Jump to content

  • Welcome!

    Register and log in easily with Twitter or Google accounts!

    Or simply create a new Huddle account. 

    Members receive fewer ads , access our dark theme, and the ability to join the discussion!

     

Anyone ever been to a Panther game @ Tampa?

ECUPantherFan

By ECUPantherFan,
in Carolina Panthers

Recommended Posts

ECUPantherFan Collaborator

ECUPantherFan

Posted
Posted

Hey guys - I just moved down to the northern part of Florida, and Tampa is a short 3-hour drive from me.  I'm considering taking my wife to the Panthers @ Bucs game.  Has anyone here ever been to Raymond James Stadium when the Panthers are in town?  Are their fans as trashy as their team?  Just wondering what I'm getting myself into, and if I need to choose liquor or beer.  Ha

Link to comment
Share on other sites
X-Clown Veteran

X-Clown

Posted
Posted

I went a few years ago, and their fans were actually decent, pretty self deprecating, didn't give us a hard time even though we get beat (it was 2010 and Clausen was the QB). I didn't tailgate around the stadium, so that may be part of the reason I didn't have a bad experience. Lots of empty seats, and was able to find tickets pretty cheap right before kickoff.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
CosmoGirl Newbie

CosmoGirl

Posted
Posted

I go almost every year and always have fun. I prefer to not sit under the canon though because it's annoying one shot for each point that's scored. Otherwise, the fans are nice (I always have lower level good seats, which makes a difference at any away stadium). People sell parking spots in their yards. There are pop-up beer stands in those yards as well. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
manu4t Newbie

manu4t

Posted
Posted

The fans are generally pretty cool, but might be worse this year if they are in the race for the division title.  When I have been in the past the stadium has been OK, it is certainly easy to get to from the airport.

If you go, you should go with Roaring Riot then you dont have to worry about the fans.  The stadium is what it is.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
ChuckWag78 Mentor

ChuckWag78

Posted
Posted

I grew up in Clearwater which is just west of Tampa. My parents had season tickets from 1977 through 2014 (the last 15 or so years being club seats).  I went to every Panthers game in Tampa from 1999 on until last year.  Both of my parents are FL transplants from Buffalo and Cleveland. They had their previous allegiances and supported the Bucs as their 2nd teams to support the community. Because of this I never felt I had a team of my own and half heartedly supported Bills/Browns.  I never like the Bucs!!!  Well, 1995 rolls around and I am presented with two options.  Panthers or Jags.  With two AFC teams already in the family, I picked the Panthers and never looked back.  I also hoped I might one day score a free Super Bowl ticket if they ever played the Bill/Browns in a Super Bowl!!

After my 2014 experience, I finally had enough.  Now, I am not a loud/obnoxious fan and I don't typically engage with opposing fans surrounding me. Also, I was typically with 3 friends/family members that were Tampa fans at these games.  I have had beers/drinks thrown at me, been viciously cursed at, and threatened. This has all happened in CLUB seats.  When others in my party report this behavior ( I again try to lay low), I have been asked to vacate my seat to go watch upstairs on the TV's in the club section.  Now this has not occurred at every game, but more often than not. I can't even imagine what happens in the 500 level. 

Now that being said, the stadium is pretty neat. No one has anything like the pirate ship and the overall atmosphere is party. Just remember a large portion of fans are just drunken white trash (not a race thing, just can't think of a better term) who don't understand how to act in public. Too much to drink in 100 degree heat will cause some bad decisions. If you can avoid those pockets of fans you should be fine. 

If you have never been to Ray Jay, it is worth it to go at least once, but I will probably never go back for another Panthers game.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Montsta Proficient

Montsta

Posted
Posted

I went a few years ago he. We played them on TNF. My wife and I went to Disney World and then went there on Thursday. I had a great time. 

Dude in front of us was with a girl I thought was his daughter til he started rubbing her back in a sexual way, which became weird. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • PMH4OWPW7JD2TDGWZKTOYL2T3E.jpg

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • bigdog_10_2002
      Flux

      By bigdog_10_2002 · Posted

      I would write “give remmers tight end help” on a yellow sticky note and stuck it in shulas playbook the night before superbowl 50. 
    • strato
      Flux

      By strato · Posted

      And don’t worry about Bryce he will be great… Peyton Manning had a horrible rookie year too 😂
    • strato
      Top 10 worst qb rooms from CBS sports. Panthers number 9

      By strato · Posted

      Nothing wrong with it at all until you start telling others they are bad fans or not fans. But you are the good fan because you never say negative stuff about the team.    I did many years of that type of uninformed fanning because there really was no info and coverage like there is with the internet.    I mean, I used to go to the store and get Street and Smith’s annual football issue. That was about the extent of what you could get if you didn’t live in a big city with sportswriters covering and reporting.  There was no video to look at or replay the games and if you didn’t live in the market you could only rarely see your football team play.    TI have fanned since being a kid in the early 1960s, and as late as 1995 - ‘97 I lived in Atlanta and good luck getting more than 3 or 4 games a year on TV. No radio either. No print coverage outside of an AP recap and box unless they played Atlanta.  People today that have always had the network connection don’t know.    I wasn’t very educated about the Panthers until I finally got internet. 
×
×
  • Create New...