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HolyHandgernade
11-03-2019, 03:21 PM
Backup QB showed up.

Offensive playmakers showed up.

Defense showed up.

Butker showed up.


Vikings fans showed up... WTF?

TLO
11-03-2019, 03:22 PM
Don't care got the win. Vikings fans going home sad.

HolyHandgernade
11-03-2019, 03:23 PM
Don't care got the win. Vikings fans going home sad.

Absolutely. Just glad we could run our offense in a hostile environment.

TinyEvel
11-03-2019, 03:24 PM
This was perhaps the most balanced win I can remember in recent history. All phases contributed.

scho63
11-03-2019, 03:27 PM
That was pretty pathetic to see nearly 50% of Arrowhead purple.

RealSNR
11-03-2019, 03:28 PM
The fans who sold their tickets just because Mahomes wasn't playing should be fucking ashamed of themselves

Dumb shits.

ptlyon
11-03-2019, 03:28 PM
Chiefs faithless selling their tix because Mahomes is hurt

ptlyon
11-03-2019, 03:30 PM
The fans who sold their tickets just because Mahomes wasn't playing should be ****ing ashamed of themselves

Dumb shits.

It's all about the donuts

PunkinDrublic
11-03-2019, 03:30 PM
If you knowingly sell your tickets to opposing fans you’re a piece of shit period.

eDave
11-03-2019, 03:31 PM
True fans.

HolyHandgernade
11-03-2019, 03:34 PM
I guess the Holiday season is coming up. Maybe they just needed to make some extra cash for Christmas.

HolyHandgernade
11-03-2019, 03:37 PM
Regardless, this is an amazing win. Getting to 6-3 without Mahomes is huge. We probably could have struggled to the Playoffs if we had fallen to 5-4, but it would have put tremendous pressure on each game from here on out.

jjchieffan
11-03-2019, 03:40 PM
We'll, maybe that was the strategy. Chiefs have been winning on the road and losing at home this season. So Clark was handing out Vikings jerseys prior to the game to make it look like a road game. It worked. We got the win.

displacedinMN
11-03-2019, 03:44 PM
Still not as bad as the LAC...We know LAC do not have fans....But the game looks like it is IN GREEN BAY

C3HIEF3S
11-03-2019, 03:54 PM
Still not as bad as the LAC...We know LAC do not have fans....But the game looks like it is IN GREEN BAY

Still very bad, though.

kcclone
11-03-2019, 05:28 PM
That was pretty pathetic to see nearly 50% of Arrowhead purple.

It wasn’t 50%. More like 1/3rd. Pretty similar to last week also.


It won’t be like that from here out. These were pretty unique games, considering the proximity to Iowa, MN, WI; Mahomes injury, and the records of the teams playing.


With that said, it got pretty loud today. I think the D playing well, makes the biggest impact.

Valiant
11-03-2019, 05:37 PM
Backup QB showed up.

Offensive playmakers showed up.

Defense showed up.

Butker showed up.


Vikings fans showed up... WTF?

Well we have been saying they play better on the road?

NJChiefsFan
11-03-2019, 05:40 PM
Was tough to see them do the skol clap.

DJJasonp
11-03-2019, 05:41 PM
That was embarrasing. I disagree with the 1/3 estimate. That was easily 40% viking fans. Hell, when they were on d a few times, they were loud like we were on the road.

Pathetic.

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Discuss Thrower
11-03-2019, 05:42 PM
First neutral site win for the Chiefs franchise in the state of Missouri.

CrazyPhuD
11-03-2019, 05:46 PM
That was embarrasing. I disagree with the 1/3 estimate. That was easily 40% viking fans. Hell, when they were on d a few times, they were loud like we were on the road.

Pathetic.

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Hey we're 4-0 on the road maybe it helped us win? :shrug:

OKchiefs
11-03-2019, 05:52 PM
Maybe the losers on the field should give them a reason to go to the games. Losers like Frank Clark get paid millions to not show up, why should fans commit to a team that is still soft and doesn't have their shit together?

TwistedChief
11-03-2019, 05:53 PM
Nothing like a bunch of guys on their couches complaining about the turnout at Arrowhead.

tmax63
11-03-2019, 05:58 PM
From 600 miles away in my living room I about lost it when Arrowhead was loud enough to get Cam Irving to false start.

Al Czervik
11-03-2019, 05:58 PM
That was embarrasing. I disagree with the 1/3 estimate. That was easily 40% viking fans. Hell, when they were on d a few times, they were loud like we were on the road.

Pathetic.

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Exactly....the lower bowl was purple....
That was the most lopsided % of opposing fans in the stadium I have seen in 30 years.
A big FU to the POS Chiefs fans that sold their tickets......

C3HIEF3S
11-03-2019, 06:04 PM
Nothing like a bunch of guys on their couches complaining about the turnout at Arrowhead.

Sure thing, let me just walk on over.

ChiefsCountry
11-03-2019, 06:13 PM
It's a bunch of people from Iowa and Nebraska who come down for the Vikings. Same thing happens with the Royals for Twins games.

Discuss Thrower
11-03-2019, 06:18 PM
It's a bunch of people from Iowa and Nebraska who come down for the Vikings. Same thing happens with the Royals for Twins games.

So STHs just started throwing out tickets on resale sites well below face value?

Mama Hip Rockets
11-03-2019, 06:21 PM
I went to the Chiefs-Vikings game in KC in 2007. There were tons of Vikings fans there then too. I would imagine that's the only game within reasonable driving distance for a lot of them in the midwest.

carcosa
11-03-2019, 06:22 PM
I'm PISED !!

Discuss Thrower
11-03-2019, 06:29 PM
I went to the Chiefs-Vikings game in KC in 2007. There were tons of Vikings there then too. I would imagine that's the only game within reasonable driving distance for a lot of them in the midwest.

It's only a 7 hour drive between the Twin Cities and KC

mnchiefsguy
11-03-2019, 06:33 PM
It's only a 7 hour drive between the Twin Cities and KC

Less than that. I can get from our house to my mother-in-laws in a little over six hours.

Plus the Vikes only play here what, once a decade? I would rather travel south than go to fucking Minneapolis, that is for sure.

KCUnited
11-03-2019, 06:33 PM
Chiefs play better on the road. Thanks fans!

DTVietnam
11-03-2019, 06:51 PM
seems alot of KC Mahomes fans lately ..

Chiefs fans are slipping..SKOL should never be chanted when we are on offense

wazu
11-03-2019, 07:02 PM
Backup QB showed up.

Offensive playmakers showed up.

Defense showed up.

Butker showed up.


Vikings fans showed up... WTF?

Were you there?

wazu
11-03-2019, 07:04 PM
I was at Arrowhead today and screamed myself hoarse. The final 2 minute warning the entire stadium went nuts throughout the entire timeout. Just fierce energy and wild screaming, and then when they came back to run a play it elevated. Great day!

DTVietnam
11-03-2019, 07:07 PM
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I love <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/chiefskingdom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#chiefskingdom</a> but we gotta keep them opposing fans up outta our house. They was way too deep in there the last two weeks</p>&mdash; Charvarius Ward (@itslilmooney) <a href="https://twitter.com/itslilmooney/status/1191137033852477443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

InChiefsHeaven
11-03-2019, 07:07 PM
From 600 miles away in my living room I about lost it when Arrowhead was loud enough to get Cam Irving to false start.

Indeed. I'm up in Omaha and I only get to like one game a year...it was HORRIBLE hearing the fan noise from the Vikings fans...good on them I guess...I just can't stand hearing the huge cheers when they scored...

58-4ever
11-03-2019, 07:09 PM
I've heard a lot of bitching on this topic... I was there today, and I've actually seen worse. The Vikings have a large contingent, and Minnesota isn't that far away. Get over it. If you own a ticket, you have the right to do whatever the fuck you want with it. I would hope that the fans of the Chiefs would keep them and cheer the team on, but that's their choice. The Chiefs can certainly affect this by not losing 3 home games in a row.

58-4ever
11-03-2019, 07:09 PM
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I love <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/chiefskingdom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#chiefskingdom</a> but we gotta keep them opposing fans up outta our house. They was way too deep in there the last two weeks</p>&mdash; Charvarius Ward (@itslilmooney) <a href="https://twitter.com/itslilmooney/status/1191137033852477443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Worry about covering WRs... not anything else.

chinaski
11-03-2019, 07:10 PM
I went to the Chiefs-Vikings game in KC in 2007. There were tons of Vikings there then too. I would imagine that's the only game within reasonable driving distance for a lot of them in the midwest.

This. They are a Midwest team that we don't play very often. It's only about 400 miles, a 6 or 7 hour drive. :shrug:

OrtonsPiercedTaint
11-03-2019, 07:14 PM
With Mahomes you are going to get front runner fans. They probably scream & yell when he is on offence anyhow

ghak99
11-03-2019, 08:32 PM
It's a bunch of people from Iowa and Nebraska who come down for the Vikings. Same thing happens with the Royals for Twins games.

That traveling fan base runs well out into South Dakota as well. A lot of them load up and head to KC any time the Twins or Vikings play. It's there once a year Superbowl vacation.

ghak99
11-03-2019, 08:35 PM
With Mahomes you are going to get front runner fans. They probably scream & yell when he is on offence anyhow

.... ticket, parking, and hotel prices don't help. Johnny the hard hat wearer can't afford to scream his drunken head off anymore so he does it from his recliner in front of his 60" while cussing the yuppies who now fill his seats.

Iowanian
11-03-2019, 09:51 PM
The grosser part was how many people in red I saw trying to put cheer the Vikings fans....when the chiefs were on offense.

All gross.

ThyKingdomCome15
11-03-2019, 09:54 PM
That was pretty pathetic to see nearly 50% of Arrowhead purple.

Parking is $60 bruh

Molitoth
11-03-2019, 10:03 PM
Smart fans realized that the Chiefs play better on the road... so they made it a road like game. =P

KS Smitty
11-03-2019, 10:25 PM
The Chiefs organization needs to help the STH sell tickets to fellow Chiefs fans instead of them having to use ticket exchanges to sell them to whoever buys them. Much better than the bullshit facebook ads trying to guilt you into going like: "your Arrowhead family needs you" or "those leaves can wait you need to support your Chiefs at Arrowhead".

IowaHawkeyeChief
11-03-2019, 10:43 PM
Exactly....the lower bowl was purple....
That was the most lopsided % of opposing fans in the stadium I have seen in 30 years.
A big FU to the POS Chiefs fans that sold their tickets......

This, it's not like it wasn't a big game for us. They have the right, but it doesn't make them any less culpable for what we saw today there. It was as bad as I a have ever seen it at Arrowhead, and I have been to GB, Minn, Chi games before...

IowaHawkeyeChief
11-03-2019, 10:44 PM
The grosser part was how many people in red I saw trying to put cheer the Vikings fans....when the chiefs were on offense.

All gross.

It also didn't help on a 3rd down to have the PA guys playing the drums so the stadium was chanting and chopping... That was just dumb...

DaFace
11-03-2019, 10:51 PM
The Chiefs organization needs to help the STH sell tickets to fellow Chiefs fans instead of them having to use ticket exchanges to sell them to whoever buys them. Much better than the bullshit facebook ads trying to guilt you into going like: "your Arrowhead family needs you" or "those leaves can wait you need to support your Chiefs at Arrowhead".I do think that this is a part of it. It's almost too easy to buy tickets as an opposing fan these days.

DaFace
11-03-2019, 10:55 PM
It also didn't help on a 3rd down to have the PA guys playing the drums so the stadium was chanting and chopping... That was just dumb...I think they were trying to drown out the Vikings chants. But yeah, STFU in that situation.

IowaHawkeyeChief
11-03-2019, 10:56 PM
Parking is $60 bruh

Only if you are so backwards you think the internet is a smaller net inside a larger fishing net...:rolleyes:

IowaHawkeyeChief
11-03-2019, 11:03 PM
Maybe the losers on the field should give them a reason to go to the games. Losers like Frank Clark get paid millions to not show up, why should fans commit to a team that is still soft and doesn't have their shit together?

Idiot...Please become a Cowboys fan, we don't need pussies like you.

suzzer99
11-03-2019, 11:49 PM
Looks like Chiefs fans need to start treating opposing fans like Oakland does. It only takes one or two well-publicized stabbings to keep this shit under control.

Chiefshrink
11-04-2019, 12:13 AM
True fans.

and goes to show you just how popular Mahomes is with other NFL fanbases because you know they bought the tickets right when they went on sale. The NFL fanbase in general loves watching this kid play and might I add they don't mind losing as much or the sting of losing is a little less when losing to true classy greatness.;)

Simply Red
11-04-2019, 12:22 AM
That was pretty pathetic to see nearly 50% of Arrowhead purple.

no Patrick - Patrick plays - never would have been that severe.

Bugeater
11-04-2019, 01:27 AM
Looks like Chiefs fans need to start treating opposing fans like Oakland does. It only takes one or two well-publicized stabbings to keep this shit under control.
Hey now, they did beat a Bronco fan to death in the parking lot a few years back.

DTVietnam
11-04-2019, 02:20 AM
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There was definitely some frustration in the Chiefs locker room about the lack of red in the stands. Here&#39;s what Damien Williams had to say: <a href="https://t.co/Nk0ApI4fKh">pic.twitter.com/Nk0ApI4fKh</a></p>&mdash; Brandon Zenner (@NPNowZenner) <a href="https://twitter.com/NPNowZenner/status/1191119419386269696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

BryanBusby
11-04-2019, 02:47 AM
I get the players frustration, but heck it's hard to blame families with limited entertainment budgets if they didn't want to blow their wads on a non conference game with Matt Moore starting on a 1-3 home record going into that game.

TwistedChief
11-04-2019, 04:08 AM
I get the players frustration, but heck it's hard to blame families with limited entertainment budgets if they didn't want to blow their wads on a non conference game with Matt Moore starting on a 1-3 home record going into that game.

This.

What are you gonna do? People who want to maximize the value of their tickets should instead take a 30% discount to sell them to fellow Chiefs fans? Maybe a handful of people would sign up for that, but when they see that others didn't, they'd feel like morons.

There's no solution to this. It happens everywhere. It's a market. If you don't like it, then buy the tickets and show up at Arrowhead yourselves.

Coyote
11-04-2019, 06:55 AM
Support your team. Repel all invaders.

Kids can drink powdered milk before selling to invaders. I am not exactly a man of means, and without living near KC, I kept my season tickets.

When not deployed, I would fly in Saturday, fly out Sunday night. Frequently sleep in the office upon return for early Mondays.

When I couldn’t make it, I gave my seats to Chiefs fans, though lots of offers from ticket brokers or opposing fans with some sob story. Screw em all. Chiefs fans only. Repel all invaders at all times for all alternative reasons.

Molitoth
11-04-2019, 06:59 AM
The Chiefs just need to worry about winning and the fans will work themselves out.

They have played like shit at Arrowhead.

wazu
11-04-2019, 07:09 AM
Also worth noting ticket prices for this game were insane. Before Mahomes got hurt they were going for more than triple face value. That’s due to Viking fans driving up demand. A lot of tickets in that lower level were $500 each.

Coyote
11-04-2019, 07:23 AM
Also worth noting ticket prices for this game were insane. Before Mahomes got hurt they were going for more than triple face value. That’s due to Viking fans driving up demand. A lot of tickets in that lower level were $500 each.

Noted. That’s exactly ($ 500.00 each) what I was offered plus platinum parking ($125.00) by Vikings fans. Plus a sob story about their dying father or some crap.

Gave them to a son in law and his buddies from Tipton instead. Repel all invaders at all costs. He told me about all the pasty dimpled ass weird talking purple bitches around him.

ChiTown
11-04-2019, 07:26 AM
The Chiefs just need to worry about winning and the fans will work themselves out.

They have played like shit at Arrowhead.

I just assumed our fans were trying to help out the team and make it feel like an away game since we have sucked so hard at home....

OrtonsPiercedTaint
11-04-2019, 07:34 AM
River Falls may have had something to do with it

srvy
11-04-2019, 07:59 AM
Probably a good idea for players to not call out the home fans. Charvarious is usually a quiet guy but he has been cornering like mad and feeling good and confident. The players dont realise strong consistent defense and home wins gets KC crowds rolling. Also packers and Vike's fans are among the best at traveling well.

cmh6476
11-04-2019, 08:15 AM
might have something to do with the fact that it's an easy jaunt down I-35 :shrug:

Chiefspants
11-04-2019, 08:19 AM
Worry about covering WRs... not anything else.

He did his job today and then some. He earned the right to tweet that after locking Diggs down.

Chiefspants
11-04-2019, 08:24 AM
I just assumed our fans were trying to help out the team and make it feel like an away game since we have sucked so hard at home....

LMAO

DJ's left nut
11-04-2019, 08:53 AM
It was probably about 30% Vikings fans. The fact that there were large 'blocks' of them made it look a little worse than it was because they stood out. They were present for sure; probably a little more then I saw for the Packers game and a little less than for some of the worst Steelers games.

That said - I get it, Ward. I really do. I'm fortunate in that I have done well enough that I can go to all these games and eat the cost of the pre-season and just enjoy myself without worrying about the cost of it. But not everyone is that lucky.

So for the folks that go get season-tickets knowing full well that they can probably only really afford to get to 4 of those games, especially when they have to eat the cost of pre-season games they don't really want, listing their seats to high-demand non-conference games makes all the sense in the world.

You could pay for the entire rest of your season ticket package had you sold your Packers and Vikings seats at peak demand. So now you get to go to those other 6 games and not worry about your entertainment has impacted your financial standing outside of that weekend - you're clear. You now get to simply enjoy your time at the stadium for 3 games vs. the division and huge matchups against the Ravens, Texans and Colts. And now you don't have to pay absurd secondary market prices for playoff tickets should the Chiefs be fortunate enough to secure a home game.

It's just pretty unfair to put fans on blast for not going to that game. Most of those seats were sold MONTHS ago and if not, certainly before Mahomes got hurt. This wasn't an issue of fans saying "well !@#$ it, Mahomes is out so I'm not going" - Arrowhead has been crowded for the last 5+ years and only 1 of those has been with Pat Mahomes.

This is a simple issue of economic reality for a lot of people in an era where season tickets and parking passes can cost you $1,200/seat or more pretty easily.

I don't like it - but I understand it. Ward isn't generationally wealthy by any means, but the man's making more this season than the majority of fans in the stands will make over the next 10 years. Maybe some perspective is in order when those folks make decisions that put their day to day lives first and are STILL out there supporting you the remaining 75% of the season.

burt
11-04-2019, 09:02 AM
It was probably about 30% Vikings fans. The fact that there were large 'blocks' of them made it look a little worse than it was because they stood out. They were present for sure; probably a little more then I saw for the Packers game and a little less than for some of the worst Steelers games.

That said - I get it, Ward. I really do. I'm fortunate in that I have done well enough that I can go to all these games and eat the cost of the pre-season and just enjoy myself without worrying about the cost of it. But not everyone is that lucky.

So for the folks that go get season-tickets knowing full well that they can probably only really afford to get to 4 of those games, especially when they have to eat the cost of pre-season games they don't really want, listing their seats to high-demand non-conference games makes all the sense in the world.

You could pay for the entire rest of your season ticket package had you sold your Packers and Vikings seats at peak demand. So now you get to go to those other 6 games and not worry about your entertainment has impacted your financial standing outside of that weekend - you're clear. You now get to simply enjoy your time at the stadium for 3 games vs. the division and huge matchups against the Ravens, Texans and Colts. And now you don't have to pay absurd secondary market prices for playoff tickets should the Chiefs be fortunate enough to secure a home game.

It's just pretty unfair to put fans on blast for not going to that game. Most of those seats were sold MONTHS ago and if not, certainly before Mahomes got hurt. This wasn't an issue of fans saying "well !@#$ it, Mahomes is out so I'm not going" - Arrowhead has been crowded for the last 5+ years and only 1 of those has been with Pat Mahomes.

This is a simple issue of economic reality for a lot of people in an era where season tickets and parking passes can cost you $1,200/seat or more pretty easily.

I don't like it - but I understand it. Ward isn't generationally wealthy by any means, but the man's making more this season than the majority of fans in the stands will make over the next 10 years. Maybe some perspective is in order when those folks make decisions that put their day to day lives first and are STILL out there supporting you the remaining 75% of the season.

I've always liked you....but I guess I didn't remember that you are so damn intelligent....

Coyote
11-04-2019, 09:10 AM
If the Chiefs are just a cost/benefit analysis for you, be honest and become a broker like many have. Even if it’s just your tickets. The math usually works in your business favor. Doesn’t meet the definition of fan though.

Dunerdr
11-04-2019, 09:13 AM
I had considered traveling the 4.5 hours one way yesterday, but ill be honest theres zero fucking chance that I, pay for that much gas, get a hotel room probably for two nights (might as well go out on the town friday and saturday),buy food ect, the wife will want to shop and make a mini vaca out of it, then pay 100+ per ticket to not watch mahomes play. I make the trek for one game a year and a playoff game if they have one at home. No fucking way do i want to go through the hassle of traveling 8 hours finding a baby sitter, and spending probably a weeks pay to watch anyone sling the ball who isnt pat.

KingPriest2
11-04-2019, 09:14 AM
I went to the Chiefs-Vikings game in KC in 2007. There were tons of Vikings fans there then too. I would imagine that's the only game within reasonable driving distance for a lot of them in the midwest.

I was at the same game in 2007 also went back on youtube and watched that game There were some but not nearly as horrible as yesterday

Iowanian
11-04-2019, 09:15 AM
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There was definitely some frustration in the Chiefs locker room about the lack of red in the stands. Here&#39;s what Damien Williams had to say: <a href="https://t.co/Nk0ApI4fKh">pic.twitter.com/Nk0ApI4fKh</a></p>&mdash; Brandon Zenner (@NPNowZenner) <a href="https://twitter.com/NPNowZenner/status/1191119419386269696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


I guess I could express the frustration as a fan who spends over a thousand dollars and travels a couple of hours each way to see a game where the defense doesn't show up and you spend 4hrs getting to the car, fighting traffic and driving home disappointed in the effort.....but I won't.....We had a rough time, especially leaving with no voices.


The Chiefs were 1-3 at home.....the fans have been bringing it.

Some of these players are new.....the fans they are bitching at have been there through rain and shine, Tyler Thigpen and Matt Cassel and Brodie Croyle......Players come and go. Players are the ones being PAID to perform.

DJ's left nut
11-04-2019, 09:24 AM
If the Chiefs are just a cost/benefit analysis for you, be honest and become a broker like many have. Even if it’s just your tickets. The math usually works in your business favor. Doesn’t meet the definition of fan though.

That's nonsense.

"If you make less than $70,000 year, just stay home..."

Making more money doesn't make you a better fan. A ton of people that sold their seats would've far preferred go to that game than sell them. That doesn't make them bad fans - in many cases it simply makes them responsible adults and providers.

The ST experience has never been about being cost-effective; for the most part it isn't. For years it's been a loss-leader that you go through in order to make sure you maintain your routine and get to go to the stadium and hang out with the guys you hang out with virtually every Sunday. The folks around us know my kids, my wife, pets and career. They care about each other and you'll never get that feeling if you just buy 3-4 seats on the days you can afford to get them off stubhub.

You want a good crowd out there - THAT'S how you get it. ST holders are vested in their experience and their gameday routine. And for some, life and budgets demand that they miss a couple of games. So what?

That certainly doesn't make them a lesser fan than a guy making 6 figures who goes every weekend and shouts 'HOLDING!' on every play and couldn't tell you who the long-snapper is. Or the wives that go because their husbands do. In many ways the fans that are having to make those tough decisions and sacrifices are putting MORE on the line and proving themselves to be better fans than the folks that can simply write a check and go whenever they want.

Iowanian
11-04-2019, 09:26 AM
Not so many years ago, Chiefs games were affordable and the stadium was full of blue collar fans who are less fickle about weather and backup QBs than people who can pay $400/seat.

RunKC
11-04-2019, 09:31 AM
Don’t care about the circumstances. This was embarrassing to see

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DJ's left nut
11-04-2019, 09:32 AM
Not so many years ago, Chiefs games were affordable and the stadium was full of blue collar fans who are less fickle about weather and backup QBs than people who can pay $400/seat.

And the other problem is that the 'cheap nosebleed' option is always on the table but man, that's a really shitty option for a ton of reasons. Apart from the headache of even getting to your seats after wading through the mass of humanity up and down the concourses, the 'awful fan experience' stories almost ALWAYS come from the nosebleeds.

That's where the folks that come to a game or 2 a year so they can get lit up in the parking lot and end up starting shit tend to sit.

So if you're someone who can put maybe $1,000 at chiefs tickets this year for 2 people, your options are to get some nosebleed seats for 5-6 games off Stubhub, be unfamiliar with the people sitting around you and far too often end up next to some drunk-ass who had to finish the bottle of fireball at the gate before he went in OR get your season tickets in the 100s, go to those same 5-6 games, sell your 2 non-conference games and probably break even in the end.

How does making the clearly more rational, intelligent and enjoyable decision make you a 'bad fan' who should really just become a ticket broker?

It's a ridiculous position born of a complete lack of perspective.

Bowser
11-04-2019, 09:36 AM
DJ is right. I have a bud that sold his Packers tix pre Mahomes injury (very nice seats in the lower bowl) and made enough to cover well over a third of the cost of the season's worth of tickets. It was ridiculous seeing Vikes fans doing their clap in the lower bowl and all the SKOL shit, but I kinda get it. Also let's not forget how well Pack and Vikes fan travel, and KC isn't a terrible road trip from either place (like how Chiefs fan is going to take over Nashville next week).

And I hear and understand the players with their frustrations. But the way I see it is that they understand their play on the field at home has had a big hand to seeing all the opposing fans in the stands, and they're prideful guys. This was partly their way of venting about that, imho.

DJ's left nut
11-04-2019, 09:39 AM
Don’t care about the circumstances. This was embarrassing to see

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Again, the blocks of Vikings fans made it look far worse than it was.

This was far more representative:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chiefs fans trolling Vikings fans 😂<br>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/productions_dre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@productions_dre</a>) <a href="https://t.co/3k0wjNcyIn">pic.twitter.com/3k0wjNcyIn</a></p>&mdash; BBQ Chiefs (@BBQChiefs) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBQChiefs/status/1191090725917732865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Were you embarrassed because of what you saw on TV? Sure - maybe. I dunno, I don't care.

I wasn't embarrassed because I was actually there and I know better. So the folks that sat at home who are criticizing other fans who...sat at home...what the fuck gives you the moral high-ground here? When someone sells their 2 tickets for $1,000 to a Vikings fan, well hell buddy - you could've dropped that same $1K to buy 'em. How's the opportunity cost of foregoing $1,000 for those 2 seats any worse than your decision not to spend $1,000 on those 2 seats?

It's the same calculus - you'd have both been $1,000 poorer for attending that game. Yet somehow folks that never had that decision to make in the first place are going to talk shit on those that did?

That's just juvenile as hell.

kcclone
11-04-2019, 09:42 AM
I'm fine with the players getting a little pissed about the last two games. Maybe they've been a little complacent this year at home. It could have fired them up. The results showed that at least.

With that said, the rest of the home games won't look like that. Also, we'll probably have a very similar turnout (30-45%) next week in Nashville.

Fans like going to an occasional road game. For the Vikes and Packers, this game made a lot of sense. If the game was in Minneapolis, I would expect a lot of red (with Mahomes).

Jerm
11-04-2019, 09:45 AM
I think telling other people how to spend their $$ and free time is ridiculous...

It's not like this is an every week occurrence, it's being way overblown.

I go to plenty of Chiefs games but I much prefer watching from home, esp. with Sunday Ticket being a thing.

O.city
11-04-2019, 09:45 AM
I think it'll end up being a good thing. There won't be many opposing fans in the seats when Baltimore comes to town for the AFc champ game.

We sold our tickets for the Packers game and the Vikings game (to Chiefs fans atleast I guess) and that paid the tab on well over half the season.

kcclone
11-04-2019, 09:45 AM
Don’t care about the circumstances. This was embarrassing to see

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Also for the record, it would be impossible to come up with a lamer chant that the Skol chant while clapping your hands in an arch!

I'm pretty sure that's what the real Vikings did when they landed on the shores of the lands they conquered.

dirk digler
11-04-2019, 09:47 AM
I went to the Texans game for my birthday and there was alot of them as well. Just seems to be the norm now unfortunately.

My uncle has had season tickets going back to the old stadium and if they couldn't make it which wasn't very often they would give them to me or other Chief fans. They would never resell them.

I can't criticize though because I go to 1 game a year and that is enough for me anymore. I like to sit at home and watch other games as well on my big ass TV.

kcclone
11-04-2019, 09:48 AM
I think it'll end up being a good thing. There won't be many opposing fans in the seats when Baltimore comes to town for the AFc champ game.

We sold our tickets for the Packers game and the Vikings game (to Chiefs fans atleast I guess) and that paid the tab on well over half the season.


I didn't sell any, but brought a bunch of Vikes/Packers because I do business with them. But yes, I couldn't blame anyone for capitalizing on those two games for financial reasons.

Before the Mahomes injury, Vikes/Packers tickets were selling for 2.5-3x face value. You can recoup your pre-season and much of your year in those two games.

As ticket prices climb, you'll see more and more of that. On the flip side, Chiefs travel well to many road games as well.

IowaHawkeyeChief
11-04-2019, 09:49 AM
Again, the blocks of Vikings fans made it look far worse than it was.

This was far more representative:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chiefs fans trolling Vikings fans 😂<br>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/productions_dre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@productions_dre</a>) <a href="https://t.co/3k0wjNcyIn">pic.twitter.com/3k0wjNcyIn</a></p>&mdash; BBQ Chiefs (@BBQChiefs) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBQChiefs/status/1191090725917732865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Were you embarrassed because of what you saw on TV? Sure - maybe. I dunno, I don't care.

I wasn't embarrassed because I was actually there and I know better. So the folks that sat at home who are criticizing other fans who...sat at home...what the **** gives you the moral high-ground here? When someone sells their 2 tickets for $1,000 to a Vikings fan, well hell buddy - you could've dropped that same $1K to buy 'em. How's the opportunity cost of foregoing $1,000 for those 2 seats any worse than your decision not to spend $1,000 on those 2 seats?

It's the same calculus - you'd have both been $1,000 poorer for attending that game. Yet somehow folks that never had that decision to make in the first place are going to talk shit on those that did?

That's just juvenile as hell.

I was at the game and it was as bad as it seemed. This by far was the most away fans at an arrowhead game that I've been too and that's well over 100. I get some folks selling their tickets as they want to recoup some cost and need to for the cost of their ST, but many folks sold them for the pure reason that Mahomes wasn't playing, weather may not be good, and they thought we would lose with all of our injuries. That's their choice, we have a right to criticize them, and also the right to troll them because they weren't there for a great game in absolutely perfect weather.

Coyote
11-04-2019, 09:57 AM
WTF are you talking about $ 70,000.00? That is on you. I never brought up income and certainly didn’t link it to fan quality. That’s all you. It’s the primary reason I give my Chiefs tickets to Chiefs fans vice sell them to Invaders.

Did you even read any of my posts about means. Has nothing to do with the quality of the fan. Did you ignore or miss my reference about choosing powdered milk for the kids in order to attend a game?

You chose to ignore my point about the definition of a fan then agreed with it not being about cost effectiveness. It’s not rational by definition.We’re in agreement for the most part it’s not cost effective. My point was be honest about why guys broker their tickets and then if you do, don’t claim some smarter Chiefs fan status.

In fact, I would rather hang with the beer and BBQ crowd that had to sacrifice to get to the game than wine and cheese ticket brokers from Kansas.

But as my family has had season tickets since the sixties, the prices have pushed the beer drinkers to some hard choices. One family rule on Chiefs tickets:
Never sell or give them to other team fans.
Ive listened to the argument about $, time, effort for years from women. Particularly in the cold. I never associated income with fans. That’s all you. Make your choice. Voice your opinion. Just don’t lie about mine.

Fans do not depend on income. Ticket brokers do. Sell your tickets to Raider fans then.

DJ's left nut
11-04-2019, 10:06 AM
"Fans do not depend on income. Ticket brokers do."

"I never brought up income and certainly didn't link it to fan quality"

These two positions are mutually exclusive. Selling a couple tickets to make the rest of them affordable is far different than simply selling all your tickets to turn a profit. You don't seem to be allowing for that possibility at all. How can you say you don't link income with fans when you're castigating anyone that makes a rational decision to offset a significant chunk of their ST costs as 'ticket brokers, not fans'?

Oh, and you're either A) full of shit or B) a lousy parent if your position is that you'd make your children sacrifice so you could attend a Chiefs game. I didn't miss it - I disregarded it as (hopeful) hyperbole.

And the 'beer and barbecue vs. wine and cheese' distinction has been an old saw that's almost entirely bullshit and has been for years. Having had my seats in both the upper and lower sections, I can tell you that the lower bowl is FAR more engaged and a far more raucous, enjoyable environment.

O.city
11-04-2019, 10:17 AM
We sit in the yellow seats. The wine and cheese crowd is a bit of a myth. People in there yell and scream and keep up with the game. It's different than the lower bowl in the cold games because you can go stand in line and get warm while getting food, but other than that, theres not much difference.

kcclone
11-04-2019, 10:32 AM
We sit in the yellow seats. The wine and cheese crowd is a bit of a myth. People in there yell and scream and keep up with the game. It's different than the lower bowl in the cold games because you can go stand in line and get warm while getting food, but other than that, theres not much difference.


I agree. The concessions area is way better, but the crowd is pretty much the same. Probably a few less slobbering drunk people and a few more kids mixed in. The "wine and cheese" crowd wearing khakis and dress shoes are in the suites, not the outdoor club seats.

Dunerdr
11-04-2019, 10:44 AM
Chiefs fans trolling the vikings fans with the SKOL chant made my day.

Coyote
11-04-2019, 10:57 AM
Sorry. What I meant to post or at least some version:

Folks sell their tickets for a lot of reasons but profit margin is a primary reason. If the purpose of that margin is to “...make the rest of them affordable is far different than simply selling all your tickets to turn a profit.” That’s your opinion. Fine. I have a more non business based opinion. I’ve stated never sell to the opposing teams fans.

Your choice prioritizes business over fanaticism. You end up with fans from the other team in large number for the profit for whatever motivation of the seller.

You continue to rack and stack fans based on your judgment of parenting, “old saws” ( btw it’s true over the last 60 years), and lower bowl over upper bowl fan seating and behavior that you assign as more raucous in the lower more expensive tickets (and that must equate somehow to fan quality- again with a cost/income equation) maybe daylight savings change for the last game.

No shit, it’s why ticket prices are higher in the lower section. Simple business return vs. game day experience for you and others. Enjoy your wine. Sell away.

Lzen
11-04-2019, 11:03 AM
Moore has really impressed me other than not recognizing extra blitzers at times, a la Matt Cassel. The guy has really shown some moxy. He was the 3rd string QB but I think he has played his way into the #2 slot once Mahomes comes back.

Defense looked pretty good. The one thing that they didn't do so well is that they kept getting fooled by screen passes. Gotta do better on those.

I looked over the crowd and it appeared to me to be about one third of the stadium was filled with Vikings fans. This pisses me off to no end. Stupid bandwagon Chiefs fans sell their tickets when they know Mahomes isn't going to play. It was actually worse last week with the Packers fans. C'mon, Chiefs fans, we need to do better than this. :mad:

InChiefsHeaven
11-04-2019, 11:07 AM
WTF IS the SKOL chant anyway? Just clapping their hands over their heads or something?

Lzen
11-04-2019, 11:12 AM
Chiefs fans trolling the vikings fans with the SKOL chant made my day.

Yep, me too. We did Go Chiefs Go! last week but it didn't matter in the end. :(

kysirsoze
11-04-2019, 11:17 AM
Who cares? We won. It was a midseason NFC game anyway. If I was a STH that couldn't attend every game it would have been high on my list to sell. Hope all the visiting Vikings fans had a good time watching their SB contender lose to Matt Moore.

DaFace
11-04-2019, 11:20 AM
I suppose in some ways it should be flattering. Vikings fans didn't invade Oakland. Why? Because their stadium is a shit hole and their team isn't very interesting. Arrowhead is a great experience, and Vikings fans knew it would be fun to watch even if their team lost.

It sucks to see, but I think we're going to see more of it in the future as the NFL makes it super easy for people to buy and sell tickets. We're a long way from the day when you had to sell your paper tickets in the classifieds.

Graystoke
11-04-2019, 11:24 AM
Probably a good idea for players to not call out the home fans. Charvarious is usually a quiet guy but he has been cornering like mad and feeling good and confident. The players dont realise strong consistent defense and home wins gets KC crowds rolling. Also packers and Vike's fans are among the best at traveling well.

Chicago Fans are pretty good at travel as well.

dls6501
11-04-2019, 11:32 AM
That was pretty pathetic to see nearly 50% of Arrowhead purple.

People like to exaggerate. There is no way it was even close to being 50% Vikings fans.

KChiefs1
11-04-2019, 11:45 AM
http://m.startribune.com/vikings-fall-but-their-fans-show-up-in-force-in-kansas-city/564326092/

Only158
11-04-2019, 12:04 PM
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I love <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/chiefskingdom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#chiefskingdom</a> but we gotta keep them opposing fans up outta our house. They was way too deep in there the last two weeks</p>&mdash; Charvarius Ward (@itslilmooney) <a href="https://twitter.com/itslilmooney/status/1191137033852477443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I do not mind the banter between fans on the value of fandom vs. market forces for ST holders. I do have an issue with this guy. Had it been my team after his “performance” in the first four games he’d be wondering if every person he saw in his place of business “wanted fries with that”, not what jersey they were wearing. Am I glad he has finally learned what every 7th grade B team corner knows “ play the ball not the man” and “when they put their hands up to catch TURN YOUR F***ING HEAD AROUND!”? Yes. Do I agree with his lecturing of people providing him with an incredible income? Uhhhhh...no. Shout out to C Ward....mind your business....on the big green and white rectangle.

Shiver Me Timbers
11-04-2019, 12:08 PM
Is it against policy to list game tickets available here on CP for registered CP members?
I try to go to a few games a year and would much rather buy from one of you guys then pay Ticketmaster. Maybe a "Game Tickets Available" thread?

DaFace
11-04-2019, 12:41 PM
Is it against policy to list game tickets available here on CP for registered CP members?
I try to go to a few games a year and would much rather buy from one of you guys then pay Ticketmaster. Maybe a "Game Tickets Available" thread?

People are more than welcome to list tickets here. Just post it as a new thread, though if a lot of people decide they want to deal with it we could create a general megathread for it instead.

KCrockaholic
11-04-2019, 12:47 PM
The Chiefs play better on the road anyways so wanted to make them feel comfortable obviously.

tyecopeland
11-04-2019, 12:53 PM
Smart fans realized that the Chiefs play better on the road... so they made it a road like game. =P

It was a planned event by clark hunt and andy reid to make it feel like a road game so we could win at home.

Hows that for a conspiracy theory blackop?

ptlyon
11-04-2019, 12:55 PM
Don't give him any ideas, he's about to spin out the way it is

Bearcat
11-04-2019, 01:07 PM
Don’t care about the circumstances. This was embarrassing to see


LOL, embarrassing? Fandom is so weird sometimes.

kcclone
11-04-2019, 01:10 PM
I’m fine with season ticket holders doing whatever they want with their tickets.

They probably list them on the exchanges so if Chiefs fans want to step up and buy them they can.

I’m also fine with Charvarious Ward being pissed about the crowd makeup.

If the D keeps playing angry, the Chiefs fans will step up and do their part.

Lzen
11-04-2019, 01:14 PM
LOL, embarrassing? Fandom is so weird sometimes.

What's so weird about his comment? Chiefs fans take pride in making Arrowhead hostile to opponents. We take pride in the db record. That Vikings game (and GB game the week before) was........far less......than hostile. :(

KChiefs1
11-04-2019, 01:22 PM
It was a planned event by clark hunt and andy reid to make it feel like a road game so we could win at home.



Hows that for a conspiracy theory blackop?

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PAChiefsGuy
11-04-2019, 01:37 PM
That was really bad this Sunday. Wtf was that shit... Way too many Vikings fans in the stadium.

HolyHandgernade
11-04-2019, 04:25 PM
Were you there?

When I lived in KC and had season tickets, I never missed a game, and that was in the Schottenheimer 3 yards and a cloud of dust days, so FU.

KurtCobain
11-04-2019, 04:39 PM
If you knowingly sell your tickets to opposing fans you’re a piece of shit period.

That's always been my view on it.

Iowanian
11-04-2019, 04:57 PM
Ironically, a month ago I posted a thread to initiate the purchase of tickets to take my family(Chiefs fans) to a game at Arrowhead. One person reached out with great seats, that were out of my price range for that effort.....the majority suggested I go to online ticket traders who mark tickets up, sell to anyone who will pay and then charge 26-36/ticket "Fee".

If any of the people in this thread are adamant about only selling to Chiefs fans, I suggest a ticket exchange here when you're not wanting to use your tickets.

My son has been begging to go to the raider game.


For years, I sat in the upper level also...It was fun and rowdy. At some point it turned to the point that even I didn't enjoy those seats any longer and I'd not subject my kids to nose bleed drunks.

chinaski
11-04-2019, 05:06 PM
Also for the record, it would be impossible to come up with a lamer chant that the Skol chant while clapping your hands in an arch!

I'm pretty sure that's what the real Vikings did when they landed on the shores of the lands they conquered.



Actually, they were blaring Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song through the loudspeakers on their Huey's.

They came in low out of the rising sun and put on the music about a mile out...

Coyote
11-04-2019, 05:39 PM
I doubt we would have enough Chiefs only salesmen to sustain it. And I am clearly in that club.

In my case as may be representative, I give them to family or friends back in KC. I have seats in all 3 sections: lower,club/gold and upper. All are sought after, as they are on aisles in the first 3 rows on the Chiefs sideline in each section.

Built them over years when many lean years. Will pass them on next season as I can’t really use them anymore. I may have to finance them for some family members. This season, as in the past, we had a bidders war over games and seats.


Games like Raiders really matter, so much tougher to get at least it was for my “bidders.” Loyalty rates a higher bid than warm weather fans in my family with me deciding. Raiders went quickly. As expected.

I agree there are different behaviors in the 3 areas. Ironically, based on your and others comments about the upper deck, we typically see the worst behavior in the lower section aisle behind the Chiefs bench from young women vying for TV or players attention I guess.

The different views are what matter to me. Upper deck: operational view. Can see the plays develop. Gold: balance of some operational and some crowd proximity. Amenities as mentioned matter. Lower: miss some play details but hear/feel players and coaches. Appreciate the skill and size, speed, etc. But frequently have to check the replay board for close first downs, etc.


I also have access to a suite. Seldom use it as the guys are always working some kind of business or social angle. Plus yelling is awkward. I have to admit to using it for the cold of the AFC championship last year. I heard about it from my boys.
Disabled or not. No mercy.

ChiefsFanatic
11-04-2019, 09:36 PM
A backup QB, and a hot Vikings team with the leading rusher, both played a part, but I bet that people who sold their tickets probably anticipated bad weather too. It had just been sleeting, and near freezing, a couple of days before the game. I was shocked at how nice the weather turned out to be. I think if it had been that nice all week, you wouldn't have seen so much purple.

But, the three home losses in a row didn't help either. One of the most depressing things in life is the walk back to the car, and subsequent traffic jam, after a home loss at Arrowhead.

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WhiteWhale
11-04-2019, 09:42 PM
That was embarrassing. Practically a road game. Our own guys were having trouble hearing at the endzones.

Nice job season ticket holders...I've been a KC fan for a long time and I haven't seen that since the fucking Herm years. The team is 5-3. What the fuck?

wazu
11-04-2019, 10:46 PM
That was embarrassing. Practically a road game. Our own guys were having trouble hearing at the endzones.

Nice job season ticket holders...I've been a KC fan for a long time and I haven't seen that since the fucking Herm years. The team is 5-3. What the fuck?

Were you there?