Are Mavs, Rangers fans = loud, Cowboys fans = quiet?

[Red Dragon]

Does it seem to anyone that the Mavericks and Rangers have loud fans, and the Cowboys have quiet fans? That wouldn't seem to make much sense, given that all are Dallas-area sports teams (and hence the same local fanbase)..........but, if true, the only theory I can think of is that Cowboys tickets probably cost more than Mavericks and Rangers tickets, and hence attract a richer, quieter crowd?

 

[LOBO7]

Its the Stadium. The most netural stadium in the country.
We are stuck with it for the next 30-50 years.
Beautiful muffler.

 

[Red Dragon]

Its the Stadium. The most netural stadium in the country.
We are stuck with it for the next 30-50 years.
Beautiful muffler.

I don't think so. I've heard the talk about how Cowboys fans were quiet even back in Texas Stadium.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Its the Stadium. The most netural stadium in the country.
We are stuck with it for the next 30-50 years.
Beautiful muffler.

Not the stadium. The previous one was mostly quite fan base as well however both, on rare occasions over the last 20 years, have been loud.

 

[Miller]

I think most fans of sports cheer for all 3 teams and that you are right...Rangers and Mavs fans are louder. I think even at the old stadium Cowboy fans would get caught up in "everything else" and just sat on their hands more. I always felt the old stadium was very antiquated with its media....alot of the "da, da, da, da, da duh....Charge!!" and the old "Dallas" theme song. Just weak. Nothing to get the crowd going.

 

[DFWJC]

Rangers fans have always been a different breed. Part of it is the old Ft Worth area influence. Even when the team was truly bad, they had good fans. Now after such a long wait, they are great, and they have the old fans who appreciate it SO much, showing all the newcomers how its done.
Plus, going to a baseball game is so much cheaper--though few things are cheap anymore in Pro Sports.

The Mavs have been good for about 12-13 straight years (except for this year) and Dallas loves a winner.
Plus Cuban and his staff are outstanding marketers and pricing wizards. They ALWAYS look out for the "little guy" as far as ticket prices in the upper bowl.
Mavericks tickets are very expensive at the absolute premium level , but they make sure the top 1/3 of the area is as cheap as almost anywhere in the NBA.
That's why they have one of the longer sellout streaks going right now in NBA history.

Cowboys fans can get really loud--and a minority of them are always wild--but it usually takes some winning or at least spectacular play at times to get them rolling as a group.
And of course, tickets, paprking, and food are preposterously expensive.
Cleveland Browns fans they are not.

 

[CowboyGil]

Dallas sports fans are some of the most fickle,fair-weather sports fans you'll find. I, on the other hand, have always been a pretty rabid Cowboys/Rangers/Mavs, and more recently (since 92-93) Stars fan. Never really got into Sidekicks or FC Dallas. So, no, I don't think its the stadium either.

 

[DFWJC]

On a side note

I will give Dallas sports this; very few cities have a representative team for every level of every sport.
Dallas is one of the few.

NFL
MLB
NBA
NHL
MLS
Nascar
PGA
Minor league BB
Rodeo
Minor league hoops
D-1 College sports
D-2 college sports
very elite HS football
elite all HS sports
Olympic Gymnastics centers


etc
etc

 

[RastaRocket]

Its the Stadium. The most netural stadium in the country.
We are stuck with it for the next 30-50 years.
Beautiful muffler.

Not true. I've been to a Mexico soccer game there and they had that place rockin. Cowboys just need to start winning and the noise will come.

 

[ufcrules1]

Not the stadium. The previous one was mostly quite fan base as well however both, on rare occasions over the last 20 years, have been loud.

This is pretty accurate. Old stadium was quiet and so is the new stadium. Has nothing to do with the size, has everything to do with the fans and probably a lack of success for 17 years.

I was at the playoff game against the Eagles in 09 and it was decently loud.. but I have been to playoff games in other stadiums and they are INSANELY loud.. like it should be.

Again, 17 years with little success will do that to a fan base.

 

[ufcrules1]

Dallas sports fans are some of the most fickle,fair-weather sports fans you'll find. I, on the other hand, have always been a pretty rabid Cowboys/Rangers/Mavs, and more recently (since 92-93) Stars fan. Never really got into Sidekicks or FC Dallas. So, no, I don't think its the stadium either.

Yup, dead on. Tons of fair weather fans here. I rarely ever run into a die hard Cowboys fan and I live right in Dallas.

 

[lurkercowboy]

At the Eagles Sunday night game last year I could not hear my daughter who was sitting next to me. Hearing her is normally not an issue. It seemed quite loud to me. We were in section 215.

 

[Nova]

Dallas sports fans are some of the most fickle,fair-weather sports fans you'll find. I, on the other hand, have always been a pretty rabid Cowboys/Rangers/Mavs, and more recently (since 92-93) Stars fan. Never really got into Sidekicks or FC Dallas. So, no, I don't think its the stadium either.

Completely disagree. The Mavericks fans are some of the loudest in the NBA, and were even louder under that low ceiling in Reunion. And it really hasn't changed much over the last two years when the Mavericks have been an average to bad team.

Rangers fans are quite loud too. Just never had much to be loud about.

Stars fans maybe. Hockey really took a hit after the lockout some years back. That's when they lost me, honestly. I think Hockey still isn't a very big influence in DFW, but Dallas liked winners and it was new and exciting in the late 90s.

 

[RastaRocket]

Completely disagree. The Mavericks fans are some of the loudest in the NBA, and were even louder under that low ceiling in Reunion. And it really hasn't changed much over the last two years when the Mavericks have been an average to bad team.

Rangers fans are quite loud too. Just never had much to be loud about.

Stars fans maybe. Hockey really took a hit after the lockout some years back. That's when they lost me, honestly. I think Hockey still isn't a very big influence in DFW, but Dallas liked winners and it was new and exciting in the late 90s.

Hockey is surprisingly big in DFW. I grew up playing hockey in DFW and the influence the Stars have on youth hockey around the metroplex is pretty incredible. If it wasn't for the Stars, youth hockey would barely exist in DFW. They are still averaging 17k fans at home which is pretty good considering how disappointing they have been.

 

[Nova]

Hockey is surprisingly big in DFW. I grew up playing hockey in DFW and the influence the Stars have on youth hockey around the metroplex is pretty incredible. If it wasn't for the Stars, youth hockey would barely exist in DFW. They are still averaging 17k fans at home which is pretty good considering how disappointing they have been.

Maybe it's just my perception. I'm 27 so I too was caught up in the hockey boom of things in the late 90s and played hockey myself... traveling to different Dr. Pepper centers around DFW... Euless, Duncanville etc.

But after the lockout in 04-05 the sport just seemingly fell off with myself, my friends, and seemingly the community.