So I live 3 hours away from FlaLive Arena and bought tickets for game 4. Drove down to the game with my fiancé and walked in. Let me say, Panther fans are the most hostile fans I dealt with. The amount of gay slurs I heard made it feel like I was back in 2010 high school. I had a Panthers fan walk up and get in my face while I stood in the concourse screaming angrily at me to “find your seat, bud” as I was walking back from going to the bathroom. Guy’s screaming that they would punch us if we scored another goal and cheered for our team. Fans screaming out for penalties that were nonexistent and loudly complaining that Vegas is being gifted the game. Other than the fans, had a wonderful time watching our boys take the 3-1 lead! Let’s go end this Tuesday and fucking send this trash fanbase home crying!
[Some photos from the game!](https://imgur.com/a/FJlJzj2/)
#GO KNIGHTS GO
by Flothua152
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I’m so glad the knights won when you were there to see it! Congratulations on your impending marriage and GO KNIGHTS GO
Those people suck. I hope you had fun anyway and thanks for sharing the pictures!
GKG!
I’m sorry you had to put up with that. Thanks for supporting our boys on the road, despite the hostility! Congrats on your engagement!
I run a bar in Shark territory and wore a VGK jersey to work.
I had a guy walk up to me, look at my jersey and ask ” Did they win? ” I say ” Yes, the score wa… ” he cuts me off and says ” I really don’t care. ”
We stood there in awkward silence for a moment. He follows with ” Thats not a real hockey team. ” I just reply ” Our stats say otherwise. ” He then looks me up and down then smirks. Another long pause of awkward silence. I’m just standing there ready to defend against any action at this point. He turns and walks away leaving me thinking ” WTF was that? ” but as he is walking out the door he yells ” GO PANTHERS! ”
Just about everyone else my whole shift said ” Go Knights! ” ” That was a good game! ” or ” Florida fans suck. “
You got the last laugh!
Oh shit, I’m really sorry this happened to you. I was at the game too and was prepared for a rough experience but it was relatively smooth. Some friendly banter and a guy being a bit of a dick, but that was really it.
At least you got to see the knights win!! Go knights go!!
So what I’m getting from this post is that Florida fans are actually trash fans, it wasn’t just a few bad apples throwing trash. It’s the team culture there.
As a Panthers fan since ‘96 I’m sorry you dealt with that. That sucks. When I went to the Heat game in Boston it was the most hostile environment I’ve ever experienced. Sadly I think this is more common in arenas than we realize.
I’m 85% certain I saw you on tv. Judging by your photos and the jersey you wore, they definitely showed someone with their lady that looks like you in that area.
I went to a Vegas game in Tampa this year and nobody as much as gave me a 2nd look even tho i was wearing a vgk jersey,, gained a lot of respect for them after that.
Pretty sure I seen you on TV, glad you had fun regardless of how trash their fans are. Go Knights!!
I was at the Dallas game when they were throwing trash and I can honestly say everyone I interacted with was very nice, even the guy that threw the popcorn was nice, albeit drunk…they just yelled at the refs but were respectful of me and my friends