Denver
A historic football town with the best stadium food I've ever encountered. Unfortunately we were just there LAST YEAR. If you missed it, I recommend going, if you're a travel crazed Jets fan like myself who already went, just pout.
Denver Travel Tip: There's legal weed there.
Denver Travel Tip: The roasted pork nachos at the game are worth the price of admission alone.
Denver Travel Tip: Go to "Elways" in the 4 seasons downtown the morning of the game for Bloody Marys. It's not a bad walk from there to the stadium.
Baltimore and Washington
Neither city is known as "gentle", "safe" or "non-murderous". I don't really have much to say on these.
Oakland
Widely viewed as the most hostile opposing stadium for fans to travel to (though I believe San Diego is the worst). It's also one of the crappier stadiums in the league, it's a baseball stadium that the baseball team moved out of. It's kinda like when a hermit crab finds something humorously misfitting to use as a shell.
Oakland Travel Tip: The epicenter of the Oakland insanity is the "Black Hole" which extends from section 100-110 and features the most fearsome, armor wearing, blood thirstest Raiders fans. If you're smart like me, get a ticket in section 201-210, row 1, and enjoy the safari.
(a photo i took of "the black hole" from section 207, row 1)
Oakland Travel Tip: .......
Oakland Survival tip: if you are confronted by Raiders fans, yell "hey is that a chargers fan?!" and point behind them and then run like hell as they are distracted.
Philadelphia
The east coast's answer to Oakland. Seeing Mike Vick play in person is barely not worth being stomped on by the fake Ronnie from Jersey shore in a parking lot in South Philly.
Philadelphia Travel Tip: Pat's King of Steaks is open 24 hrs.
Philadelphia Survival Tip: Think out your escape route. The stadium is in a mega parking lot with 2 other stadiums and most people come by public transportation (meaning they can be even drunker when they leave) so that means a lot of walking, which is bad. I suggest an alternate form of exit, such as a hot air balloon or inventing teleportation. Or just don't go.
(the aforementioned eagles parking lot)Philadelphia Survival Tip: Bring a sign with you that says "Hey, we hate the Giants too", it could get a mild guffaw out of your prospective assaulter.
Philadelphia Survival Tip: Duck!
Pyongyang
Just kidding.
London?
Two teams are playing in London next year, we just don't know which yet. They way the league treated the Jets this year (Hard Knocks, 1 sunday night football and 3 monday nights), I would be surprised if the Jets aren't seeing the other Big Ben on the road next year.
Location, location, location.
Don't cheap out on your seats, $50 could be the difference between getting on tv and getting a punch to the back of the head by a plumber. Location applies to where the actual stadium is located. The further a stadium is from the city center, the higher the odds you could get beat up at an away game. Tink about it mon, you're further from civilization, there's miles and miles of parking lot that will be a lot like the gauntlet from "American Gladiators" to get through if your team wins. Detroit is a perfect example, terrible rep as a city, the visiting team almost always wins but fans aren't really harassed because you walk right out the door to a bustling downtown.
See what cheap seats get you in San Diego.
The police are not your friends
On the road, cops will almost always succumb to the angry mobs of home fans. In their mind the best way to keep their lives easy is to assume the opposing fan is the problem and remove them for the good of all parties involved. Check out these assholes in San Diego , or these jerks in Indy .
Follow these tips and you should have a fun, delicious and tazer-free road trip this coming fall. This article is dedicated to the Packers fans that had their noses sliced in Chicago this past sunday.
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