OT: Be excellent to each other
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Sharksrule04
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I have never seen this enforced elsewhere. These are the teams arena's I've been to: Islanders x2, Devils x2, Rangers, Bruins, Canadiens, Panthers, Lightning, and Blackhawks.
I like the design of the Shark tank but I agree it's very difficult to sit back in your seat during a hockey game.
Whether leaning forward is an issue depends on where your seats are. If your seats are toward the end of the straight sections of seating (e.g. around the FO dots in the offensive/defensive zones - 116 as an example) and are low, people who lean forward can block your view of the game. If you are directly behind the net, at center ice, or high it is not nearly as big a deal.
Grave
Mondo Cool
Led Zappa
Tomorrow Today
DrFeelgood
Chairman Meow
The footprint of the building is small since they have to keep it inside Santa Clara and Autumn Streets. Making it larger would take it closer to the street (I don't know what the building code is for how far it needs to be) and would likely eat into valuable and limited parking spaces. That combined with the height limit, as well as adding seats and boxes after construction had already begun, resulted in them cramming in as many seats as possible.
Led Zappa
Tomorrow Today
I know they didn't want to eat parking spaces. My point is that it isn't because of airplanes.
Hold the Pickles
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The arena at the Tank is great, likely the best hockey experience from a visual perspective. The upper deck is much closer to the ice than other arena's. I saw a game at HBSC (Buffalo) and couldn't believe how far away I was.
The amenities and the choke zones in the concourse are my only real issues with the tank IMO. For me though, the visual experience Trumps everything else even the slightly cramped seats of the upper deck and such.
When the sharks eventually get a new arena, I hope they keep the current visual experience in mind.
The amenities and the choke zones in the concourse are my only real issues with the tank IMO. For me though, the visual experience Trumps everything else even the slightly cramped seats of the upper deck and such.
When the sharks eventually get a new arena, I hope they keep the current visual experience in mind.
Obviously wouldn't yell at kids, but if it's a bunch of adults standing around or expecting half of a row to stand up to let them get to their seats, they deserve to be barked at imo...sit on the steps until the next whistle or try not to leave during a period then. It's not impossible to plan around this type of stuff...I always do it. Not cool to do that to a couple of lost kids though 
Painful Quandary
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Just saying this as a general statement:
In the upper bowl, please do not stand on the landings during warm-ups, you block people's view.
In the upper bowl, please do not stand on the landings during warm-ups, you block people's view.
SJSharksfan39
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I'm in the Upper Bowl and the thing I hate the most is when people come up the steps and just stand there looking wonderously for something. Either move or go to your seat. I appreciate the don't go up until the stoppage of play rules, but most of the time they work but some of the time they don't.
As for the leaning forward, I get a few of those people in my section. A little pleasant "Can you lean back" goes a long way.
As for the leaning forward, I get a few of those people in my section. A little pleasant "Can you lean back" goes a long way.
