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NFL Crime is Mapped on SpotCrime

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NFL stadiums can hold anywhere from 52,525 people at TFC Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN to 105,121 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX . That’s a lot of tailgaters and pedestrian traffic for local police to have to worry about! In addition to mapping NFL football player committed crimes, like Ray Rice’s domestic assault in an elevator, we’ve also attempted to map NFL Football Fan assaults. NFL fans seem to be known for fighting more than their college fan counterparts , even if they’re rooting for the same team . You’d think adults would be able to control their egos better than your average college kid, but I guess when you put 50,000-105,000 fans in a confined space watching large men hit each other as hard as they can and then throw alcohol in the mix there’s bound to be a fight . Check out the assault at University of Phoenix stadium mapped on SpotCrime. It involved 49er and Cardinal fans . Another assault involving 49er fans happened at Levi’s Stadium in S