Baltimore didn’t want Raven fans to meet the same plumbing fate as Oriole fans. To that end, the city held “Super Flush” in mid-July for football fans to simulate halftime bathroom conditions in the Baltimore Ravens’ new NFL stadium.
The event was planned to detect any problems with the plumbing system and avoid a repeat of what happened at the Orioles’ Camden Yards when it opened in 1992. After the first inning, a restroom rush caused the valves on dozens of toilets to burst, according to Sherman Kerbel, the Maryland Stadium Authority’s Director of Facilities.