Cannonball Wall blasts its way into Columbus
Many have probably had the following experience at their first Columbus Blue Jackets game:
The home team scores, the crowd is going wild, AC/DC starts up on the speaker system with “For those about to rock …” and then a loud "BOOM!" fills the halls of Nationwide Arena, scaring everyone who didn’t know that the team fires a blank cannon after every goal.
It’s horrifying, heart palpitation providing … and uniquely Columbus. And they totally own it.
Now the Blue Jackets are going a step further with their “Cannonball Wall.” Every time Columbus scores a home goal, there will be a cannonball placed on a wall, with the aesthetics looking like the ball went through the wall.
Below is Blue Jackets forward Artem Anisimov signing his cannonball:
It's unclear that a player will sign every ball placed on the wall -- Columbus scored 128 home goals last year -- at least the Blue Jackets have embraced it as uniquely Columbus, no matter how frightening the cannonball can be to others. And for those fans of opposing teams who scare easily, the best answer may be to just bring ear plugs.
