So there are no pictures here, because there were too many people and the last thing I need is to get dragged out of an arena for “disruption” or “being weird.” I was there for the Seahawks/49′ers game on 9/20/09 (game-wise, I’m not sure the Seahawks even showed up, but maybe the 49′ers are gonna have *shudder* a good year). For what it’s worth I’m a Carolina fan, so my team isn’t starting off to a good year, either. Frank Gore tore through Seattle for over 200 yards—it wasn’t pretty. A fight broke out when some random 49′er fan hit a Seahawk fan’s girlfriend, and then a bunch of 49′er fans broke it up (most of the fans were pretty cool til after the game, then they sounded like 49′er Nation…frankly my experience wearing a Broncos jersey to last year’s Broncos/Raiders game was better from a fan standpoint…although there were more fights in Oakland).

This bathroom sucked. At least it was clean with running water, but I hate troughs. They’re stupid, they don’t really save space (let’s face it, most guys aren’t willing to stand shoulder-to-shoulder while using the restroom), and they’re really pretty disgusting. Add to that the fact that there are tons of bathrooms at 3Com (just about between every other section), and both the HP Pavilion and Raley Field have urinals. I’m sure it’s a sign of the age of 3Com, but especially in this economy, it seems more fiscally responsible to renovate the bathrooms than it would be to build an entirely new stadium. Starting with the bathrooms would be a great plan, and then renovating as you go along should still be cheaper than building a new stadium from the ground up. We can’t all be Jerry Jones. Two-and-a-half rolls because the bathroom was clean and had running water, but again…I can’t stand troughs. I’ll do my best to get pics next time.

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