Group of Chiefs fans wants to turn up volume at Arrowhead

[Deberg_1990]

Loudest stadium in Seattle? Not if a group of Chiefs fans has anything to say about it.




Congregating in a newly formed Facebook group dubbed Terrorhead Returns, the fast-growing cadre of red-and-yellow-clad fans is hoping to counter a group of Seahawks backers who are attempting to get CenturyLink Field into the Guinness Book of Records as the loudest stadium on Earth.

Quoting from the Terrorhead Returns page: “We have submitted an application with Guiness (sic) World Book and will request the permission from the Kansas City Chiefs and the NFL to be given a fair chance to put the record where it is truly deserved. Join in Chiefs Fans! GO CHIEFS!!!”

So far, the Seattle contingent, which goes by the handle “Volume 12” (an homage to the team’s “12th Man” legacy of fan support), is a step ahead of KC’s. According to a post on NFL.com, the Seattle group announced on its own Facebook page that its application to have the decibels measured at the Seahawks’ Sept. 15 Sunday Night Football showdown with the San Francisco 49ers has formally been accepted by Guinness.

The official entry would be dubbed “loudest crowd roar at a sports stadium.”

A website in Seattle, SeattlePI.com, reports that the current record is held by the Ali Sami Yen Sport Complex Turk Telekom Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The decibels measured that day? An ear-splitting 131.76, or slightly louder than the sound of an airliner at takeoff. The Turkish fans were cheering on a soccer match played by Galatasaray S.K.

Size of the venue could factor into Seattle’s Sept. 15 bid: NFL.com reports that the highest decibels recorded at the so-called CLink peaked at 112, but notes that the Seahawks’ home digs hold 67,000, or 14,000more than the Turkish stadium.

If size matters, and if Terrorhead Returns can get a date with Guinness — and if Chiefs fans can fill it to capacity — Arrowhead could play a huge factor in a record bid. The venerable Truman Sports Complex venue holds 79,451, or more than 12,000 more than CenturyLink Field.

But Terrorhead Returns, though just launched Friday, has ground to make up in terms of likes on its Facebook page. As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, it had 1,830 members compared with 6,263 likes for Volume 12.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/07/16...#storylink=cpy

[DRU]

Just something else to add to my comments on here, a little story about the reason I got my season tix in 2010.

Things had been rough for awhile, of course, but we were getting a new stadium, a new regime, a new start. I knew we were opening up on Monday night against the Chargers, so I knew the stadium would be rockin for that game, which as many of you know, it indeed was (even though there were still quite a few empty seats).

I had this glorious idea in my mind that if we could start a snow ball effect on that night...come out with a big win where the crowd was really into it...it could spring board a new string of Chiefs home wins, which would lead to playoff appearances, which would lead to sellout games and then I wouldn't be able to get tix...just like the 90s.

Of course I thought I was a genius as that season carried on and we went 7-1 at home. Each week the crowd was into it, and the team was playing well. The two were going hand in hand, and it resulted in a home playoff game. Unfortunately, the crowds (and Chiefs fans everywhere) where also discovering that we had some rather large weaknesses on our roster (Casshole) and instead of the glorious years I was hoping for after that we all got to experience the Pioli disaster.

This obviously drove fans away to the point of SOC and the like. Now THAT would have been a bad time to try something like this.

Instead, though, we now have another new, exciting regime. That's something to start with. This could be another springboard type of situation where maybe if they do this at the opener and the fans get to experience a nice, loud, emotional game at home, and it results in a win, they'll continue to come back to experience the natural raw emotion week after week. The players feed off of it, the opponents begin to fear it again, etc.

I've been to big concerts / festivals, UFC events, air shows with Harriers hovering directly in front of me, games at other stadiums on big nights...none of it compares to Arrowhead stadium at its best.

Again, I think it would be great to do this not so much for the record, but to re-train the fans. The game that gets picked to do this, I think the moments they should try to break it are any time the opposing team has the ball. But not just when they have the ball...like somebody mentioned earlier, we need to do it during their huddle, as the walk up to the line, and through the start of the play. That WILL result in confusion on their end and COULD result in a big turnover at a key point to help win the game.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Terrorhead?

[DRU]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Terrorhead?

The name is unfortunate, but the concept is terrorific!

[Titty Meat]

Corporations pretty much killed the old Arrowhead magic

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Terrorhead?

Its a great name the franchise has been terrorising the fans for years.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by DRU

The name is unfortunate, but the concept is terrorific!

The concept is ****ing ridiculous as well.

Put a good team on the field, and the rest will take care of itself.

How pathetic is is to try to manufacture noise for a "title" we haven't earned in over a decade?

[DRU]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

The concept is ****ing ridiculous as well.

Put a good team on the field, and the rest will take care of itself.

How pathetic is is to try to manufacture noise for a "title" we haven't earned in over a decade?

I can see it's pointless to try and present reasonable arguments to people on here. You don't even argue back, you just keep repeating the same stuff that I provide logical rebuttal for.

[007]

Originally Posted by Halfcan

Home Opener, Faders, or Donks games- you really truly think that won't be HONEST emotion out there. Jeez give it a rest Dark Knight. And if I misconstrued your wait and see negative attitude with thinking that meant you did not think the Chiefs will be good- my bad. It sure seemed that way. Not sure how you go from explaining how you don't want to be a part of Terrorhead to calling me a mother****er and asking for a BJ- better take your meds dude- seriously. SOC was called out on FB- which I took offense to. I thought SOC was a big success- and hoped you could lend some pointers. It is pretty obvious now they don't need or want SOC's support anyway. Forget I asked and go back to the bat cave.

To be honest, HC, I don't think the group organizing this would want SOC involved at all. Connie in particular was very vocal against SOC. We already know that DEB wouldn't want it.

SOC doesn't need good press, bad press or any press at this point. They have done their job.

Also, you are calling people out for calling you names and you are just doing the same in return. Take the high road dude.

[007]

Originally Posted by DRU

I just don't understand how the people saying they won't cheer until the team is winning don't seem to get the fact that a stadium full of cheering fans will help the team win.

Stubbornness at its finest.

Who the hell said that? People go to the game and they cheer. You have been to Arrowhead haven't you? it may not be the 90s anymore but the fans cheer their asses off. Can't do anything about the wine and cheese crowd infesting the stadium though.

[Mojo Jojo]

This is an embarrassment of an idea for Chiefs fans, the Chiefs, and Kansas City. In it's loudest times during the '90's the crowds did get close to the record. They had audio guys there measuring at big games...Prime Time, Raiders, Broncos, 49ers, NFC Super Bowl teams. This isn't going to happen and the media will have another "fail" to hang on this team and city.

And BTW...the design of Arrowhead doesn't lend itself to work...simple physics.

[DRU]

Originally Posted by Mojo Jojo

This is an embarrassment of an idea for Chiefs fans, the Chiefs, and Kansas City. In it's loudest times during the '90's the crowds did get close to the record. They had audio guys there measuring at big games...Prime Time, Raiders, Broncos, 49ers, NFC Super Bowl teams. This isn't going to happen and the media will have another "fail" to hang on this team and city.

The first step is a full stadium. If we could just do that for one game, then it would indeed be up to the Chiefs to provide those special moments for all of those people to pump out their raw emotion and spike the decibel level.

If the stadium isn't full, though, you're right. No shot.

I'm with you all as far as the manufactured part of it won't work for breaking the record. Even if the place was full and they said, ok now, everybody get loud! That won't do it. To break the record it's going to have to be one of those natural moments when the energy just spills out of people, but when those moments occur and the stadium is only half full the magic can't happen.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by jspchief

Maybe we can bus in homeless people from around the country and set an attendance record to prove how popular the chiefs are.

Originally Posted by Guru

and put them all in CAssel jerseys

No self-respecting homeless man would wear that shit.

Originally Posted by Bo's Pelini

Its a great name the franchise has been terrorising the fans for years.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by xfactor

This was all born cause I hate having Seahawks trying to steal our title as Loudest Stadium. I was there for every game in 90's and always have been very proud of what we did earning that title. This team is being rebuilt and I believe they will do there part in awaking Arrowhead. I want us as fans to do our part. Always Loud and Proud, become that tremedous force we once were. It will take time but I believe we can restore it fulltime when team wins constitantly. I wasn't gonna roll over and just let Seattle take our title away without a fight. For record I didn't name group, I had other ideas but could care less what it is called. Its all about pride and the cause for me. Also I'll openly admit I had an addiction problem to cocaine and alcohol, which gives you many reasons to attack me. But I went to treatment, got help I needed to save my life. I've been clean for 13 months, have completely changed my life for the better and am totally different man then 1 that used to post here.

Steal our title.

[|Zach|]

Winning sounds so much more fun than jumping through hoops to try and get validation from people who don't matter.

[Hammock Parties]

I guess this is the kind of thing your fan base does when you don't win shit for almost a decade.