How Have the Ravens Shaped Baltimore?

At least 16 times a year–barring the event of playoff games– the streets of Baltimore are flooded with game-goers. Whether they are season ticket holders or catching an away game at a Canton bar, the city emits a purple hue. When thousands of people dress the same way for the same purpose ever week from September until January, it’s worth examining:

Ravens Prove Vital to Baltimore Businesses

Sundays, especially when Ravens away games take place, are the busiest days of the week for several bars and other Baltimore-area businesses. It’s not conventional to think that football would fuel business for a bakery, but for Starry Night Cafe, located mere minutes from the site of the former Ravens training camp, that has been the case.  <<<Read this story

Ravens Foundations Give Back to Baltimore

Baltimore residents actively support their hometown team, but overlooked in this is how much the Ravens and their players have reciprocated the efforts. Foundations like Ed Reed’s Eye of the Hurricane Foundation and Dominique Foxworth’s BORN have actively provided opportunities and aide for Baltimore’s youth.<<<Read This Story

Ravens Roosts Continue Longtime Baltimore Tradition

Ever since the Colts Corrals, Baltimore football fans have found a way to meet formally and talk football. Presently, that tradition has evolved into 123 chapters of Ravens Roosts, which meet once a month to not only support their team, but their surrounding community. <<<Read this Story

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A video slideshow recounts the typical Sunday experience of Angela Baumler, a Canton resident and Ravens fan, who understands the importance of football to her neighborhood’s bars.  <<<View

A Google map displays several recent community events sponsored by the Baltimore Ravens and/or Ravens players. <<<View

 

Ravens Twitter Map: A map displaying tweets by location about the Baltimore Ravens and their events <<<View