When: January 12th
Where: Ford Field in Detroit
Why: This stadium was built in downtown Detroit to bring the home of the Detroit Lions' football team into the center of the city, rather than their former placement in the far northern suburb of Pontiac. It was exciting to have both teams - Lions and our amazing Tigers - right next to each other on Woodward, near the theaters, new restaurants, and other wonderful by-products of having an injection of people in this area. I've spent many a lovely evening (and some really cold nights and some really hot days) at the baseball stadium - Comerica Park - but have yet to make it to Ford Field. It's partly because professional football holds no appeal for me. I'm a huge college football fan - GO BLUE! - and will cheer until I'm hoarse for my Wolverines, but something about the NFL isn't nearly as exciting. So, going to pay a sum of money to watch the Lions (lose) isn't high on my list, but seeing this cool newer stadium was. Enter the Monster Truck Jam. Now, this first half of my post is written before I've actually gone, but I imagine it will be loud (taking ear plugs), filled with dads and their sons, and lots of awful neon green and mud and dust and terribly tacky screen-printed t-shirts and jackets. Oh, and so much excitement that I find myself jumping up and down squealing like a little girl. I'll finish this post upon my arrival home to see if I'm even close. 
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| My very own neon green earplugs! |
1 comment:
All of your preconceptions were pretty much right. My friend Tabi was pretty jealous that we went. Haha I think it would have been a bit more impressive if we were closer to the action and could see how high the trucks were jumping. Still, a fun night.
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