I bought PSL's the first two seasons and then threw them in the trash. I'll get drunk with the best of em in the lot and in the stadium and it's fine if you're with the guys (not fine but OK). I took my wife to a game and that was it. I don't want season tickets if I can't take my wife and kids occasionally. I take my 7 year old daughter to the A's games all the time in the same park and it's great. It's the fans and the tolerance for those fans and it's ridiculous. I know alot of folks who still go but they go for the high end seats for the most part. I never thought of the hole as nearly expensive enough to qualify as high end.
During their last SB run somebody from ESPN2 did a game with the Black Hole denizens, found out most of them were lawyers and stockbrokers, after the game most of them got in Mercedes. They were just regular guys with a flare for the rowdy and wierd at games.
There's nothing ridiculous about it, the Raiders have always been about misfits. I'm sure there are some sections that are filled with more mellow people that would be fine for a 7 year old. Rowdies cluster, as do mellows. We get the same thing at college hockey games here, the sections near the visiting bench and visiting penalty boxes are filled with the loud and obnoxious (including me), the area behind the goal has the more mellow crowd. When I bring friends with kids I get seats away from the rowdies because that's the right thing.
Endzone up front is generally considered to be the second best spot for football (right after 50 yard line up front).