Vancouver NFL Fans in Seattle

Vancouver NFL Fans Flocking South

Vancouver Adopts Seahawks Football

It would be better to buy a cow than cross the border for cheap milk on Sunday. Far easier to get to Abbotsford than Blaine for less expensive gasoline.

 It would be better to be almost anywhere other than a Metro Vancouver border crossing Sunday morning because lining up with the final surge of Christmas shoppers will be as many as 7,000 Canadians swarming south to scream their lungs out for the Seattle Seahawks NFL Football game.

 If Canadians had been this eager to push southward 170 years ago in support of their convictions, the boundary of British Columbia would probably still stretch to the mouth of the Columbia River instead of the 49th parallel, where it was pushed by expansionist U.S. President James Polk when neither Britain nor America had the appetite to wage war over the Pacific Northwest.

Sorry about the history lesson. But there’s a lesson here for the Vancouver Canucks, too. If the National Hockey League isn’t going to play, not every sports fan here is locking himself in the bedroom and writing lonely odes to the Canucks. Apparently, a lot of them like the National Football League. And this season, especially, there is a lot to like about the Seahawks.

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How Loud Is Century Link Field?

Loud

Louder than a Vancouver Canucks regular season game. I'd say it's comparable a Canuck Playoff game when the Canucks first take the the ice.

Here a video from the Arizona Blow-out game to give you an idea how loud it is.

Parking at Centurty Link Field

Best Places to Park for a Seahawks Game.

Parking in Seattle is EXPENSIVE.

There is no cheap place to park during a Seahawks game. Check out Seatle's Downtown Parking Guide and you can check out the rates from all the major lots yourself.

Park Whiz offers some discount coupon's if you're willing to book ahead online.

Where do YOU park for a Seahawks game?

Leave your reccomendation in the comments.

Odds to Win Superbowl

Seahawks 12 to 1 to win Superbowl

The Seahawks are listed as 12 to 1 to win the Superbowl. The only way the Seahawks will have home field advantage is if they meet the Vikings in the conference championships. Here are the rest:

1. Denver Broncos 3/1 
2. New England Patriots 15/4 
3. San Francisco 49ers 6/1 
4. Atlanta Falcons 7/1 
5. Green Bay Packers 15/2 
6. Seattle Seahawks 12/1
7. Houston Texans 14/1 
8. Washington Redskins 18/1 
9. Baltimore Ravens 22/1 
10. Minnesota Vikings 35/1 
11. Cincinnati Bengals 45/1 
12. Indianapolis Colts 45/1

Seahawks Come to Vancouver

Seattle Seahawks Soar into B.C. Lions territory

This week, the annual Seahawks caravan pulls into Vancouver to remind football fans that the NFL season will soon be upon us, with the start of training camps set to open on July 27.

The late B.C. Lions president Bob Ackles spent more than 50 years in the football business, including significant stints as an executive with the Dallas Cowboys, Phoenix Cardinals, Philadelphia Eagles and Miami Dolphins. But talk of the NFL coming to Canada “scares me as a CFL fan. I’m just telling you, it will kill the CFL,” Ackles stated in his autobiography, The Water Boy.

He mainly was talking about NFL expansion to Canada, specifically Toronto, not necessarily a pre-season or even a one-off league game as the Buffalo Bills do on an annual basis at Rogers Centre in partnership with Rogers Communications. Still, the NFL’s popularity is growing in Canada, especially in B.C. According to a survey undertaken by NFL International, the percentage of Canadian sports fans who claim they are “very interested” in the NFL is placed at 29 per cent in this province, compared to 23 per cent on the Prairies and just 20 per cent in, of all places, Toronto.

The sample survey encompasses the 13-64 age range, male and female, and cuts across a wide demographic. The Seattle Seahawks, in particular, regard British Columbia, Alberta, Idaho, Oregon, Alaska and, naturally, Washington as part of their territory of influence as the NFL team whose reach spans the greatest geographical area.

Tod Leiweke, a former Seahawks president and executive with Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment in Vancouver, was particularly keen to link the Lower Mainland into the Seahawks constituency while mindful of the CFL and the Lions’ unique place in West Coast culture and history.

This week, the annual Seahawks caravan pulls into Vancouver to remind football fans that the NFL season will soon be upon us, with the start of training camps set to open on July 27.

Seahawks in Vancouver

Seahawks pride will be heading north of the border this week.

As part of the NFL’s “Play 60″ tour, a trio of Seahawks-themed events will take place in Vancouver on Thursday and Friday.

Hosted by 12th Man North, the team’s Canadian-based marketing group, there will be a golf tournament on Thursday at the University Golf Club, a training camp preview party at Earl’s in Vancouver on Thursday night and a Junior Training Camp on Friday at Vancouver College.

All events will coincide with a big Seahawks-centric media push in the Vancouver area as the team serves as the sole NFL club in the northwest U.S. and southwest Canada. Assistant coaches Todd Wash and Kris Richard are scheduled to attend the golf tournament and represent the Seahawks in Vancouver this week.