from the Loire Valley. Just a rowdy atmosphere.

"Muffy!!"

New EngLand is one of the best sports hubs in America, (the best IMO but I'm biased) and that's not the result of lame fans who don't care, quite the opposite.

Gillette isn't a very intimidating looking stadium and has lesser acoustics, please don't blame the fans, that's just ignorant.

Peace

Indeed, Sir.

1 ~ New EngLand is the greatest Sports Hub in America.
2 ~ But it's true that Success breeds some spoiled, rotten fans. That's just Human Nature.
3 ~ But all FanBases ~ especially the successfull ones ~ are burdened by that Element. That doesn't change the fact that we boast the FanBase with the greatest combination of Passion & Knowledge in all the land!!
4 ~ It's the Acoustics, Stupid. Change that...and we'll all have to wear earplugs to FoxBoro.

 

[PP2]

Acoustics have something to do with it but that is not just the only reason and to deny it is ignorant.

I was at the Rams @ Patriots game in 2008 where we won narrowly 23-16 and scored the game winning TD in the final couple of minutes. Up until that point we had only managed a field goal all half.

Through that second half I haven't seen a bunch of fans moan and sulk like it before. They were as quiet as a mouse thought much of the game and it wasn't because of the acoustics..it was because no one was shouting. It picked up a tiny bit on third downs for the Rams but not by much.

The UKPatriots go over once a year and, given the limited opportunities our members get to watch the Pats, they like to make as much noise as they can....one game they were told to 'BE QUIET'.

You haven't gone often enough to understand that it takes above average effort to get the place loud and rocking, hence, it takes something special (e.g., big play) to make that happen.

Your pink hat remark is patently ridiculous.

 

[UK_Pat37]

You haven't gone often enough to understand that it takes above average effort to get the place loud and rocking, hence, it takes something special (e.g., big play) to make that happen.

Your pink hat remark is patently ridiculous.

Yet another one cracks the BS pink hat remark.

Been a fan since '99...so you can cut the crap with me.

It takes an above average effort? Well that just backs my point...fans don't get behind them when they're needed the most. If it only takes a big play to get you making noise then if anything defines the term 'pink hat' then that is it.

 

[UK_Pat37]

Yes, most of us who are subjected to your posts really do think you are that stupid.

You've been to what, 2 NFL Football stadiums? I've been to 5. Gillette is the only one that doesn't get loud. Not because the fans don't get loud, because it's poorly designed.

And, another thing. There are FAR more people in the Upper and Lower Deck than in the "Club Seats". So, the idea that 20% of the crowd controls the 90% of the noise is what is ridiculous.

Compared to some of the tripe spouted from your mouth?

 

[QuantumMechanic]

A true blind spot that's never been satisfactorily explained. Some stadiums are shaped like a cup, some like a bowl. Gillette is shaped like a plate.

Really! Gillette only holds 8,000 more people than Schaeffer/Sullivan/Foxboro, yet its footprint is three times that of the old stadium. People are much more spread out/back relative to the field.

 

[PP2]

Yet another one cracks the BS pink hat remark.

Been a fan since '99...so you can cut the crap with me.

It takes an above average effort? Well that just backs my point...fans don't get behind them when they're needed the most. If it only takes a big play to get you making noise then if anything defines the term 'pink hat' then that is it.

Fan since 1985, and Gillette is in my backyard (and so was Sullivan), so are you telling me YOU are the expert here and not me? You know more about my backyard than I do?

That's a good one, that.

 

[Armchair Quarterback]

The stadium design is partially to blame but you're in serious denial if you think that the crowd has nothing to do with it.