Went to the Broncos vs Chargers game at Empower Field today. To be frank I did not have high hopes for an exciting football game - but I did want to experience a professional football game with barely over 5,000 fans in attendance.
Short story short, it was weird.
The place was oddly quiet at times - every sound made on the field was amplified as a result. Every thawack, crack, and crunch.
As I have for the past few years I attended the game with ever-loyal-to-the-Chargers friend, MJM - yes, the same MJM who suffered a fairly crippling stroke back in June. He has made remarkable progress in his recovery - shout out to the staff at Saint Anthony's hospital in Lakewood, and all the great people with Colorado STRIDE!
Like every professional sports team actually playing during the time of the 'rona, the Broncos have populated the stands with large cut outs of fans, former players, dogs, cats, and many historical figures. The Broncos have added a comical angle to the cut-out game however, by featuring nearly every single character that has ever appeared in an episode of South Park in the, appropriately enough, south stands (Note: for those unfamiliar with the usual denizens of the south stands...well, there is not a lot of difference...)
The oddly quiet atmosphere aside, most everything else about the sparse crowd was agreeable - especially the fact that lines for everything were small or nonexistent!
Kinda like attending a Chargers game in San Diego in the mid 1980's, after Fouts retired (bada bing!).
Of course, the best part of attending the game was witnessing a fantastic come-from-waaayyyy-behind victory by the Broncos! That made this one of the very few highlights of this somewhat bleak year.
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