Chiefs to give out earplugs as fans arrive for 'Monday Night Football' game

Arrowhead Stadium is known as one of the loudest stadiums in the National Football League and organizers hope that fans can take it back to the top Monday night.Chiefs fans shattered the world record for loudest stadium crowd roar last season. The record fell later in the year when Seattle took back the mark during a "Monday Night Football" game.Fans are being encouraged to whoop, holler and even use social media to raise the noise level.Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said the extreme noise level can affect players on the field."The ground was shaking," Reid said, remembering the noise at a game last season. "It was like there was a mini-earthquake going on there. And it was just from the fans getting it going and revving it up. And I had never felt that before. And I thought that was a pretty neat deal."The Chiefs are urging fans to make as much noise as possible, organizing the efforts with the hashtag #LoudandProud.To help protect fans from long-term hearing loss, stadium staff will provide 36,000 pairs of earplugs as fans enter the stadium.

Arrowhead Stadium is known as one of the loudest stadiums in the National Football League and organizers hope that fans can take it back to the top Monday night.

Chiefs fans shattered the world record for loudest stadium crowd roar last season. The record fell later in the year when Seattle took back the mark during a "Monday Night Football" game.


Fans are being encouraged to whoop, holler and even use social media to raise the noise level.

Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said the extreme noise level can affect players on the field.

"The ground was shaking," Reid said, remembering the noise at a game last season. "It was like there was a mini-earthquake going on there. And it was just from the fans getting it going and revving it up. And I had never felt that before. And I thought that was a pretty neat deal."

The Chiefs are urging fans to make as much noise as possible, organizing the efforts with the hashtag #LoudandProud.



To help protect fans from long-term hearing loss, stadium staff will provide 36,000 pairs of earplugs as fans enter the stadium.

