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Table 5 · 01-13-2010, 03:59 PM

Never understood the whole "you can't wear a suit to the game" angle, and I don't even wear a suit. Nothing wrong with looking your best....just because you're at a sporting event you don't have to look like you're sporting yourself. As long as you cheer for the team, who cares what you have on (although if you're over 5, try to keep the sweatpants at home, people).

That suit better be red for the playoffs though.

Shazam · 01-13-2010, 04:01 PM

Just take off your suit and go in your skivvies. There's a chinook outside!

jayswin · 01-13-2010, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Table 5

Never understood the whole "you can't wear a suit to the game" angle, and I don't even wear a suit. Nothing wrong with looking your best....just because you're at a sporting event you don't have to look like you're sporting yourself. As long as you cheer for the team, who cares what you have on (although if you're over 5, try to keep the sweatpants at home, people).

That suit better be red for the playoffs though.

Good thing you live in New York. This is Calgary, we are the C of Red, your attitude wouldn't fly here.

troutman · 01-13-2010, 04:04 PM

And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself-Well...How did I get here?

awildermode · 01-13-2010, 04:15 PM

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I'm a "Slut" tonight!

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Starfishy · 01-13-2010, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Table 5

Never understood the whole "you can't wear a suit to the game" angle, and I don't even wear a suit. Nothing wrong with looking your best....just because you're at a sporting event you don't have to look like you're sporting yourself. As long as you cheer for the team, who cares what you have on (although if you're over 5, try to keep the sweatpants at home, people).

That suit better be red for the playoffs though.

I don't wear a suit anywhere I want to be comfortable. It seems a little snobbish to me. I loath wearing a suit at work, no way I am going to wear it when I am supposed to be having fun.

Additionally, I don't like to be painted in with the same group of people that sit in the lower bowl of every leafs game.

GoinAllTheWay · 01-13-2010, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Table 5

That suit better be red for the playoffs though.

Exactly. You can get away with it no problem during the regular season but you best be sportin red when the playoffs start!

Hack&Lube · 01-13-2010, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Table 5

Never understood the whole "you can't wear a suit to the game" angle, and I don't even wear a suit. Nothing wrong with looking your best....just because you're at a sporting event you don't have to look like you're sporting yourself. As long as you cheer for the team, who cares what you have on (although if you're over 5, try to keep the sweatpants at home, people).

That suit better be red for the playoffs though.

This is because in Canadian hockey culture, wearing a suit is analogous to being one of the suits at a Toronto Maple Leaf games.

It represents corporate tickets sold or given to people who are not real hockey fans, likely having the best seats in the house while the real fans suffer from high ticket prices and the inability to get good seats.

Table 5 · 01-13-2010, 04:30 PM

You don't have to tell me about Canadian hockey culture....I've been going to Flames games for 20 years now....in Canada.

At the end of the day, who you cheer for and how hard you cheer is more important to me than what you have on. Just because you are decked out in your teams gear does not make you a better fan (although as i said, it better be red in the playoffs though). Sure it's good to support the team and wear red, but judging someone of what they wear reminds me of junior high.

Keep in mind, I'm not a suit guy either....I wear one maybe 5 times a year. I have a Flames jersey and try to wear it most of the time....but I don't feel like less of a fan when I don't.

DionPlett · 01-13-2010, 04:31 PM

The game isn't till 7:30 so..

I know when I go to a game I leave my house in the morning in RED.

Cowboy89 · 01-13-2010, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

This is because in Canadian hockey culture, wearing a suit is analogous to being one of the suits at a Toronto Maple Leaf games.

It represents corporate tickets sold or given to people who are not real hockey fans, likely having the best seats in the house while the real fans suffer from high ticket prices and the inability to get good seats.

That's so Calgary too! A lot of the suits at Flames games are bankers and lawyers who are actually Oilers fans. Most corporate types who are actually Flames fans wear their red jersey overtop of a dress shirt (At least I do when I'm sitting in corporate seats.)

Also to avoid the OP's problem I always keep an 'emergency' Flames jersey hung up in my office at all times in case I get invited last minute to a game I don't have tickets to. That way I never miss out on being part of the C of Red! Try Sport chek to see if they still have those 2004-style Flames jerseys for $40 (cheaper than a hoodie and makes a great emergency jersey!).

You Need a Thneed · 01-13-2010, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Shazam

Just take off your suit and go in your skivvies. There's a chinook outside!

Only if your skivvies are RED.

Ozy_Flame · 01-13-2010, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by corporatejay

In somewhat related news, I just saw Klingon walking down the street smoking a cigarette. I kid you not.

jayswin · 01-13-2010, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Table 5

Just because you are decked out in your teams gear does not make you a better fan (although as i said, it better be red in the playoffs though).

It does make that person a better fan.

Starfishy · 01-13-2010, 05:01 PM

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It does make that person a better fan.

I actually tend to agree that in a way it makes you a better fan. You are supporting the team and you are enhancing the "experience" of being in the C of Red.

Shazam · 01-13-2010, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

In somewhat related news, I just saw Klingon walking down the street smoking a cigarette. I kid you not.

There's a Star Trek symphony at CPO tonight.

Barnes · 01-13-2010, 06:16 PM

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Why would you worry about it even then?

Oh dear lord! Every GDamn year we go through this *%$#.

Igottago · 01-13-2010, 06:17 PM

Meh...a jersey is nothing more than a fashion accessory. It doesn't speak to your passion for the team. If you really want to prove your worth, take a laser pointer to the game.

Wookie · 01-13-2010, 06:46 PM

Suit, no suit, sounds like wearing a jersey makes people more pompous than the majority of the suit wearing crowd. I usually end up in work clothes, unless the game is 8:00 or a weekend. I can't be bothered to pack extra clothes on-top of the other crap I have to deal with every day.

Playoffs is different. Regular season game. Meh. . .

Cowperson · 01-13-2010, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

If you guys visit all the other team forums, guys will always claim that they give away jerseys and t-shirts at the dome to get that effect. This thread is proof otherwise.

Actually, on the expensive side of the Saddledome, I think they rent jersey's . . . . . . or at least it looked that way to me when I was going by at the game against the Avs a few days ago.

Cowperson