If you are a fan of the Detroit Lions you are well aware of their lack of success over the years. In fact, the Lions have been so bad in terms of winning playoff games that they have only won one since 1957.
When you are that bad, apparently you start to feel like it’s necessary to hang banners just for making it to the playoffs. That’s a move the Lions made when they hung Wild Card banners at Ford Field, much to the dismay of many (seems like most) of their fans.
On Wednesday, Lions team president Rod Wood announced those playoff banners would no longer hang from the rafters at Ford Field.
Also, no more playoff banners. Rod Wood said expectations are much higher nowadays than just making the playoffs
— Tim Twentyman (@ttwentyman) July 19, 2017
It’s nice that Wood realizes that just making the playoffs should not be celebrated anymore and that winning a Super Bowl is all that matters to Lions fans.
New Video Boards
One of the biggest parts of the Ford Field $100 million renovations leading up to the 2017 season is the new scoreboards and to say they are amazing may be an understatement.
On Wednesday, the Lions gave a media tour of Ford Field and the new renovations. The tour included a demonstration video playing on the new video boards which pointed out the difference from last season to now.
Demonstration of the brand new video boards at @fordfield! The short clip at the start is a size comparison of how big the old boards were pic.twitter.com/lTfzgQRO5l
— Tori Petry (@sportstori) July 19, 2017
More Upgrades
When fans attend a game for the first time this season at Ford Field, they will certainly see some pretty cool upgrades including a grab and go snack bar which should speed up some of the concession lines, the Corner Bar, brand new suites, and new ribbon boards at the Gate A entrance, just to name a few.
Grab and Go Snack Bar
New grab and go beer and snacks concession on main concourse pic.twitter.com/0urqkGEFFc
— Tim Twentyman (@ttwentyman) July 19, 2017
Corner Bar
What new corner bar will look like pic.twitter.com/vzFRkYdYHC
— Tim Twentyman (@ttwentyman) July 19, 2017
New Suites
One of the new Suites pic.twitter.com/jPmnYvRRaR
— Tim Twentyman (@ttwentyman) July 19, 2017
New Ribbon Boards at Gate A Entrance
New ribbon boards at Gate A entrance pic.twitter.com/QRGoJj00tK
— Tim Twentyman (@ttwentyman) July 19, 2017
