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Who is Hans Steiniger?

Hans Steiniger is your average, moderately paid, tailgating, beer guzzling, hot dog Eating, fantasy football playing, road tripping, technically savvy, DirecTV NFL package purchasing, lover of this great American pastime that we have dubbed the National Football League.  He feels that professional football is an experience to be savored with good friends and affable strangers.  Home team or away, a common interest in the game of professional football unites us all.  Originally from Buffalo, NY Hans is a die-hard fan of the Buffalo Bills.  He's not a large man, but enjoys local delicacies tremendously and is happy to share those local gems that can be sampled at each NFL football stadium with others.  Included on each page is a football stadium review summarizing each of the NFL Stadium experiences along this four year journey.  Included in each review are tailgating hotspots, tips for getting cheap NFL Tickets, and local traditions and tourist attractions that all visitors need to check out during their stay.  Players and fans can get pumped up by the atmosphere of stadiums around the NFL, but does home field advantage exist? Check out NFL odds and try your hand at football betting, over at BetUS online sportsbook to find out.
 
What is the Quest for 31 ?
In commemoration of his 31st year on this planet, Hans Steiniger noted the parallelism between his age and the number of Football Stadiums located around the country and challenged himself to see a game in each one.  Why only 31 NFL football stadiums?  Because the New York Giants and New York Jets both play in Giants Stadium in New Jersey, so although there are 32 teams, they only play in 31 NFL home venues.

The Quest for 31 began as he moved to Detroit from his hometown of Buffalo, New York, and began attending home games in other stadiums, discovering that the home team experience is completely different in each stadium across the league influenced by geography, weather, and local culture.  He decided to begin a city by city personal research project on the home team experience across the nation.  Hans immerses himself into local NFL culture by purchasing a home team NFL jersey to lend credence to his support of the local franchise.   He tailgates in the parking lot with local fans before the game and stays to watch each NFL football game live at every NFL Stadium.  Hans is searching for a well-rounded typical gameday experience in each NFL city and enjoys the discovery of great tailgate game ideas as well.

Every region of the country has it's own traditions that contribute to the uniqueness of the NFL fan experience and it usually takes an outsider, someone unfamiliar with the norm to recognize what's typically taken for granted. That's what he is.  Hans is the Green Bay Packer fan wearing a head of cheese at Lambeau Field.  He's the Terrible Towel waver eating a Primanti Bros sandwich at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.  He's the Cincinnati Bengals fan so hopped up on Skyline Chili and local brews that he belts out the theme to "WKRP in Cincinnati" in the upper deck at Paul Brown Stadium.  He's the guy who's barking in the Dawg Pound at Cleveland Browns Stadium, even though his Bills are losing 8 - 0 in the Blizzard Bowl.  He's the Kansas City Chiefs fan that giggles to himself every time we fire up the "Tomahawk Chop Chant" because of how politically incorrect this this has to be.  He's the Oakland Raider fan in full makeup wearing chrome-spiked forearm guards to complete his transformation to the JokerRaider.   And yes, Hans is the Buffalo Bills fan that wears a furry, horned, Fred Flintstone, Royal Order of the Water Buffalo hat, drinking beer and thrilled to be home again. Hans is every fan. He's the guy who's excited by the prospect of immersion into local NFL fandom, because he personally wants to experience it all.  Feel free to share in his exploits in each of the 31 NFL Football stadiums around the league by starting with the button labeled NFL Stadium Reviews.  If you're looking for cheap NFL tickets, check out the NFL ticket links on each NFL Stadium page.   Hans encourages all true NFL fans to join in their own Quest for 31 as well, tailgating in every venue possible.  Register your quest on the Leaderboard by clicking
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How does He do it?
Hans Steiniger has a 1997 green Ford Explorer (with a ton of miles on it), an E-Bay account, and a dream.   He acquires these tickets due in part to the kindness of strangers, the auction environment on E-Bay, TicketCity.com, or through local ticket selling entrepreneurs.  These gentlemen are fairly easy to find, they're the guys outside the football stadium holding the sign that reads, "I NEED TICKETS" in one hand and a stack of tickets for that day's game in the other.  Wait until the second quarter for their best price.  Make sure to check the NFL weather on this site before gameday and take stadium tours during the offseason.   
 
How can You help?
NFL Tickets!  I need cheap NFL Tickets.  And maybe a place to stay.  Also, if you see me at your NFL stadium, please sign my guest book or send me an e-mail and definitely, "Buy me a Beer, Damn it!".  Feel free to register your own Quest or send NFL stadium pics from your NFL stadium as well.

         
             
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            for 31at my Final Stadium, the Louisiana Superdome.

 
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NFLFootballStadiums.com is intended to be the ultimate Gameday resource for true NFL fans.  On this site you will find NFL Stadium Reviews, a football stadium seating chart, local weather forecasts for NFL cities, NFL Stadium address and contact information, current news articles about NFL teams, NFL betting lines, and stadium tour information.  Fantasy Football team owners can also find free 2009 NFL fantasy football cheatsheets including player ranking and team depth charts.  Buy your NFL Tickets here!
 

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Dolphin Stadium
 
   
Lambeau Field - Green Bay Packers   Texas Stadium - Dallas Cowboys Alltel Stadium - Jacksonville Jaguars   Qwest Field - Seattle Seahawks
Lambeau Field   Texas Stadium      Alltel Stadium   Qwest Field
 
 
2009 Games on the Quest for 31
 

Sunday August 9, 2009 - Fawcett Stadium
Preseason Buffalo Bills vs. Tennessee Titans-HOF Game

Sunday August 16, 2009 - Ralph Wilson Stadium
Preseason Chicago Bears at Buffalo Bills 7:00pm

Sunday September 20, 2009 - Giants Stadium
New England Patriots at New York Jets 1:00PM

Sunday September 27, 2009 - Reliant Stadium
Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans 1:00PM

Monday September 28, 2009 - Cowboys Stadium
Carolina Panthers at Dallas Cowboys 8:30PM

Sunday October 11, 2009 - Ford Field
Pittsburgh Steelers at Detroit Lions 1:00PM

Sunday October 25, 2009 - Bank of America Stadium
Buffalo Bills at Carolina Panthers 4:05PM

Sunday November 1, 2009 - Ralph Wilson Stadium
Houston Texans at Buffalo Bills 1:00PM

Sunday November 8, 2009 - Giants Stadium
San Diego Chargers at New York Giants 4:15PM

Sunday November 22, 2009 - Invesco Field
San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos 4:15PM

Thursday November 26, 2009 - Ford Field
Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions 12:30PM

Sunday December 6, 2009 - Lucas Oil Field
Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts 1:00PM

Sunday December 13, 2009 - LP Field
St. Louis Rams at Tennessee Titans 1:00PM

Sunday December 20, 2009 - M&T Bank Stadium
Chicago Bears at Baltimore Ravens 1:00PM

Monday December 21, 2009 - FedExField
New York Giants at Washington Redskins 8:30PM

Sunday December 27, 2009 - Louisiana Superdome
Tampa Bay Bucs at New Orleans Saints 1:00PM


        NFL Stadium Review of the Week


Jerry World at Cowboys Stadium
One word to describe Cowboys Stadium in Arlington? Incredible. Truly Incredible. From everything I read, the impetus behind the construction of Cowboys Stadium, besides erecting the most profitable structure in the National Football League, was to present the fan with an experience unlike what they might get at home. After my visit to Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, I’m more than pleased to report that “Jerry World” or “The Palace in Dallas” and it’s become known through the mainstream media does more than deliver. More than just a football game in an arena, for eight weekends throughout the regular season Jerry Jones strives to create a pro football fan experience that transcends even the product down on the field. From the larger than life, Guinness Book of World Record holding, high definition video screen to multilevel party pass common areas to the Rhythm and Blues Dancers and the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, gameday has become a circus … a celebration to the larger than life Dallas Cowboys franchise. It’s fantastic, it’s a spectacle, it’s an awe inspiring celebration of the game I love, and I enjoyed every breath-taking minute of my experience in the new home of the Dallas Cowboys. Love him or hate him, Jerry Jones has to be respected as the best owner in professional sports. Here’s a guy that year after year does everything it takes to put a winner on the field in Dallas … and now this. Don’t’ get me wrong, with its $50,000 personal seating licenses (PSL’s), inflated ticket prices and $75.00 parking fee, this $1.15 billion facility, is designed to take every dollar you have, but what you get in return is well worth the price of
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          Highlighted Feature of the Week

Cheap NFL Tickets

Based upon my travels to multiple NFL stadiums to attend NFL games throughout the football season, I've been asked by many where I get my NFL tickets. Or more specifically how do I get cheap NFL tickets? Well, in attending over twenty games in the last two years, you get rather adept at identifying NFL ticket sources and more specifically locating the places where you can get cheap NFL tickets.
I've been most successful buying tickets through TicketCity, E-bay, StubHub, or TicketsNow and I've set up a system of links on each stadium page that allows the user to quickly check and compare between the three to see who has the best prices. If you are looking for cheap NFL tickets, I would suggest following one of the links below to the NFL tickets links on my site. Compare the prices and feel free to buy NFL Tickets online.

How to Compare NFL Ticket Prices
As you compare NFL ticket prices, it is important to consider the price that tickets are being sold for at the stadium box office and also their location on an NFL stadium seating map. You want to make sure that
quoted prices are within reason and that you're comparing apples to apples with regard to the location  of your seats within the stadium. For each of the NFL Ticket purchase areas on nflfootballstadiums.com, I've listed the "face value" price for all seating areas as listed by the stadium box office. This will be useful to ensure that if you purchase NFL tickets from an online ticket broker or a scalper on the street, that you're getting reasonable value for your money. It is also extremely important to note the date and time printed on the tickets, as well as whether or not the tickets are
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M&T Bank Stadium - Chicago Bears at Baltimore Ravens - December 20, 2009
As the east coast was being pounded by a record setting snowstorm with designs on crippling the region, I found myself rolling in the Quest Machine into the heart of it all. I had tickets for an NFL weekend doubleheader with the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday and the Washington Redskins on Monday Night Football at FedExField. The storm was expected to dump twenty-two inches of snow on an area that’s typically shut down by an inch or two, so figuring the first several hours of the storm would weed out those destined to maroon themselves in a snow bank on the side of the road, I timed my trip to arrive in the beltway after the brunt of the storm front had passed. For the most part, the route was completely clear until I hit western Pennsylvania, then things began to slow to a crawl for the last leg of my journey. White-knuckling in down the road behind a frozen windshield wiper that refused to clear the center of my field of view, I eventually arrived around 11:00pm on Saturday night. A little inclement weather certainly cannot deter the Quest! .    
 
 
   
 
The Baltimore Ravens game, which was originally set for a 1:00pm kickoff the next day, was moved to 4:15pm by the NFL due to the weather; and with the Chicago Bears still stranded in Chicago, there was actually talk of postponing the game again … potentially to Monday Night. Unfortunately for someone like me, with designs on a weekend doubleheader, the move to Monday night could potentially derail my plans for completion of the Quest in 2009.
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