So how come we can’t do this in charlotte y’all???? Like for real man I know we have been in a little better these last few games but I do believe we can do better in our stadium!!! An also remember these players need us just as bad as we need them I promise y’all!!! Now let’s get into this game Sunday and help our players out a little more!!!! Section 548 row 22 you will see me if you don’t know how to cheer, make noise, or are scared to represent your team just look for me I will show you how!!!! #KEEPPOUNDING

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  2. Smack the absolute fuck out of your seat on every 3rd down or if you’re like me you’ll mule kick it while also clapping to double up the noise

  3. Hockey fans on average are way more into hockey than the average football fan is into football. Not to mention, Hurricanes are a top-5 NHL team, the Panthers are just recently middling.

  4. Stadiums require a healthy mix of real fans without money, real fans with money, and corporate sponsors. It’s a balance for sure. They’ve gotten that balance very right in Raleigh and very wrong in Charlotte. I think it’s that simple.

    Oh and because the team has been shit for over a decade too.

  5. We all know why. The ‘Canes are really good, they have a recent championship. The fans have something to show up for, to cheer for. The Panthers will need a couple back to back seasons of progress and success, win the conference, make playoff runs, etc. to generate this kind of engagement.

  7. It helps when a team is winning. I guarantee you the PNC was not tough 10 years ago when the Canes were shit

  8. Because the canes have been a top NHL team for the last 10 years. The fan base is here but you have to provide a product worth cheering for

  9. 1) better team 2) honestly as someone who lives in Raleigh it’s the best thing you can do. Charlotte has a few more draws

  11. If this cites the NHLPA vote, it is mostly because of the size of the visiting teams locker room. 

  13. Hurricanes provide a competitive product year in and year out. Panthers don’t. The team and organization need to give fans a consistent reason to support them. Canes didn’t have nearly this level of support back around like 2010ish time period and it’s because they sucked.

  15. When the Canes moved to Raleigh there was no other NHL fanbase.

    Panthers came in and most residents already had an existing NFL fan. Some adopted the Panthers but some stayed. We’re only 1 full generation of Panther fans (myself included)

    Also, Hockey fans are way more into the game than Football fans are

  16. In addition to the Canes being really good, I will add that the Lenovo Center visitor’s locker room is kinda bad. So that certainly helps.

  17. Also the Lenovo center isn’t simply just loud because of noise but also because it’s pretty much psychological warfare from the minute the away team touches down. Intense tailgating culture. Our “coincidentally” bad visitor locker rooms and accommodations. And then you have to play a top talent team that’s also has each player conditioned and trained by the coaching staff to have endless endurance and grit.

    All That would kill even the strongest strongman.

  19. Winning helps. When the Canes suck I feel like no one gives a single shit about them. Hockey is fair weather in the southeast.

  20. A. The product on the field has been terrible
    B. Even if the place is near packed – you’ll have a hard time telling if the majority of jerseys are home or away (or third team). Exact same for the hornets btw

  21. Both cities have a large number of transplants. They vote on the risk of fans of the other teams taking over their stadium or arena. Charlotte doesn’t really doesn’t have any excuse. But it’s been this way since 1995.

    Although I will argue that it’s different when you have only one pro franchise. When the Hornets were the only team in town, they were the top dog in the city. Everybody went to the games. You still had transplants then and fans still just showed up. In Raleigh, it’s kind of the same thing with the Hurricanes now.

    I would say Charlotte is a bigger city now and is capable of supporting two professional franchisees, but sometimes it doesn’t feel like that’s the case.

    But you definitely see a difference when there is a mid tier city with a single team.

  23. Canes fans when they show up are locked in, they are there to watch the game, and cheer with the intent to effect the game. They know when to cheer, when to boo, and react accordingly. They have game sense and know what’s happening on the ice.

    At a Panthers and Hornets game, the level of care doesn’t even compare. It’s clear that half the crowd barely gives a fuck about the game, they have no idea or interest in when to get loud and when to cheer or boo, or even worse they’re just straight up fans of the opposing team. Our fans show up late and leave early.

    At Lenovo anyone in opposing team or unaffiliated merch sticks out like a sore thumb and at BoA or Spectrum Center it’s every other person in the arena between the Patagonia vest guys and opposing team fans.

  25. It was a nightmare for visiting teams in 2015. Asking respectfully, are you old enough to remember that?

  26. You’re asking why we can’t cheer for the Canes this hard in Charlotte? Or why we can’t cheer for a dramatically inferior team like the Panthers as hard as we cheer for the Canes?

    Either way, this question/expectation makes zero sense.

  28. It’s also the only professional sports option within a reasonable drive for that entire region. If there’s a Canes game you know there’s not a home Wolfpack hoops game, so that entire fan base is open for business those nights.

    I don’t know much about their demographics but I feel from personal experience like the greater Raleigh area has less transplants than Charlotte, but could be 100% wrong there.

  29. I love this sentiment for real and am not trying to sound like a total nerd but the RBC, I mean PNC, I mean Lenovo is sonically designed to get really loud, particularly by how the upper levels are stacked on top of each other. It’s a lot of seats in not a very big building. However doesn’t mean we can’t try! let’s go panthers!

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