Why is everyone wearing white!?!?

Question

Ok, first off I'm a Detroiter and Wings fan so...go Wing!!!

But what I want to know is who was the idiot marketing planner in Pittsburg that thought it was a good idea to give away white t-shirts to all the fans. Didn't they realize that their arena's seats are red and by giving the fans white shirts makes it look like the game is being played in Detroit not Pittsburg. What was so hard about getting more appropriate home team colors to give away?

Answer 1

It's a mystery

Answer 2

first off, it's pittsburgH, with an H.  secondly, it was our captain's idea for a whiteout.  the real reason has never been explained even here in da burgh but it's worked, so shut the f up!

Answer 3

People are idiots like that.

Answer 4

its called a whiteout. my school does this for every home game.

its the same things as the cameron crazies painting every inch of their bodies blue.

Answer 5

Why do you even care, your not even there, it's not like it's going to be in a newspaper or any thing.....headline "WHY IS EVERYONE WEARING WHITE"

Answer 6

haha yeah i was thinking that too!

Answer 7

I was watching game 3 and the announcers said it was Crosby's idea....

You make a good point.  They should at least wear their colors, not a neutral color like white so it looks like they're all Wings fans.

Answer 8

people were handing out white t-shirts at the game. Its called a white-out.

GO DETROIT!

Answer 9

I think it was Crosby's idea

Answer 10

first, it's called a white-out ... duhhhhhhhh. and second of all when the arena is full to capacity (ohh wait, you're a wings fan so you don't know what a full arena looks like) you don't see the red seats and it looks like its snowing and a penguins habit is mostly in the snow. use some common sense, seriously.

Answer 11

Every home team should wear their white unis...the whiteout is and will always be cool..Bring back the home whites!

And, its PittsburgH....With an 'h'...Got that? Its after 'g' and before 'i'.

Answer 12

Copying the sea of red..are we?Pfft, it was only cool when the flames did it.Just kidding, but i think it just looks weird. But i'm also very biased.

http://dylan.mikrotron.com/Gallery/000_S...

Just look at it!, tell me that doesn't look cool. Those were the days :(.

Answer 13

What exactly is your problem with it...It looks pretty cool. You people have nothing better to do other than complain??

Answer 14

they want every fan to be shown

it's good publicity

who cares anyway

Answer 15

Not sure if Winnepeg/Calgary were the first, but back in the Mid 80's the Jets had a "white out" (everyone wore white) and Calgary had the Sea/C of Red.  Pheonix has also done the "white out".  Its an home team intimdation thing.  Of all the colours White seems to show the most.

Answer 16

HeHe I didn't notice that until you just said that !

Good Job Dude

The White Out is A Great Idea for the Pens (Are they Coming from Greenland?) but Red + White = WINGS!

Answer 17

It doesn't look so bad when the arena is full, during the game, and they just pan up to the stands.

But with the red seats...during the pre game coverage I thought it was in detroit and asked myself, "is this game 5, I thought it was game 4"... so your bang on about the seats.

And I imagine white t-shirts are the cheapest kind, so they're probably just giving them away as a promotion of team spirit, but I don't really know. And its probably easy to ask fans, "wear a white t-shirt", everyone has a white t-shirt.

Answer 18

They are morons like that.  They should have went with black or maybe gold.  Since the home uniform has no white it really is a stupid move.

Answer 19

No, no guys... there's a mass wedding during the second intermission!  ;-)

Answer 20

At least it does not look like the Philly game when everyone wore orange shirts and it looked like the place was totally empty since it matched the seats so well.