This for the win. The bedlam one see's in football stadiums is largely working class borne. It isn't people in suits checking their stock profiles every 5mins while the game is going on and that complain about crowd noise because they can't hear their cellphone call or perusing what to all order on their premium experience menus.
The NA sporting experience is all about suds, food, lots of food, and gazing mindlessly at bigger and bigger video displays. Basically everything that occurs here in arena/stadia is a disconnection from the game vs what takes place in Europe or in Soccer everywhere else in the world.
To me a profound disconnection occurred when other people started talking so much about whats missing in this or that stadium or arena. It really magnified to me that it isn't at all about whats going on on the ice anymore. Its what kind of franks, burgers, beers, concessions they have and the fancy premium seating and splashy electronics.
We've gotten away from the actual sporting game on this continent. Its all just become coddled entertainment. With smorgasboard options. Complete disengagement, moreso with SN lounges, suites, viewing lounges, arena theaters ect. Rogers has 1200 TV monitors. Think about that.