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<blockquote data-quote="Roundball Sage" data-source="post: 1859884" data-attributes="member: 748116"><p>Got to go a bit further back in Bulls history.</p><p></p><p>Old Chicago Stadium on West Madison Street. Now a parking lot. But if you listen closely... you can still hear the noise from across all the years. Loudest place on the face of the Earth. Would make the runways at O’Hare or Midway sound like the inside of library.</p><p></p><p>Legal attendance in Chicago Stadium per fire department rules was 16,666. But for Blackhawks and many Bulls games you got over 20,000 crammed in there. Not sure anyone ever knew exactly how many. Probably didn't want to know for legal reasons. Standing room only in the upper decks was shoulder-to-shoulder and two or more rows deep. And god help you if you needed to make your way to the restroom.</p><p></p><p>And it was bedlam in there. The noise and sound waves were so intense you could FEEL THEM ON YOUR SKIN. Not kidding. It was like bugs scrawling all over you. But you loved it. And after the game... your ears would ring for three days.</p><p></p><p>Sad thing was that neither team won anything big in those years. The fans wanted it so, so bad... gave their heart and soul and LUNGS to make it happen... but the teams couldn’t close the deal.</p><p></p><p>Still, it was fun as hell. May never be anything else like it again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roundball Sage, post: 1859884, member: 748116"] Got to go a bit further back in Bulls history. Old Chicago Stadium on West Madison Street. Now a parking lot. But if you listen closely... you can still hear the noise from across all the years. Loudest place on the face of the Earth. Would make the runways at O’Hare or Midway sound like the inside of library. Legal attendance in Chicago Stadium per fire department rules was 16,666. But for Blackhawks and many Bulls games you got over 20,000 crammed in there. Not sure anyone ever knew exactly how many. Probably didn't want to know for legal reasons. Standing room only in the upper decks was shoulder-to-shoulder and two or more rows deep. And god help you if you needed to make your way to the restroom. And it was bedlam in there. The noise and sound waves were so intense you could FEEL THEM ON YOUR SKIN. Not kidding. It was like bugs scrawling all over you. But you loved it. And after the game... your ears would ring for three days. Sad thing was that neither team won anything big in those years. The fans wanted it so, so bad... gave their heart and soul and LUNGS to make it happen... but the teams couldn’t close the deal. Still, it was fun as hell. May never be anything else like it again. [/QUOTE]
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