At what age is it acceptable to take children to professional sporting events?

[LondonPapa]

As the title says, at what age is it acceptable to take children to professional sporting events such as Rugby, Ice Hockey, etc.?

My DD is 19 months old, and, recently, I wanted to take her to a few Ice Hockey games, but my DP thought she was too young and would find it over-stimulating/too much to handle. I disagreed but didn't force the issue, as there is always next season, and I still went to them.

But I wanted to see if there is a consensus on the best age to start taking children to professional sporting events. Is there a consensus?

I mean, we took DS to the rugby (Saracens) when he was 7 months, but he mostly slept in the sling or sat on my knee and screeched merrily at the people sitting around us - he had zero idea that there was a game being played.

Now he's one and we probably won't take him again till he's 3 or 4 because it'd be unfair on both him and people who want to watch the game - he just wants to charge around shrieking and I don't want to inflict that on people, nor do I want to corral him on my knee for over an hour.

If you want to watch something, maybe cricket on the village green where you can wander off to a cafe or whatever!

She won’t remember anything much before age 3 re getting her into
sport 😀