[M T]

I find the volume too loud during (last year's) WBB games too.  I have taken to wearing my sound-cancelling earphones (in-the-ear) all the time.  At least then, it is bearable.  117db, really?  Wow.  (I tried a number of the free sound measurement apps on the iPhone, and found VisualAudio the best for my purposes. Ymmv. (I'm not particularly knowledgeable about audio.)  Specifically, I liked the ability to visualize the sound levels & record the levels over some time with spectral info.)  I'll have to start measuring it at WVB.  Stanford lawyers will clearly want to get this adjusted if fans are recording & reporting levels above hearing damage levels.

Maybe at the next game, a number of people can report seat number and sound levels at specific times.

We measured 117db on an iPhone app, which is above the pain threshold according to many reports, and WELL ABOVE THE LEVEL THAT CAN CAUSE HEARING DAMAGE after hours on end like that. 

[M T]

I find the volume too loud during (last year's) WBB games too.  I have taken to wearing my sound-cancelling earphones (in-the-ear) all the time.  At least then, it is bearable.  117db, really?  Wow.  (I tried a number of the free sound measurement apps on the iPhone, and found VisualAudio the best for my purposes. Ymmv. (I'm not particularly knowledgeable about audio.)  Specifically, I liked the ability to visualize the sound levels & record the levels over some time with spectral info.)  I'll have to start measuring it at WVB.  Stanford lawyers will clearly want to get this adjusted if fans are recording & reporting levels above hearing damage levels.

Maybe at the next game, a number of people can report seat number and sound levels at specific times.

We measured 117db on an iPhone app, which is above the pain threshold according to many reports, and WELL ABOVE THE LEVEL THAT CAN CAUSE HEARING DAMAGE after hours on end like that.