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Bill Simmons: Patriot Stadiums, Then and Now

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/partone/081121

I don't particularly care for Bill Simmons. He's an unabashed Patriot's fan who plays reporter. Every week he talks about how great Boston sports are, everyweek he drones on about Tom Brady's season ending injury and the what-ifs that inevitably follow. Yet, somehow, he still manages to be amusing, this time he is more sobering.

This article talks about how things have changed in the football world for Patriot fans. How home field has been lost, how the poorer (read: more devout fans) have been sacrificed to make room for the higher paying "fans". Bill phrased it well what Kraft has done: "They feel disenfranchised to a degree. Like Turtle and Drama if "Aquaman" hit big, then Vince told them they had to start sleeping in the guesthouse."

I haven't been to Dolphin stadium in forever, I live too far away, to visit often (though I plan on making a trip next year). But what I do remember from Joe Robbie/Pro Player/Dolphin Stadium is that it was wide open, plenty of parking space, with little to no urbanization around it. I'm sure some has changed, but it can't be as bad as Gillette stadium with the multi-million dollar mall out front?

Do those of you who attend games on a regular basis feel like it is worth spending your hard earned money (seeing the Fins play is one damn good reason to spend your money, just put that aside for a fw). Is parking still easy? Does it take forever to walk to the stadium from your parking place? You get what I'm aiming at.

What say you?

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Too funny. Just finished reading this, was considering linking it up myself.

My introductory paragraph would have been eerily similar. Last time I was at Joe Robbie, it was Joe Robbie. I’m really curious to know how it feels now, too.

That place protects some of my most vivid and cherished memories from childhood. And I don’t remember too many.

by rococo davenport on Nov 21, 2008 9:00 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Don't ask me.

Last Fins home game I went to was at the Orange Bowl. They built the new stadium right where I used to live, but I haven’t been back there since it’s been opened.

-LCFF

by LeftCoastFinFan on Nov 23, 2008 1:46 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

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