u/Terenor82

Hi folks, since the dust has settled I wanted to express my opinion and experience about the championship game.

For context, I watch all home games of the ravens and attended the ELF championship game last year

My expectations were that as an event it would be considerably downsized compared to last year in stuttgart, but still something special. On the sporting side, I actually expected a close game.

So first thing that happens. Tickets didn't show up in my Ticketmaster app. Was quite confused and still hat the confirmation e mail. Had to change settings in the app to location Austria so they showed up.

We travelled in a group of 4 by car. Parking was easy enough.

We were quite surprised that there was only one food truck. Even asked some off the staff and she confirmed only this one. So we hurried to a nearby burger shop. We only noticed the festival with food trucks next to the stadium after the game. Not sure why the staff didn't mention it or why the direct route to it was closed.

Also we didn't notice a lot of stuff apart from Austrias military that you could do.

Stadium location with mountains all around was awesome. Several toilets closed, was not helpful. Also not sure how to feel about putting all visitors on one side. Sure looks good on tv, but also strange to have no one on the other side. Security and entry was rather good and quick.

Halftime show ... Well pretty forgettable, but buying a drink was rather fast.

The game itself. Man obviously not as close as I had hoped. So many flags and o line of the ravens wasn't up to the task. Also not sure about some of the ref calls.

The lack of discipline on both teams was terrible. Coaches and players are sure to blame, not sure if the laid back attitude of the ref also has to be considered.

Worst part were players and a member of the Nordic staff provoking the ravens fans in the first row. That's a no go and killed my engagement for the rest of the game. Never seen so shitty behavior. I have no problem when my team loses if it's deserved and I can applaud the winner, but that, f those guys and their unprofessional attitude.

The stadium staff tried to ease the emotions by playing the most popular songs where people sing along when emotions seemed to get out of hand. I applaud the effort.

Emergency at the end obviously a sad event, hope the person gets well soon. Also thanks to the front row ravens fans who pointed out the emergency to the cheerleaders of Nordic who seemed to be unaware of the situation and were doing a cheering video take.

All in all I feel disappointed. The event was less then I am used to compared to a regular ravens game and the sporting side was one sided and also a mess.

Hope it will improve next year.

Hi folks, quick question; I could not find a kickoff time for the games jet. Makes planning a tad difficult.

Also at least on one website a different date for the championship is listed in the schedule. (Weekend before).

Last weekend of August is safe?

Thanks in advance