tacomahawk
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Wasn't the stadium designed to resonate and amplify sound? Hence all the 12th man jerseys the seattle fans wear?
You're kind of on the right track, Paul Allen (the teams owner) is very much into music, and acoustics. When the stadium was being designed, he wanted to make sure that the sound that was created by us would be pressed down onto the field, instead of dissipating in all directions as would normally happen in an outdoor stadium. During our NFC Championship game, we achieved a rating of 135 on the decibel meter. So yes you are correct that the stadium is designed to hold the sound in, but there is no trick to it, it is all us, and you need crazy fans to create it.
As far as the 12th man jerseys, the number 12 was retired for the fans in 1984. We do consider ourselves part of the team, and never have to worry about getting a new jersey when our favorite player is traded or leaves in free agency, cause we will always have our 12. The 12th man ceremony right before kickoff, is for us, very much like your Who Dat chant. In that it is intimidating, and gets the crowd ready. We have a famous person from the area, or former player raise the 12th man flag, and it is our cue that it is time to get it on. The last person to raise the flag was Buck Compton from Easy Company, and a Washington resident. If you are familiar with the HBO series Band Of Brothers, you will know who Buck is.