This is my first Lions Review over 2 stars. What a year. Although it ended one game too early, it was fun and exciting. Can't wait until next year. Forward down the field baby. read more

When I review sports teams on Yelp, I typically rate based on team performance. For example, win-loss record and number of championships won. However, for teams that I'm actually a fan of, it's hard not to show bias. The Detroit Lions are one of those teams. Well, I guess maybe not so much the Lions, but one of their - and, more widely, the NFL's - greatest players of all time, wide receiver Calvin Johnson. Calvin played college football at the same time that I was an undergrad at Georgia Tech. He's my favorite football player, past or present. One of my fantasy football teams has been named after his nickname, Megatron, for over a decade now. Calvin played for Detroit from 2007 through 2015. He was loyal. His entire nine-season career in the NFL was with the Lions. During those nine years, he was a six-time Pro Bowler, twice the NFL receiving yards leader (2011, 2012), the NFL receptions leader in 2012, and the NFL receiving touchdowns co-leader in 2008. He holds the league records in most receiving yards in a season (1,964) and most consecutive 100-yard receiving games (8). Calvin was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in February 2021 when he was only 35 years old. In the year immediately following his retirement from pro football (2016), Calvin finished in 3rd place, behind winner Laurie Hernandez (Olympic gymnast) and runner-up James Hinchcliffe (race car driver), on the 23rd season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. As a Georgia Tech fan, something I found funny about Calvin's time with the Lions is former Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford was the starting QB in Detroit from 2009 through 2015. Stafford was the guy throwing Calvin touchdown passes for the majority of Calvin's pro career. Rivals Tech and UGA could finally unite on something football-related. Calvin and Stafford were only able to lead Detroit to the playoffs twice, in 2011 and 2014. Stafford threw two TD passes to Calvin in the 2011 Wild Card game on the road against the New Orleans Saints. Unfortunately, both games ended in losses. To date, neither player has won an NFL playoff game. The Lions were a fixture in the playoffs in the 90s with six appearances. However, aside from that stretch, since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger (which largely produced the league as we know it today), Lions playoff appearances have been few and far between. The Lions did win the NFL championship in 1935 and three times in the 50s: 1952, 1953, 1957. For reference, the first Super Bowl was played in 1967. The team has played in the 65,000-seat Ford Field since 2002. The glory days of the 90s were played in the larger, 80,000+ seat Pontiac Silverdome. Like the old Silverdome, Ford Field is also a domed stadium. A couple events the Silverdome was known for are the 1982 Super Bowl (XVI) and WrestleMania III in 1987. The latter is famous for one of the greatest pro wrestling matches ever. No, not the main event that pitted Hulk Hogan against Andre the Giant for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, but the WWF Intercontinental Championship match between Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat and "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Look it up! read more

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PROS: great family name, they play in a nice stadium, their players and fans have always been amazing (besides Suh). They're a historic team with some of the greatest players in their history CONS: despite 2023 being a good year for them they never had postseason success. Without that, it's hard for anyone to be a fan OVERALL: nice team when it comes to player and fan morale with a nice stadium, loads of history, and a family business, but without playoff wins it's tough to be hopeful read more

Just venting. Went to the Lions game today and before we went to our seats I picked up nachos and two sodas for my wife and I. Came to about $45. Yes, for two sodas and two nachos it was $45. So then I go to pay at the kiosk credit card reader and it automatically has tip Recommendations of 15, 20, 25%. I didn't want to leave a tip at all and somehow I must've hit the wrong button and it automatically charged me 20% which was around $9. Trying to leave this message for people so you don't make the same mistake. It's hard when there's tons of people in line everybody's in a big rush and they have that amount on the credit card card reader. And the guy that gave us our stuff is looking down to see if I tipped or not. Since when are we now tipping at the kiosk sales counter. Never again!!!!! And BTW I am a good tipper at restaurants when the service is good read more

I"m so glad the Detroit Lions finally made it to the Playoffs. My late spouse George A. Rodriguez was praying the entire time while in HEAVEN sending praises and Glory. It's to bad he not here to celebrate on earth, but in spirit he was congratulating the Team for this big WIN. Go LIONS LYNETTE read more

We enjoy coming to any lions game. The idea of being able to park close and walk to the stadium is great! There's so many fun places and restaurants near the stadiums. The Lions fan are great and it always seems to go good, we have never run into anyone being rude or nasty. In fact, it seems as if everyone has manners. So no matter which team you're rooting for, everyone is there to have fun! read more

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This is the closest I got to Ford field. One thing nice about this stadium is that the stadium is named after the owners. Plus no way Ford family would allow Chysler or GM get the name. I'd loved to checked it out inside. read more

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I really love the stadium; I feel like we have one of the nicer stadiums in the NFL. However the team makes me regret being a season ticket holder every year. They keep raising the prices of the season tickets but the team is not getting any better. The Lions fans are the best and everyone is usually really nice. Parking is about $45-$50 in the Ford Field parking structure. They often only have prepaid or handicap parking available on game day; so make sure you find an alternative parking place. Our seats are great and every seat I feel has a great view. Employees are really nice and always willing to help. I just wish they would get some help on the field....grrrrrr! read more

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Absolute worst sporting event I have ever been too. I literally had to wait 2 quarters, including half time, in a food line before I had to give up. I am here for a game not food lines. If you wanted booze, those lines were flying of course. But food? Yeah, better eat before you come. Otherwise, you spend the whole game in a line. I was in a Hungry Howies line that literally had ONE, yes, ONE, person working front counter despite no shortage of pizzas behind her. The lines at every food place moved just as slow if at all. They were similar with front counter, or lack thereof. We usually hit the Lions preseason, a regular season and Browns home opener every year. But we will not be coming back this season as this was an absolutely miserable experience. If youre planning a Lions game in 2021 season, you have been warned. Plan accordingly. read more

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The Detroit Lions "One Pride" NFC North Division. Yelp Challenge 51/100. Oh wow, where do I begin with this Franchise? First things first!! I wanna know what really went down behind the scenes with Barry Sanders and his early retirement. There's three versions people, Barry's version, the Lions organization version and the truth. We can all speculate as much as we want. As for me it's like one the great mysteries of the world. On that level with: Did the Mayans really disappear? , Did Aliens, help build the Aztec and Egyptian temples. Just like X-Files "The truth is out there". What needs to happen, the whole organization (Front office/management) needs to be put on notice A.S.A.P. Look the old way doesn't work for you guys. Whatever is happening, it's been going on FOREVER. Bring in people with new ideas, why have Bozo the clown be your G.M ? That drafts WR'S for five years straight and fire him for Humpty Dumpty who had a track record of drafting a L.S. Long Snappers in the first round for the past 10 years. See look, how many players are left on the team from the 2011 and 2012 draft? None right? So management needs to be held accountable, is all I'm saying. It goes from "Bad" to "All Bad" to "Does anyone know what in the HELL we're doing"? Kinda of bad. I'm pretty sure the Lions fans in Detroit can run the show a whole lot better. So keep paying your QB "Elite" money $$$. Yeah his stats look great, but is he making everyone else around him better? Don't get me wrong he's a great stats filler and fantasy QB. But at the end of the day, it's all about wins and losses and getting to the Super Bowl. Teams like this rarely get a head, they'll throw all their money on a couple of guys and it puts them in a very bad salary cap situation. Good luck with that close to $5 million under the cap after you sign all your draft picks this year. Vincent D aka VD aka Vebola aka Vincent Vega. Always, Enjoying the simple things in life. read more

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Congratulations Detroit Lions on a perfect season. 0 - 16 is a perfect season. Don't let that stop you now. It's the curse of Bobby Lane, I tell ya. read more

The insult is the Lions could be a decent football team with a little money and care but instead the owner has allowed them to limp along lamely year after agonizing year without caring one way or another. I mean our NFL tenure has been a vast vortex of suck that has dragged us permanently into the lowest echelon of sports. We are a joke from coast to coast for goodness sakes. Heck even the great Barry Sanders saw the futility of it all and retired rather than hold up these losers long enough to get his much deserved records. I am sorry for the man we did not take pity on him and let him play for a real team. We should have given him a piece of some dignity for the sake of his greatness, let him at least have a chance to play with people at his level. It is sad that a victory or two a season is expected to be met with hallelujahs and sunny views on the team. Yeah woohoo we won't lose EVERY game this season. Someone throw a ticker tape parade already, they are heroes. Nevermind we have have not had a winning season since the year 2000. The Lions went the entire 2001 (their last season at the Silverdome), 2002 (their first season at Ford Field), and 2003 seasons without a road victory, thus becoming the only team in NFL history not to win on the road for three consecutive seasons. The streak encompassed 24 games (also an NFL record). Over seven seasons under Millen's leadership as team president, the Detroit Lions owned the NFL's worst winning percentage (31-81, .277), never had a winning season, never finished higher than third place in the NFC North, and did not play in any post-season games. What did we do about it? Millen received a five-year contract extension at the start of the 2005 season and was not fired until we could not win a SINGLE game in 2008. We are no better this season really. Frankly it is embarrassing and despite my near lifelong Detroiter status I am no fan of the Lions. Sorry. Group me with the haters. read more

I like Detroit. But it's a rough town. And I ain't Lion. What I like about this franchise is, they don't take it Lion down. And they aren't afraid to cross the Yellow Lion. And because their fave character in Charlie Brown is Lionus. First-Hand Experience: I love the Lions and their crazy new downtown indoor stadium. I think I'd have loved to see them play in the Pontiac Silverdome but too late for that now. I'm a huge fan of the team and fans and I kind of like the stadium, but they lose a star because they need to learn how to win the big games and get to the Super Bowl. Still they are a brilliant team and watching them live at Ford Field against the Bears was a real thrill. Unfortunately they lost. This was a few years back. Now that I've seen every NFL team play live & been to every NFL stadium (current and former), time to review them on Yelp! I love stadiums! I've been to every cool stadium in the UK & North America, due to my obsession with travel & sport. I've toured America as a musician for 7 years. In that time, I've seen sports games at (or visited when empty, or both) almost every major stadium in US and Canada. I have pictures of most which I'll upload at some point. Also, on future travels, I plan to take new pix, and add more stadia! Watch this space! ***back to regular review*** Seriously, Detroit is not that rough. OK, some areas of the city itself definitely are, and the statistics are all this and all that, but people don't seem to realize, those stats are very much dependent upon where you draw your lines on the map and what you call a city and where the city limits are. Detroit has massive expanses of Northern and Western suburbs which are quiet and leafy and peaceful (much like Chicago, much like Buffalo only replace Western with Eastern and Southern), so the stats are definitely skewed. There's some pretty good food in D-town (nobody calls it that, do they. OK whatever). Some good Gyros and some good Mexican. And the Lions are always a fun team. Even when they were losing they were fun. They're always on, on Thanksgiving. They draft fun players that don't work out like Rogers. They get fun players that do, like Calvin Johnson, and, er... Bush. I like their atmospheric indoor stadium too. Not brave like the brrrrr Bills and brrrr Browns but still a great venue. So a big generous 4 out of 5 from me. I can't decide which is my fave team in this division, it's a three way tie, and the Lions share the honours. Now Eminem just told me to meet him on 8 mile & 6 mile, so I'm going to ignore the fact that no such intersection exists, and get right on that. read more

Let me preface by saying That I am devoted fan of the San Francisco 49ers. What is the deal with your uniform change? You already had one of the best uniforms not only in the NFL, but in all of sports. At least they aren't horrible and still have a decent look. Good luck to you Lions fans. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=C4&Date=20090420&Category=SPORTS01&ArtNo=904200803&Ref=PH&Profile=1048 read more

I grew up in the Detroit area, but am a lifelong Bears fan. I grew up in the 80s, my dad is from Chicago, and at that time, the Bears were awesome. Since then, they've done nothing, but neither have the Lions. So they never really did much to convert our family. I will always hope that the Lions become a good team, but I'm 43 now and haven't seen anything too impressive. The Bears don't impress me much either, but they brought joy in the 80's at least... and that's more than I can say for the Lions. Would be awesome to see the Lions become a Super Bowl contender in my lifetime though. Here's to hoping! read more

Historically a terrible franchise. Recent success the last few seasons but just terrible for so many years. Wish them much luck as long as it isn't vs my team. Can't forget about the 0-16 season. That's just something you can't do in professional sports. As long as the fans up there are happy for their recent success, then thats all that matters. But on my review, they are 2 stars max! Grade: D read more

Ohhhh Lions, where do I begin? We love being season ticket holders, the perks are nice! We love walking downtown before the games and just meeting random fans, and leaving with friends for life. Even if we haven't won a championship in 62 years, it's worth going just for the camaraderie, and the pure love of Detroit! There are no fans as loyal to their team as us Lions fans, we are a family, and we support our team year in and year out! #Onepride read more

I was raised in the land of the Redskin. And I stayed true for many, many years to the skins, until I just couldn't take it anymore, and after some consideration, I became a Bucs fan. There were things that went into that decision that I won't go into here. Suffice it to say that although I liked the Bucs, it just wasn't working out between us. It was them, not me. Then I spied the much pitied and mocked Lions. And I noticed three things. First, they had some skill. A good quarterback, and a bunch of nearly has-been good players who seem to be capable of doing something with their skills... The second thing I noticed was the team color. Blue looks much better on me than red and black... and I'm a girl, so color counts. The third thing I noticed was the Lion logo. I like animals. My dog was a lion for Halloween. Sold. I am now a Detroit Lions fan. And to cap it all off, I quote Justin's dad http://twitter.com/Shitmydadsays on Twitter 9:13 AM Oct 8th, 2009: "I wanted to see Detroit win. I've been there. It's like God took a shit on a parking lot. They deserve some good news." read more

This is not a review of the Lions as a "professional" football team. It is a review of the Detroit Lions as cosmic pranksters of the highest order. I don't much like football and its fans tend to get on my nerves. The Super Bowl is the only game I watch all year, and that's more for the halftime show and the commercials. The Lions get five stars because no team as ever butchered the sport or tortured its fans so brilliantly and relentlessly. I tried to get into football as a young boy after the Tigers won the World Series, and, feeling the mania that swept over the town, I tried to get into another sport, too. I remember Billy Sims, the running back who, like Barry Sanders, was the only decent player the team had, got hurt at a game in Minnesota. They took him off the field in a stretcher, never to return and do the Honolulu Blue and Silver proud again. I felt it in my bones then that the Lions were the polar opposite of that 1984 Tigers team. They were cursed and were destined to suck for all time. They haven't let me down in the sucking department. Somehow the impassioned sports fans of Detroit haven't figured out that the Lions will always crush their hearts, much as Lucy always pulls the football away from Charlie Brown. There's those seasons where they're terrible in an epic way straight out of the gate, and then there's those years where they trick fans into thinking they're legitimate contenders only to have the wheels fall off the whole thing. Both models are endlessly hilarious. The Lions keep coming up with new and creative ways to lose, year after year, and decade after decade. They snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. This team cannot be for real. It's like a bunch of beefed-up Andy Kaufmans and Sascha Baron Cohens out there. Lions fans have even gotten in on the action, pranking the team back with The Great "Orange-Out" of 2004. For a "home game" against the Cincinnati Bengals thousands of Lions fans came decked out in orange and when the Bengals of Cincinnati scored their first touchdown against the Lie-downs of Detroit the Lions fans stood as one and gave a standing ovation that was long and thunderous. The Lions got beat that day, and weren't too happy about the roast/tough love intervention their fans gave them. What a beautiful act of mass sarcasm. Loves me some pranks. Happy April Fool's Day y'all! read more

I lost trivia by one point because I didn't know you were one of the 5 teams to not make it to the super bowl ever... thanks for making me have to pay my own bar tab, losers. read more

Thank you for being the worst team in the history of the modern N.F.L.(yes, the Cardinals just won their division), and thank you for keeping me humble with the fact that my beloved Raiders could very easily have started their own 50+ year skid. Good luck with going 0-16 this year before my boys do it next year. Here's to the Sharks kicking Red Wing ass on Dec. 18th. at the Joe. Have a very Merry Chrismas Detroit. Ps. Go big blue! Rich Rodriguez has really worked wonders with the team. Somewhere Bo Schembechler is rolling in his grave read more

I am a fan, but its hard. We have a nice time a the game. Stadium is cool and they won. So we saw a good one. you have to go if your in town on game day and root for the lions. read more

I will never give up on you. This year we will be laughing in every ones face after we go 16-0 and are hoisting the Lombardi trophy in all of the haters faces. Its about time we bring a winning tradition back to the great state of Michigan and the beautiful city of Detroit. Don't look back, keep moving forward. read more

Mr. William Clay Ford, the owner of the Lions passed away today and that is sad news for our city. Whatever you may think of the team and how much you may blame ownership for the struggles our Lions have had, I think today is about being respectful. I am reading some silly articles and comments and I want to add my two cents. Yes, the Lions have had terrible and terribly historic seasons. But I am proud to have a team to root for, proud to have an owner that brought the "Detroit" Lions back to Detroit (and a Super Bowl game to Detroit) in one of the finest new stadiums in the area, and proud to have had the chance to watch two of the best football players ever (Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson) play for my hometown team. I am proud to have a family with the history of the Ford family in our city as well. The Lions have tried all kinds of different approaches to hiring GMs and coaches. Sometimes it just doesn't work out and yes the approach can sometimes be the problem. But my Lions will win the Lombardi Trophy one day and I will get to go watch a playoff game (NFC championship game!) at Ford Field some day. When both of those happen, I will thank the late Mr. Ford and the Ford family for giving me a chance to see that dream season in the city I love. read more

I went to the game last Sunday against the Cardinals expecting to watch a NFL and what I got was a scrimmage. As a life long fan this was tough to watch. I planned on just tailgating with some friends and watching some of the game at a near by bar. Well me and my friend ran into a couple of kind neighbors to the north that had two extra tickets and they just gave them to us. So I'm sitting at the game lower bowl, 40 yard line, Lions sideline for free. Even though the ticket was free I still felt my time spent there wasn't worth it. Besides meeting a couple new friends the most enjoyable part of this game/season was getting hammered drunk off $9 bud lights. That being said I will continue to go to games and pour money and time into this team because I'm an idiot. Two stars because it's still fun to watch Barry Sanders' highlight reel. read more

I am so disgusted with the lions organization, I'm a life long fan 39 years.... what a waste of half my life! They are the biggest disappointment in NFL history, the browns will win a championship b4 the lions! I'm done! Not going to another game ,not buying any lions merchandise or watching them on tv anymore. I hope the joke of owners..the sorry ford family sells the team! Not even excited for free agency because they dont EVER make significant moves, and the draft proves to be a disappointment every year and none of the top free agents want to come to this dumpster team. Cant stand it no more, the lions organization no longer exists to me . read more

We were almost you last season. Keep up the good work.

Lions in the wildcard. Stafford, Suh, Johnson. Coach Schwartz's team is for real.

It's the Detroit Lions - of course I'm a fan! I really enjoy watching these guys play. Although they're usually the underdogs, the Lions can kick some butt! Looking forward to watching them win, win, win this season! read more

Here we are. All hyped up about the the pre-season and then reality slaps us after the first game. I love routing for the home teams no matter the performance usually. But the Lions are starting to get on my nerves. I mean really. Season after season after season after season; I think you get the point. I'm starting to wonder when the Fords are going to revamp the entire organization including Millen. While I love the stadium and will forever be a home town supporter I refuse to fall into the category of an insane fan. You know the ones who keep expecting a different outcome with the same management in place. Go Lions! I guess . . . read more

This is a warning to ticket buyers looking at the 200 level at Ford Field for Lions games. Because of their greed they added another row of seats behind the back row. It is not cramped beyond belief. If you would of stood in the same area where these new seats are located last week, you would of been warned you are creating a fire hazard. One week later, there are rows of seats there now and it is impassible, so I'm not sure if they care about the fire code anymore. Fights started because people were so cramped, nice going Ford Field - Detroit Lions. read more

The Lions are pathetic, and even this post after the San Francisco game didn't light a spark under the collective butts of the d-line. They are overrated, and think of themselves as good, when they are terribly under performing prima donnas. See this post: Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz held a Twitter contest last summer for fans to come up with a nickname for his defensive line. The winner: Silver Crush. Relive every game this season online and on-demand with enhanced viewing features, including the "All-22" coaches film. Get NFL Game Rewind. The unit didn't crush anything in Sunday's27-19 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, and left tackle Joe Staley thinks the Lions' front four is extremely overrated. "They didn't want any part of us up front," Staley told Comcast SportsNet Bay Area. "Look at the game. We killed them. Every single pressure they got was cheap. It was on a keep or something like that. They weren't beating us one on one. We ran for about 200 yards (148 yards) on the so-called best D-line in all of football." Staley added that he's never been impressed by the Lions' defensive line. Nor should he be. The Lions are 0-3 against the 49ers since coach Jim Schwartz took over in 2009. "They think highly of themselves," 49ers right tackle Anthony Davis said. "I heard they said they were the best D-line in the league or something. I feel that's disrespectful to other good defensive lines." It's hard to argue against the thought. Ndamukong Suh, Kyle Vanden Bosch and Cliff Avril do like to sing their own praises. But the Lions are going to need a few wins over name teams before the bravado turns into a running joke. Someone needs to share this with Suh. He has no fire, and Farley and Avril also have no fire. read more

This is specific to buying tickets to games. DO NOT USE STUBHUB FOR LIONS GAMES. Because of NFL ticket exchange, the NFL and the Lions has made it extremely difficult to buy tickets outside of the NFL ticket exchange. You have to download a flashseats app, you can never get hard copies of the tickets, and if you have a problem you have no recourse. Stubhub is extremely unhelpful and bascially just tells you you are out of luck. read more