I haven't been to an NFL game in a long time. Ever, actually. What's the etiquette?

[Robb]

Some friends are taking Mrs. Robb and I to the Broncos game tomorrow. Forecast is cold and wet.

Obviously I'm bundling up... but can I bring a thermos full of hot chocolate? An umbrella? Or will TSA take these things at the door?

[littlebit]

1. No outside food or drinks.

I would leave the umbrella in the car. I don't think they will let you bring it in.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. your new Watchtower friends bought you

off with some tickets, huh?

[Twillig]

3. Here's what my college ticket says. (sorry not nfl)

No umbrellas.

.

I wouldn't count on the thermos. Check the ticket.

Maybe you can roll it up in a rain poncho. :-)

[GOPisEvil]

4. I would just wear waterproof clothing, dress in layers. Got Gore-Tex?

As for the Thermos, I'm not sure you can get that in. I brought peanuts into a baseball game once, but I'm not sure I could do that today.

[KitchenWitch]

25. We bring peanuts to Angels and Dodgers games all the time

We also bring our own bottled water.

[fortyfeetunder]

5. Just wondering do people get searched?

I will be going to a game soon...

[TZ]

20. If you have a bag they will look in it

Otherwise, no.

[tigereye]

31. mostly women's purses and bags

no open bottles of water - these are the baseball stadium rules, I assume the football rules would be similar.


I suppose people aren't searched unless they look like they have cans of beer or worse stuffed under their jackets...

[PVnRT]

6. Paint yourself in peanut butter and wave your penis around a lot

[Bunny]

10. .

:spray:

:rofl:

[Bossy Monkey]

7. Me neither, but the stadium's website is very helpful

http://www.invescofieldatmilehigh.com/index.php?section=stadium_info&subsection=overview#p Scroll down to Prohibited items.

Back out to the stadium's homepage for the Fan Code of Conduct; you are so screwn! (No indecent exposure? The very idea!)

Edit: Since everybody's guessing, rather than looking it up, I'll be more specific: Umbrellas are allowed, though not large ones or ones with metal tips, and outside drinks are permitted, but only in factory-sealed plastic bottles (no thermoses).

[nickgutierrez]

8. Get really drunk, paint your chest either blue or orange.

Yell as loud as possible. Repeat.

[DS1]

9. Apparently it's custom to cook shit in a parking lot, and get hammered before going in

I really really don't fucking get parking lot cooking. Fuckers

[pitohui]

12. tailgate parties?

what's to get? it's like a portable BBQ, and who hates a good BBQ?

[pitohui]

11. there's a device called the rum runner, i think

the cost of drinks is too high in most stadiums but "no outside food or drink or coolers"

"someone i know" has had good luck with plastic flasks similar to those you use to smuggle booze onto cruise ships

the one i just googled actually called "rum runner" works better for cruise ships but there is something similar that you can wear on your body under your clothes, no metal parts, they never catch it, especially if you're all bundled up, teh heh

if i remember the name of it i'll come back and edit this post

a thermos full of "hot chocolate" is not gonna fool anybody me thinks mainly because i don't think they allow non-alcoholic beverages either, even cokes are too sky high and no one would buy them if they could bring their own "hot chocolate"

ok i'm back, i just remembered it was called the beer belly, i make my own from plastic objects such as old imitation vanilla extract bottles at home and perhaps since you are going to the game tomorrow, that's what you will have to do also, rather than ordering the real thing, be creative, but here is their website to see what you're aiming for:

http://www.thebeerbelly.com/

oh, and if there is no designated driver, have cab money put away under your clothes also

have fun!

i know i'm terrible but i'm the "frugal" terrible!

[LeftyMom]

13. No umbrella. Hence the "stadium jacket" that makes you look like the michellin man.

No outside beverages.

[pitohui]

15. but the stadium jacket facilitates the smuggling of beverages

hence my helpful post above

[LeftyMom]

18. You gotta have the female companion do that.

Men get the full (but not police quality) pat-down, women generally get a really half-hearted one. Fear of lawsuits, I assume.

[pitohui]

19. well i guess i am the female companion

now i'm trying to remember if i ever saw them actually catch anyone w. one of these

maybe in nola they're more worried about finding actual weapons

[Fire Walk With Me]

14. First, you have to feed and water your captive Jehova's Witnesses.

You ARE feeding and watering them, right?

[SeattleGirl]

16. Paint yourself in team colors, wear a team colors wig, and

get as drunk as you possibly can. Then, act totally obnoxious in an effort to amuse those sitting around you.

I've been to two NFL games, and that seemed to be the formula most of the fans used. :eyes:

(Have fun, though!)

[GOPisEvil]

17. You know, there are "fake beer bellies" in which to smuggle beverages.

I think they are called "beer bellies" now that I mention it.

[old mark]

21. I'm an Eagles fan.

We ain't got no fuckin' etiquette.

mark

[TZ]

22. BOOOOOO!

There now...You feel at home right?:rofl:

[old mark]

24. Santa Claus is comin',,,,,TO Town......

and fuck him, too.
Now do YOU feel at home?
(We will win in LA!!)
:)

mark

[LeftyMom]

26. Palin just got booed at the Flyers game.

There's video up on youtube already.

[old mark]

29. :) :) :) :)

[greenbriar]

23. every time Cutler lines up to take a snap, yell really loudly

when the other side is snapping the ball get really quiet

[JTG of the PRB]

27. I think you've got that backwards.

:P

[greenbriar]

32. uh nope

not from my view


Anything broncos sucks

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

28. The standard of behavior

I've observed seems to be getting drunk and acting obnoxious....... :shrug:
But that's only the other 50 thousand pea brains. I behave myself :party:

[ogneopasno]

30. I went to an L.A. Raiders game back in 1993 or 94...

by myself because I was in LA and had nothing else to do. It was 65 degrees and everyone was bundled in coats and mittens; I'm from MN and was there in shorts and a t-shirt. I was in the next-to-last row and the guys in front of me kept offering me pot. I've been to other games, but that one was the most memorable.

[LeftyFingerPop]

33. Here's what you do Robb, ok?

Wake up at 6 am and start drinking beer. Drink heavily. Drink until you start to feel nasty and tough.

Dress yourself in the out of town team's colors. Don't worry about bundling up, because most of it will come off later when you get in a fight in the stands.

Buy the largest beers that you can at the stadium. When you finish a cup, don't throw it away. But rather, just keep stacking the empty cups within each other, and put your full beer cup in the top of the stack as you walk around and bump into people and get belligerent.

When you get back to your seat in the stands, start cheering for the away team. When someone gives you shit, take your shirt off and stick your chest out and yell "FUCK YOU, PUSSY"!!!

Then, the guy that was giving you shit will literally dive over six rows of people of all ages, including children, to try to reach you in order to rip your head off.

You can just stand there and laugh at him, because by this time, someone has summoned security and they apprehend the guy and take him away in the paddy wagon parked outside the stadium.

Then, you can just stand there with your shirt off and say to the people around you "Jesus, what a fucking asshole that guy was, huh"? as you take another swig of beer.

This is what I have seen at NFL games, anyway.

[edbermac]

34. Get blind drunk, pee in your pants, puke on the guy next to you...

And yell obscene comments at the cheerleaders.