sportsillustrated.cnn.com is running a poll right now to determine which NFL team offers the best fan experience. It's mostly questions about your team's stadium and gameday atmosphere.
There's no way the Rams are going to score well at this. The Edward Jones Dome, designed to be all-purpose and generic, has mastered generic blandness, right down to the changeable name of the facility. The poll asked for something that makes your team's stadium unique, and I couldn't think of a thing. Generic blandness pervades the Dome, to the concession stands, to the halftime entertainment, and certainly into the stands, at least to those fans who haven't actually sold their tickets to aficionados of the visiting team or gone home with 9:00 still left in the game.
I'm dumb enough to think/hope the new video screens and improved sound will help raise the excitement level in the stands. The team is certainly poised for an exciting season. Atmosphere at this year's games is clearly in the crowd's hands. Let's hope they don't spend all season sitting on them.
Why is St. Louis a baseball town? Besides the 100-year tradition, that is, their baseball team plays in a baseball stadium. Their football team, on the other hand, plays in a convention center. They replace the FieldTurf every year now so they can have motocrosses and boat shows.
St. Louis got itself back a football team in 1995; that was a very big win. The bandwagon overflowed from 1999-2001. The next step, though, becoming a town that's dedicated to football, win or lose, is proving elusive.
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