Spur: AT&T Center Crowd Lame

[Que Gee]

And I may as well join the pile on about the music, the 80s and 90s crap has got to go. They need to do something to give the arena an edge.

AMEN to that!


Even for the last few years that players think the music choice is comical.

[greens]

I don't think it's Tim. Yesterday, he said that the crowd in SA is one of the best in the league:
http://www.woai.com/mediacenter/loca...om&navCatId=15

[TxJudsonRocketTx]

Reading this got me thinking, I remember 2 years ago I went home to Kansas City on Christmas to a meaningless game between the Bengals and Chiefs, the Bengals already clinched their spot and the Chiefs were out after the Steelers won that day, and I have still never experienced a louder crowd at Arrowhead than what I heard that day. I've been to a Monday Night Football vs Elway and the Broncos, and two Christmas day games vs. the Raiders, and they may have been as loud, but not louder. I dont know what it is about Spurs fans, maybe its that they're spoiled or maybe its because its an early round, I dont know. My best guess is that the lower bowl is full of nothing but rich L.A types, but in Kansas City when you pull up to Arrowhead, playoff game or not, you know the fans are going to be rocking the stadium and taking the decibel reader to its limits.

[DarrinS]

No offense, I know some of you all read this stuff, but the Baseline Bums are terrible from a loudness standpoint.

Well, they are pretty old. They're also too caught up in their little rituals -- it's very repe ive. I sat with them one time and it was like my first time going to a Catholic church.

[SpursWoman]

My season tickets were pretty close to them, and we never really heard them. They aren't even a shadow of what they used to be.

[DarrinS]

Well, the bravatars are back, so that's a good thing.

[mbass]

The oldies song that goes "mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmm mmmmmm" is very embarrassing to the whole organization. Whoever does their music only hits once on every 10 songs.

Spurs fans are very polite and even at their most racous are just cheering. They're not rabinous (word?) like GS and Utah.

I don't help at all. I used to be an awesome fan, but now I act like I'm studying game film more than being a fan of the game.

I think the biggest factor is more of the crowd is older than other crowds. Spurs have more senior fans than almost every team.

To me the worst crowds are Miami and Chicago. Miami is awful and I thought Chicago was ok until I watched game 3 where the crowd looked like it was afraid to cheer because they might be committed to thinking the Bulls would win. The Bulls were down by 6 with about 3 minutes to go and the crowd was as stunned as I was when Derek Fisher hit .4.

We're all polite - our role models are David Robinson/Tim Duncan. I loved your comment about studying game film - I'm the same way.

[rwb]

I have never been to a Spurs game because I work evenings and I just can't afford the tickets on the nights I don't work. But I tape every game and try to sneak online at work to keep up with the score. It drives me insane to watch the games later and see so many good empty seats when there are people who'd love to fill them and cheer the team on in person, and you know most of the noise is coming from the seats up next to the ceiling. I really hope the Spurs crowd goes crazy tonight and helps push them into killer mode. I say if there are no shows for the corporate seats that they let fans in who may not have the money, but have the lungs.

But I'd be okay with dropping, "If You're Happy and You Know It" and "Day-o."

[ATXSPUR]

The oldies song that goes "mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmm mmmmmm" is very embarrassing to the whole organization. Whoever does their music only hits once on every 10 songs.

Spurs fans are very polite and even at their most racous are just cheering. They're not rabinous (word?) like GS and Utah.

I don't help at all. I used to be an awesome fan, but now I act like I'm studying game film more than being a fan of the game.

I think the biggest factor is more of the crowd is older than other crowds. Spurs have more senior fans than almost every team.

To me the worst crowds are Miami and Chicago. Miami is awful and I thought Chicago was ok until I watched game 3 where the crowd looked like it was afraid to cheer because they might be committed to thinking the Bulls would win. The Bulls were down by 6 with about 3 minutes to go and the crowd was as stunned as I was when Derek Fisher hit .4.

lol actually the Spurs have hit their shot the majority of times when they play that mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmm. atleast from my obseervation.

[Trifecta]

Hey, we're doing our part in Club 200!!! What are you guys talking about. We go to the Spurs games, and it's very exciting and upbeat and loud. When I watch the replay on TV, it seems extremely quiet as they must be able to mute the crowd noise. At Dallas games, they pipe in a lot of the crowd noises, have the drummers, and the dud that yells all the time over the loud speaker, but the crowd is actually much quieter.

Club 200 -- keep it flowing'!

I am yelling through my TV all the way from SoCal!!!!

Everyone has to keep me isolated and on "losing my voice (and mind)" watch just like Wild Bill in the Green Mile

SoCal will represent this evening!!!

Spurs take no prisoners tonight!!!!

[RonMexico]

Welcome to life as a die-hard Phoenix fan that has seen the fandom completely collapse in the 14 years since the Finals run of '93. I watched an old home game on ESPN Classic (1993 WCF Game 7) and the fans were almost as good as current Golden State fans.

Now, they're just a bunch of transplant posers from California and the rest of the country and they know jack about the NBA and even less about basketball as a whole. It's pathetic and it pisses me off... now I haven't been to a game in 3 years out there, but I'll tell you that I was impressed with the SBC/AT&T Center crowds in the 3 games I've seen there since 2004. Who knows, though... maybe they've adopted the mentality of the team and just kind of coast along, knowing they can turn it up when they have to.

Ever since the population of Phoenix grew from double digits to the 5th largest city in America, the people that can afford to go to the games are no longer the true homegrown fans. So I want to thank San Francisco and LA for becoming so overpriced and for the illegal immigrant trade completely destroying the solidarity of the city.h

[coachmac87]

ya..its all about stan kelly....he sounds like a pussy when he yells and his voice cracks...we need something intimidating...and seriously does any PA ask the crowd to help?? seriously thats basically saying come on home team u suck at getting loud...it all starts with the PA he gets u hyped

[jag]

i live in chattanooga, TN and i can remember going to the games at the alamodome and the SBC when i lived in SA, when the spurs get deep in the playoffs...the fans represent, the place is electric. I have no doubts about the spurs or the fans.

[NASHville]

If the Spurs fans had half the heart of the Warriors fans the AT&T center would be one tough place to play.

[DudleyDawson]

I blame it on the AT&T Center. That place is one of the most poorly designed arenas in the league. The acoustics are terrible, and the seating arrangement makes no sense. Honest to god, why are there a thousand separate sections on the lower level? Then there's those terribly placed box seats about 15 rows up from the court that are hardly ever occupied. The Hemisfair used to rock, the dome would rock, this place is pathetic. How can you expect crowd camaraderie when the seats are divided up like they are? Look at all the "loud" arena's compared to ours. The AT&T Center was/is a big disappointment. I've been to many different events in that building, with the craziest of fans, and the place still doesn't rock like most other places. You put Golden State fans in our building and they wouldn't have nearly the same effect on the game they're having now. They would have to work twice as hard to generate the same level of noise they get in their building. I was at game 7 back in 2005 where the fans were standing and screaming the entire game, and Al Michaels didn't even have to raise his voice on TV to speak over the crowd noise.

[spurschick]

The fans tonight were awesome! I'm freakin' exhausted.

[LilMissSPURfect]

we are spoiled and just staking out and saving up for the partying downtown in june

[my2sons]

If the Spurs fans had half the heart of the Warriors fans the AT&T center would be one tough place to play.

What is phoenix's playoff record at the at&t...uhm...it is one tough place to play

[Amuseddaysleeper]

watch the spurs management say "y'all ready for this" is too 90's so they start opening games with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" instead

[Extra Stout]

What is phoenix's playoff record at the at&t...uhm...it is one tough place to play

2-4 since 2003.

Meanwhile, they are 2-6 against the Spurs in the playoffs at US Airways Center over the same period.

So at&t offers a bit of a respite for the Suns.

[Russ]

Teams with lame (demanding) home crowds are ususually mentally tough. More so than those with adoring loud fans.

The crowds in the old Hemisfair were great but the team probably depended on them too much.

At any rate, the PA man no longer says "Welcome to the noisiest arena in the NBA!" Those were the days . . .

[LilMissSPURfect]

I watched a game in the denver series where i was switching from espn to i think it was kens or channel 35 or something.... on the local channel the at&T crowd sounded loud but when i switched over to espn (or tnt) the crowed seemed like it was muted! Someone need to TRIP o'er those abc/espn wires and unplugg their asses!

[spurschick]

on screen it sounded like a dead crowd most of the game.

It was anything but dead. What you heard on tv didn't do it justice.

[Marcus Bryant]

I'm fing hoarse this morning.

[emmo]

that was the best crowd noise i've heard at a spurs game since the memorial day miracle. game five of the sacramento series last year was pretty good, but tonight was by far better. i can't speak from yelling last night.

some of the music needs to go (are you ready for this?), but i noticed one piece of music that got the fans loud was that one tejano song. people were screaming "ay yay yay"! now typically that wouldn't work, but this is san antonio. think using stuff that is relevant to the culture of the crowd is a good idea. it not only gets the crowd going, but is probably annoying to the visiting team/fans. also liked the use of the cotten eyed joe (bull !).

one more thing... what was with those lame noisemakers last night... guess they were cheaper than handing out black t shirts.