empire stadium

empire stadium - the tradition continues
that's the motto for the newly resurrected football stadium

i very much enjoyed the first lions game to be played outdoors since 1982, even if the leos did fall to edmonton in the dying seconds of the game - bah! its only exhibition!


the outdoor stadium is only about half the size of BC Place, but that just meant that it was full for a pre-season game, and my seats are half the distance from the field at Empire than they are at BC Place - that's a big plus!  i shouldn't suffer too much if i forget my darned glasses this season!

the minuses:  its gonna be wet and cold sitting outside!  my seats are not covered by the roof, so it might get miserable later in the season.

most tragically, the only beer on offer is budweiser.  never my favourite beer, i did go through a period of drinking it regularly when we had two players on our softball team allergic to wheat, making rice-based bud the beer everyone could drink.  however, after hearing of anheuser busch's evil ways, i stopped drinking their products.  but the watery crap is all they have available at the new stadium.  boo.  and $7 a glass, to add insult to injury.

still, i had to drink something (football without beer?  are you crazy?) so i made do.  right up until my spare beer kept, i thought safely, under my seat got knocked over by the zealous foot stomping on the temporary seating scaffolding.  that stuff jumps when too many feet get a-stompin'.  beer down!

guess it just wasn't my beer day.

seriously thinking about smuggling in a flask next game...  and definitely gonna let the lions know that i want better beer at the new stadium.  never hurts to ask.







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