One of my brothers came to Chicago last weekend and we went and saw the Chicago Rush Arena Football Team take on the Kansas City Brigade. It was the first arena football game I've ever been to. I guess I would compare the difference between "regular" and arena football to the difference between outdoor and indoor soccer. The thing I liked about the game was that no matter what seat you had, you were relatively close to the action. At outdoor football games, some of the seats seem so far away you can barely tell what's going on.
Another thing that impressed me was how "fan-friendly" the league seems to be. After every game, the players come back out and sit at tables and sign autographs. Since this was the last regular game of their season, they showed clips of several of the players thanking their fans for being supportive. So often in pro sports the players seem to forget that if it weren't for their fans, they wouldn't have anything. It's kind of like the way so many businesses forget that they are in business for their customers. Taking care of the customer should be the top priority, with profits being a by-product of that -- not the other way around.
In addition to going to the game, we also packed a lot of other cool stuff into our short time together. We went to Al Capone's Hideaway, which is my favorite restaurant. As usual, the food and service were phenomenal. And, as usual, I got lost both going to and coming from the place (Hence the term "Hideaway"). We also walked around Rush Street, North Michigan Avenue and hung out at Navy Pier.
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