BrummerStealsHome wrote: ↑11 Feb 2026 11:24 am
Favorite non-Blues memory:
Went to a Steamers game in the early 80s. They routinely sold out then as did this game against Baltimore. The Steamers built up a 1-goal lead, but with about 5 minutes left to play the Blast were awarded a power play, then a second one in succession. That's nearly 2 minutes of 5-on3 indoor soccer. Baltimore blasted shot after shot at Slobo Ilijevski but he was up for the challenge. Baltimore didn't score and the Steamers won by a goal.
I attended a lot of Blues games in the Checkerdome/Arena, but I don't know if I ever heard the old barn as loud as that sequence when Slobo was fighting off the entire Baltimore team. Bob Burns said in the paper the next day that Slobo could run for mayor of St. Louis and win.
Blues/Sutter: Thanks for bringing all that back. I remembered the Blues down early and came back, but not that dramatically. And the ice being stuck in the ice before puck drop? Totally forgot that one.
100 degrees inside the Arena for the Grateful Dead concert on May 15, 1977. Popsicles at the concession stands inside the Arena sold-out before the show started. It was an unseasonable warm day in St. Louis for the middle of May. Air conditioning had yet to be installed at the Arena.
You can listen to the complete Grateful Dead concert at the Arena on May 15, 1977 on YouTube.
