That picture is prior to the opening kickoff. By halftime there were more people in the seats. Late-arriving crowd. There were still plenty of empty seats but they were all in the club/upper bowl levels. It was nowhere near a full house.
For the first time in MY life, a football game started with a whistle and a kickoff.
No Anthem or opening of any kind.
I never saw that before.
THAT was what nagged me when I was trying to watch against my stated conviction to never watch again.
Addiction is a bitch.