What's The Craziest Things You've Ever Seen In The Dome?

[Millhouse]

Yeah. They used to give them to you in those 4 cup carriers you get at Dunkin. Covered them with cellophane to keep from spilling.

And you had the hawkers roaming the stadium. Didn’t even need to leave your seat.

There was a reason the fans were loud in the 80s-90s.

Can’t imagine the stuff the dome crew had to clean up.

They used to bring a lot of guys to clean up who looked like they really could use the money, it was actually kinda nice.

I would be cleaning to the boxes and we would scarf down the leftovers as fast as we could before throwing stuff out, it was like a wonderful buffet at the time and now it repulses me

 

[blizz]

the SU - BC game at Cornell during the Dome build didnt that Ref die?

All this time! We've been wondering!

 

[kuethstheman]

upperdeck said:
the SU - BC game at Cornell during the Dome build didnt that Ref die?

All this time! We've been wondering!

I don't remember the ref thing. All I remember is the guy with the funny last name I'd never heard of (Flutie) running all over the place.

 

[joct]

I also remember the game where fans in the end zone broke the railing and they all started falling on the field - can’t recall what game, it was quite a while ago.

Texas, 1992. I think it was after a crazy throw by Graves where the guy caught it on the run going straight through the end of the endzone, in front of those seats.

 

[rocklloyd]

Was it the Florida state game a few years back when it was 300 degrees in dome? I remember wearing a grey t shirt and what a mistake that was. It was like I took a swim.

The craziest thing for sure though is them trying to replace the plastic containers for nachos grande. They went with the box and “container of cheese” and that was catastrophic. Been going to Dome for 30 years. That sent me

Same game, dome sells out of water because it’s 120 degrees in there. at some point in second half a dude come up to our section and lays out on the bleechers Behind me and closes his eye. I do a double take it’s DeVito’s father. My wife is like “how do you know it’s him?” I told her don’t ask. Anyway I asked if he’s ok, he said He was dehydrated and needed a break.

 

[Cheriehoop]

The headress, Michigan banner and the lax trophy are all in my safe room.

Someone on this board posted a picture years ago of the Michigan banner pilfered from the Michigan stadium. The picture was taken at the top of Woodlawn reservoir in the Strathmore section in Syracuse. It was so funny and proof that it existed and was in the Syracuse area in someone’s secret hide away.

 

[JKinPhilly]

Texas, 1992. I think it was after a crazy throw by Graves where the guy caught it on the run going straight through the end of the endzone, in front of those seats.

It was versus Texas, and I was part of the mass of humanity that fell on top of Marvin Graves. I thought he was dead.

 

[AlaskaSUfan]

Tough to get past that one

 

[AlaskaSUfan]

Pearl’s half court shot. Raised the roof…

 

[buffalorange]

It was back when St John’s was the Redmen, the students sat in the Blue curtain stands and the team benches at the dome were on the blue court side. I was sitting in my season ticket 312 nose bleed seats and something caught my eye across the court. It was an SU student running down a blue curtain aisle as fast as he could then turned running down the walkway in front of the Blue Curtain section. He then grabbed the Indian headdress of the St John’s mascot right off his head. He did it in one quick swoop, turned towards the backcourt running as fast he could holding the headdress in his hand above his head. By then about 5 security guys noticed and started running after him but by then he had reached the stands in the backcourt running straight up them disappearing totally from view up into the back court concourse and probably out an exit. By then the dome was roaring finally noticing the fiasco.

Everyone was yelling, laughing and wondering what the heck was going on. I ended up telling the people around me what had happened, most had missed everything but the very end seeing the security etc running after the guy who was running up the stairs. An usher came up to me asking what I saw from my 312 row M seats. I told him and he told me to wait, that he was going to tell someone. I continued to watch the game and the usher never returned- not that I could tell him much other than the color of his coat and what aisle he had come from (no way I knew what row). It became a big thing with St. John’s demanding its’ return, reward offers, police involvement and a number of articles asking for its‘ return and pleading for information. Last I heard it had never been found, I guess it was valuable. It was pretty funny though - ok, any of you finally going to fess up?

The headdress is safely stowed with the Michigan banner.

 

[Nahson]

I’m kind of conflicted about my actions but it is what it is. I was at a game, god, 10 years ago? I forget the exact year. Anyways, we were getting beat up pretty bad. About 2 mins into the third, guy in front me turns to his female companion and says “we’re leaving, these guys suck.”

And I say “You suck.”

And he says “**** you”

And I picked up the remaining half of my jumbo pretzel and threw it at him (he’d been about 10ft at the time of launch). Pretzel hits this guy square in the forehead, bounces off, and boomerangs back into my hands. Guy must have been stunned/impressed because he just walks away. I finished eating that pretzel.

I shouldn’t have thrown it but man, what a shot.

 

[Idiocuse22&]

Besides my first acid trip at the 1994 Pink Floyd show at the dome, between watching the giant, angry boùncîng pigs and the light show, my mind was blown.
A couple years before that sitting in section 247 during a packed game, a big dude that was tatted up literally lit up a cigarette and smoked the whole thing without a care in the world. Noone said a word. Imagine someone doing that now?
I just asked my brother about what year that was and he said the guy got kicked out 20 minutes later but i dont remember that.

 

[All4SU]

I’m kind of conflicted about my actions but it is what it is. I was at a game, god, 10 years ago? I forget the exact year. Anyways, we were getting beat up pretty bad. About 2 mins into the third, guy in front me turns to his female companion and says “we’re leaving, these guys suck.”

And I say “You suck.”

And he says “**** you”

And I picked up the remaining half of my jumbo pretzel and threw it at him (he’d been about 10ft at the time of launch). Pretzel hits this guy square in the forehead, bounces off, and boomerangs back into my hands. Guy must have been stunned/impressed because he just walks away. I finished eating that pretzel.

I shouldn’t have thrown it but man, what a shot.

That was you?

 

[CuseCPT]

Nothing nearly as exciting as some of the other stories here but a couple seasons ago there was a hammered lady who kept walking between the seats behind the visiting bench, in front of the press tables and up the stairs in 113. She almost fell down once and was clearly blitzed. In the second half as she was making another trip in mid stride she puked all over the stairs in 113 and just kept going up and out. She lost no momentum at all, just booted while walking. It was a lot, too.

 

[Idiocuse22&]

Nothing nearly as exciting as some of the other stories here but a couple seasons ago there was a hammered lady who kept walking between the seats behind the visiting bench, in front of the press tables and up the stairs in 113. She almost fell down once and was clearly blitzed. In the second half as she was making another trip in mid stride she puked all over the stairs in 113 and just kept going up and out. She lost no momentum at all, just booted while walking. It was a lot, too.

It takes talent, practice and resilience to pull that kinda stuff off. Ive put myself through the ringer, I relate to that mindset and have respect for those that pull the unusual off like nothing even happened...and that trait is becoming so rare it is on the verge of extinction.



Omg! call 911 karen

 

[Idiocuse22&]

They delivered beer and all stadium food straight to any seat in The stadium, so you never had to leave your seat unless you had to pee…. Or go outside to smoke…. Or get a great variety of food, chicken wings, steak sandwiches, dinosaur bbq, or a variety of Burger King food and Italian food…. You could also pay cash for all of this, plus we were consistently in the top 25 in bball and football, competing for conference championships

pfffft, what are you nuts?

We have the winner right here!

You didnt have to leave your seat to smoke, whatre you thinking?

 

[SWC75]

Totally remember that! Temple - early 80's

10/11/80. Some Temple players threw a bench into the stands. We beat them, 31-7.

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Quarterback Dave Warner threw for one touchdown and ran for another Saturday, leading Syracuse to a 31-7 triumph over Temple in a game marked by a...

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[SWC75]

-In 2002 we went to the Sweet 16 game between Kentucky and Maryland. A few Kentucky fans near us literally started smoking cigarettes inside the Dome in their seats and were kicked out.

-A couple years ago at a basketball game, I saw a little boy come out of a stall in the men's room and walk up to the urinal trough thinking it was a sink to wash his hands in. He may or may not have been my son.

-2004 football game against Pitt a woman sitting behind me spilled an entire container of nachos and salsa all over me and didn't apologize. I spent the rest of the game fuming like I was in the front row of a Gallagher show.

-2007 basketball game vs. Nova, Jim Burr (or was it Tim Higgins?) kicks George Hicker out of the game. Very unusual. I remember the entire Dome stood up and just quietly was confused about what was happening.

Burr kicked George out for calling him 'Higgins'.

 

[CA Monk]

When he bent down to pick up a pen during commencement, I saw something no man should ever see – the top of Chancellor Eggers butt crack.

 

[dan7800]

A Pitt fan.

 

[Stevenson]

During a Miami game mid-nighties, I was seated in the end zone area and threw a half eaten hot dog from the third row thru the goal posts that hit a ref directly in the back of the head.

He jumped a mile in the air and I was shocked I wasn’t tossed from the game.

This may have been right after Tremaine Mack’s kickoff return for a TD

 

[OrangePA]

Are you talking about the ref who had a heart attack when we played East Carolina in 2001?

The referee lives in Philly and calls sports radio WIP from time to time.

 

[bballbeadle]

One of the first few live games I attended against Georgetown. The students had a section in the bleachers. At one point, a guy maybe dressed in a clown suit but definitely with a rainbow wig ran around the court being chased by guards while the band played YMCA. I thought, “Wow! I need to go to more of these games.”

 

[Cheriehoop]

I miss the vendors shouting “get your ICE cold beer here!”

Here’s our man, Joe Godley!

'Program Joe' Godley has been selling in Syracuse for 40 years

He says he's sold over 1 million programs in his career.

spectrumlocalnews.com

 

[Idiocuse22&]

During a Miami game mid-nighties, I was seated in the end zone area and threw a half eaten hot dog from the third row thru the goal posts that hit a ref directly in the back of the head.

He jumped a mile in the air and I was shocked I wasn’t tossed from the game.

This may have been right after Tremaine Mack’s kickoff return for a TD

Im sure you dont feel bad for that and rightfully so, I would classify that under karma.
Most refs have earned a hot dog smack to the head and if they are unable to process all avenues of info and be pissed or offended by that smack they shouldnt be a ref.
I mean they signed themselves up for a lifetime of a karma tug of war.
If I was that ref any videos of it would have went viral and I also wouldve spent 3 months in Jamesville laughing the whole time. Hot dog!


** Jumping a mile in the air seems like an odd reaction to a half eaten hot dog missile to the back of head. I woulda maybe did a backwards, underhand& swinging right hook. Or a reverse leg sweep... or as previously mentioned, pretend I was at the trough and whip it out...Jumping would have never entered into the equation...Weirdos jump to violence&hot dog missiles.
#RefsAreWeird