Pens-Wings Game 4: Scenes from the Big Screen

NHL Stanley Cup Finals
Game 4
June 4, 2009 8PM
Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins

Consider this my tribute to the TribTron. This is the last time this year the game will be shown outside Mellon Arena as NBC refuses to let the team broadcast the game outside.

I wanted to provide a video that shows what it's like to experience a game "on Mario's TV" for any who haven't gone to see; it's a great experience. The entire day cost us (self and husband) $8 total -- the T fare there and home. They have concessions set up but you can bring your own food and drink (so long as there's no alcohol) and indeed many people set up blankets and coolers on the grass and shared food and drink.


We arrived around 2PM and set up at the back of the grassy area outside Gate 3. Pretty soon we were more or less blocked in where we were, the crowd was so thick. After a few hours they closed off the street because people were setting up on the sidewalk; later people began to fill the street itself.

Props to the Penguins for providing such a great experience for their fans, and here's hoping the new arena will have space to do the same thing!

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• nhl
• hockey
• stanley
• cup
• finals
• 2009
• pittsburgh
• penguins
• detroit
• red
• wings
• mellon
• arena
• tribtron

[toughcalljohnny]

I think I was the only wings fan out there. I got in about 7 fights out there. Im sure all you assholes seen me and booed me.. or maybe even threw something at me, or called my girlfriend a slut. Real classy Pittsburgh.....

[amndaw]

I know I saw at least eight or ten RW fans outside over the course of the afternoon. Damn straight you get booed! :) A lot of people live it up as they're walking into the arena. It's part of being a sports fan. (I hope no one threw stuff at you or crossed the line from teasing/taunting to harassment -- fortunately I haven't seen too much of that in Pittsburgh)

Now if you want some really harsh opposing fans, try going to Philadelphia sometime ;)

Hey, good luck tonite...

[isamtheman87]

this is funny! best fans in hockey! do the red wings ever do anything like this? not at all...

[abooskee]

@toughcalljohnny - What did you expect? There are 3-4 thousand people all penguin fans. Try doing that somewhere else and you will probably get shot... My bud went to the cleveland game with a steeler jersey on and got a full beer can chucked at his face.. He had to get stitches, so just chill out and be lucky you didn't get into a brawl.

[Sinsemilla4u]

Agree completely. CBC even offered to feed the games for the fans to watch on the TribTron and NBC refused.

[Nate8724]

NBC is a joke of a company I called and emailed several times complaining to them.. their broadcast sucks and they ruined a great thing that is unique to the ciy of Pittsburgh and the Penguins

[zereoue]

We are very emotional fans. We love our team. I am very sorry you had a terrible experience but we approach our sports very seriously.

[zereoue]

NBC sucks and always will. I've had great times in the lot and have found this is a better way to experience the game.

We have GREAT fans in Pittsburgh. I always find more and more friends after Steeler and Penguins games.

GO PENS!!

[JROLLAGC2004]

Definitely a cool idea. Too bad NBC had to ruin that shit. We don't even have Joe Vision here in Detroit for tonight's game because of NBC. Complete BS.

[toughcalljohnny]

yea, I did have things thrown at me and literally got in a couple fights cuz people were pushing my girlfriend and calling her a slut. I had a terrible experience there... I expected to get booed and heckled a bit, but people went way too far...

anyway, good luck to you too