While I did not consider myself a big sports fan, find myself excited when important game of the Israeli team. Invites pizza, some popcorn, friends, shouting “there” with all our basket and nails in the last seconds. That’s how it is in sports, sports is something exciting, magnetic and hypnotic, drawing you into an experience, taking you to the thrill.
We walked the streets summer Sunday Seattle, special and interesting city residents fascinated me most of their diversity. All the city dressed in such sports shirts, with numbers in them. The whole city flows into one place, and we’re looking around, smiling faces, the atmosphere of a festival, Christmas. Finally starting to sniff around, ask questions and it turns out that today there exists, nothing more or less, the opening game of the football season with the local team CIA Hawks (sea hawks).
At first we smiled distantly, participated enthusiastically as their domestic tourists from outside, as every American business that did not belong to them.
Slowly June formulated surreal and crazy idea where we’re going to the game. Yes, buy a ticket and go with Ildtino-year-old football game. Reluctant to suppress his whim, speculators began to move through the many dubious ticket sellers (both dubious and ticket sellers themselves). Common price: $ 150 per ticket. June enthusiasm has not waned and he had not broken.
However I began to see how 300 whole dollars are moving away from them, not the shopping Bauaotlt brands or helicopter flight over California Death Valley Reserve, but the football game is so American.
I make Yoni idea that he would play alone and begins to withdraw from the vision. Go to ball games alone, it takes the whole thing off, he explains. Salvation came in the form of a sweet young American upgraded himself to a better location in the stadium, it seems that from there he could see just the motions judge and the facial expressions of the coach (and such an opportunity he did not want Loootr). So we had – $ 40 will offer 342, Row U.
The madness and insanity around the stadium, you have to see eye to believe. Stadium 70 000 places, all of Seattle stands out and cheering, dancing, jumping, drinking and cheery for the opening of the gates at 13:00. we have been told its like that in any american football games
I’ve been standing in line for sausages, Foot Long (foot long), this name, we buy hot dogs and drink a bottle of water – it’s very odd vehicle for American football. It takes them a while to find a bottle of water in a slew of Coke and juice.
Doron remains indifferent to the chaos around him, holding her Venknkih not let go. The game is about to start, the gates are open. Outside, the crowd entirely painted team colors, people drunk with excitement, encouraging impromptu drum band screaming levels of the local group are all there, families, young couples, children, the homeless and various food vendors.
The game here is not a sport for men only, it is also not a place L”mbogrim “a little drink and get drunk sometimes and things can be drawn swearing and violence. There is definitely a family experience beautiful and enjoyable, fun and inviting. Maintaining order Mufti, incidentally, continues throughout the game and the joy of the sport and the game felt in every corner.
We enter the stadium, find the Least seats on our bad waiting to open. The atmosphere was electric. Sltzidno fans, a bunch of teenagers, biting their nails with excitement. Doron sticks clapping enthusiastically and without recognition.
As good Americans again all giant, presenting players opens in a helicopter that was circling above the stadium, the crowd was on its feet, cheering and deafening whistles and fascinate me at the same time.
All team players come one after the other, their faces appear on the big screens and fireworks sign the opening chapter, the game begins.
For some reason, June insists explain to me the rules of football and when and how exactly are any point. At first I tried to be interested but very quickly decided that I was going to look a little something to eat. To my surprise, I find the whole game takes place him outside the stadium, lots of people are out there, some as (organized and disciplined) to buy food or drinks, some meet friends, flirting with girls, and the occasional peek screens (located outside the convenience of the audience) to catch what was happening on the field. In short, I realized, this is the place for them to spend the same Sunday afternoon, where everyone goes, like a big festival or holiday, all there.
Smile I wait as long – term and buy fish and chips tradition. Upon my return I find Doron clapping just as the local team lost.
I never believed I would enjoy any sports game three hours straight, I could not imagine I’d feel the adrenaline electrifying every man feels sympathetic Israeli local football team. But as usual best, Americans know to sell you all senses intact all the information which everyone can find his own.
The football games releasing huge banner, poster no other, of the two men are launching a beer but a poster of a mother and young child smiling and looking at the horizon, because this is America, everything fits Llachollllllm.
