[4thstreetpete]

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I just started recently watching the Raptors (caught their last 5 or 6 games), and they're my new favorite adopted team.

Maybe it's just my imagination, but it always seems like you can hear the crowd cheering. Is this b/c Raptors' fans are more cheerful than other fans, b/c they do sound work to intentionally make it seem like a party atmosphere, or just due to my imagination? Asking if anyone else notices this?

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Toronto is lot different than most sports city in that Toronto has always been a hockey town. They're Toronto Leafs fans first and everything else is a distant second. However they support their sports teams in droves, except the CFL Argos but that's a different story.

I was at a Toronto Maple Leafs game with platinum tickets and could hear a pin drop, this was against Pittsburgh where we won 5-4 in overtime. Leafs tickets are so in demand in Toronto that scalpers can charge ridiculous money. A lot of corporations buy seats for their employees. Where I sat it was filled with nothing but suits and it really killed the atmosphere.

When you're watching the Raptors, you're seeing more of Toronto's real sports fans in general, not just Leafs fans. It helps that we're finally getting a basketball team that's worth cheering for too. When I go to Raptors games, the atmosphere is electric and I have the time of my life.