Film footage from the Vet in 1976

[IronEagle]

Thought this was interesting. This is back when they still had two giant scoreboards up in right and left field. Schmidt's beer sign at the top of the stadium in center field. No phanovision or lux boxes.

[Loki]

Wow. The cheesy graphics.

[wynnron123]

Loved that place

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[Clemson Foreaker]

I remember those scoreboards...

They also had two colonial figures and a cannon at the base of the 600 level. Made a great target for the round paper tops of the water ice containers. My little league had a trip and they had 75 kids throwing stuff into the hats of the colonial guys.

What did they do with the scoreboards in the fall? I remember going to the Eagles games but don't remember the boards blocking the view, but I do remember they had a couple of sections of stands behind them.

I also remember they had zamboni's sucking water out of the carpet and would open little drains and pump the water into them in center field. Then they changed the turf in the early 80's and no more drains...

[Irish George]

it needed to go for beisbol

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but there was nothing wrong that couldn't be fixed for football.

[The Ref]

I know it's romanticized in this place, but the Vet looks like a shit hole even then. Just an embarrassing, non-functional architectural experiment of the era. Horrible place to watch a game of any kind.

[RSE]

You seem to believe that the season ticket holders at the Vet didn't want a nicer, better place to watch the Eagles. You couldn't be more wrong. Thing is, that place is not Lincoln Financial Field. Every season ticket holder I know thinks the Vet was a better place to watch the game. Was it more spartan? Yes. Was it homely? Perhaps? But other than the big screens and the bathrooms, and unless you sit in the luxury boxes or the club seats, in no way is your game day experience better in the Linc than in the Vet. No way. And that wasn't an accident. Whereas Citizens Bank Park was built for the hoi polloi, the Linc was built for the luxury boxes and the club seats, and the other 50,000 seats were crammed in around the club level.

At least once a year you give us the same lecture from California.

[The Ref]

That's not it at all. I understand the social appeal of the vet for season ticket holders. But make no mistake, the fond memories are about those interpersonal experiences and not the experience of watching a game.

As a non-season ticket holder who went to the vet occasionally (a few times a year for baseball, once every three or four years for football) and didn't have personal relationships with the fans around me, it was a suck ass place to watch a game of any kind.

It's the same at the Coliseum out here. Horrible place to watch a game. Fun to be around the craziness in the stands. Not at all fun if you don't care for craziness.

[RSE]

You did not read what I wrote. We all wanted a new stadium. We couldn't wait. We are all excited to get to our new seats. Well, you know something, the Linc sucks. Perhaps if you'd ever seen a game there, you'd understand why. It sucks and that's the reason people romanticize the Vet. It has nothing to do with relationships or social appeal. It's a lousy place to watch a game. And that's on Joe Banner and Jeff Lurie. That knew exactly what they were doing when they built that place, and they got what they want. Phillies fans love CBP, Eagles fans loathe the Linc. Are they really two different groups of people, or do Philadelphians know the difference.

[Kelly Green]

Level Of Agreement: Sky High

You didn't have to worry about beams and girders blocking your line of sight like you had at Connie Mack, but the concrete and plastic atmosphere coupled with being 250 miles away in the nose bleed section made it an abomination for baseball.

As for football, I may be the only Board Brother who thinks The Linc is to The Vet what computers are to Gutenberg's printing press.

[wynnron123]

The Vet had a better fan atmosphere for football.

The noise stayed in the building and you felt like the 12th man. The stadium was old and had problems though. I still remember those small TV screens they had around the sections and the porto potty around the mezzanine concourse.

[Irish George]

As I said

those are not issues that couldn't be addressed.

[Irish George]

HUH? now you are speaking for me?

The Vet was wayyy more comfortable. Wider seats, better sightlines, easier to get in and out of the parking lot and in and out of the stadium itself.

[DEERSPINE GUY]

THE VET WAS BETTER THEN THE LINC, PERIOD. NOTHING ELSE TO SAY. END OF STORY. MOVE ON.

[DEERSPINE GUY]

You didn't have to worry about beams and girders blocking your line of sight like you had at Connie Mack, but the concrete and plastic atmosphere coupled with being 250 miles away in the nose bleed section made it an abomination for baseball.

As for football, I may be the only Board Brother who thinks The Linc is to The Vet what computers are to Gutenberg's printing press.

HOW MANY IGGLES GAMES TO YOU GO TO AT THE VET? I MISSED 2 ( NOT COUNTING SCAB GAMES) FROM 1981 TILL IT CLOSED. THE VET WAS BETTER THEN THE LINC. THE LINC IS AN ARAMINGO WITHOUT THE ROLL!
THAT IS ALL.