Guinness World Records Takes Advantage of Requests to Attend Games

Kansas City Chiefs fans are looking forward to attending Monday Night Football at Arrowhead Stadium when the Chiefs play to host the New England Patriots. As the team looks to improve to 2-2, the fanbase looks to recapture the Guinness World Record for loudest crowd roar in a stadium.

Chiefs fans took the record from Seattle Seahawks fans on Oct. 13, 2013 against the Oakland Raiders with 137.5 decibels. However, Seahawks fans brought the title back to Seattle two months later on Dec. 3, 2013, when the Seahawks blew out the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football.

According to Guinness World Records, Seahawks fans broke the record in the second quarter with 12 minutes, 29 seconds to go after a strong defensive stand on third down by the Seahawks while the record was measured at 137.6 decibels.

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It sounds believable. Crowds generally don't leave games early in the second quarter. With fans still in their seats during a big defensive stop, they usually roar in excitement.

But there is a reason to believe that the record could be fabricated.

Going back to when Chiefs fans broke the record last October, the timing of it is questionable.

The Chiefs led the Raiders 24-7 with 42 seconds to go in the fourth quarter, so the outcome of the game had essentially been decided at that point. When fans believe the game has been determined, some leave early.

However, Kansas City fans broke the record at that moment. I find this hard to believe.

In this link, you will find an article that features a video from the game. In the video, the CBS announcers mention the record while the camera crew shows various wide shots of Arrowhead Stadium.

Right before then-Raiders quarterback Terrelle Pryor snaps the ball with 42 seconds to go, a wide shot of Arrowhead Stadium is shown. As presented by CBS, plenty of fans have left their seats to beat the traffic. Fans had broken the record on the play before, when inside linebacker Derrick Johnson sacked Pryor for a one-yard loss.

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Dan Israel, executive producer of the Chiefs Radio Network, uploaded the audio of when the Chiefs broke the record. For 17 seconds, fans in the stadium cheered loud. But with many fans already heading to the parking lot, it is reasonable to question how Chiefs fans broke the record right then.

As an attendee of that game, I recall the stadium being louder earlier in the game at different moments. About half of the stadium was empty the moment Guinness World Records declared Chiefs fans as the loudest fans in the world.

Who knows? Maybe the fans who were still there were rambunctious.

Expect Chiefs fans to "break" the record on Monday night. Expect Seahawks fans to demand another opportunity to get the record back this year. And expect Seahawks fans to be given the title back. You can also expect this cycle to carry over to the 2015 season.

We can all agree that Arrowhead Stadium and CenturyLink Field are the two loudest stadiums in the NFL.

Guinness World Records is not desperate for attention or publicity, but let's face it: Any time a business can put itself in the same presence as the National Football League, it will take advantage. When that opportunity comes on Monday Night Football, you hit the jackpot. Guinness World Records attended a game in Seattle last December on Monday night and will attend another Monday night game soon.

At the end of the day, this gives Guinness World Records plenty of publicity as it keeps its name in articles from the media. No matter who is labeled as the "loudest," Guinness World Records wins every time it is asked to attend a game.

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