76,000 of your closest friends

Arrowhead Stadium: A KC Chiefs Game Day Experience

Kansas City, MO

 

A pleasant fall Sunday in Kansas City with 76,000 of your closest friends OR to put more simply..   

A huge back yard barbeque with a long list of different people and personalities from all different walks of life who are united as ONE with the same goal in mind = Tailgate HARD and a Chiefs WIN.

…Flags fly valiantly throughout as the cool morning breeze kicks in as you pull in with your crew into the Truman Sports Complex parking lot at about 8:50 AM.  Crack your first cold beer or take a drink from a spicy bloody marry with just the right amount of worsheshere and pepper.  Open the bags of chips, plow through them until you get serious and have to help set up the chairs and get your area set up to enjoy this Chiefs Sunday with your friends and family.   

Next, and probably the most important thing, get the football out.  Lick your fingers find the grip along the laces, feel the tact of the worn leather, do a couple of arm swings and tell your friend to go deep.  Footballs are flying everywhere where you take your place in the fray of competition with old athletes and younger ones just beginning their journey.  

As the sun rises higher in the east providing an invisible surge of power, the atmosphere in the complex is changing, metamorphosing, and taking on a life of its own.  You actually FEEL like you are a part of a living, breathing thing with its own rhythm and heartbeat, it’s incredible. 

The anticipation for game day, matchups, rivalries, hope, play-off aspirations, deep conversations, reminiscing about good stories of the past, jersey’s, team colors, team hats, sunglasses, THE COLOR RED, pumping music, trembling base, delicious smells of food in the air, taking a shot, chasing it down with another beer, barbeque, laughter, pictures, washers hitting the concrete and rolling around, more bottle caps falling and the sound of “ting” as they hit the ground with hundreds of others; A daring cook sets out their famous chili and insists it’s even better over your hot dog you are eating.  And then an errant pass wobbles into your zone from another group..the person apologizes to be cordial, but why?  You are now friends with everybody.  WE are Chiefs fans. 

“NO PROBLEM, I got this, Just go deep.”

It’s at this moment, when you take a seat, take in the beautiful morning and embrace where you are, Football USA.  You crack your last beer and get one ready to take with you as you prepare to make your way towards the front of the stadium.  But don’t forget..eat a couple more of those homemade brownies, “Who the hell made these?, they are awesome!!”  

A sleeping giant has just been awakened and they are your 76,000 Chiefs fans.  Make your way to your seats, settle in, fire up your vocal cords and cheer as our team bursts through the stadium tunnel.  The crowd noise is deafening and the game is about to begin.  You are in Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs where memories have been and will continue to always be made. 

98.9% A+

Special Note:  As today is the 15^th anniversary of 9/11, I can’t imagine the pride and respect our NFL cities and fans will give when the Star Spangled Banner is sung in stadiums around the country.  Special thank you and hats off to our local Whiteman Air Force Base when they send out their military fly over today.  We will feel it in our bones.