Tell that to New Orleans. The Super Dome is re-opening tonight. Gee, don't you think they have more important things to spend money on....like levees? 
Now this is one of the intangibles about a home pro sports team I've been trying so hard to describe. Nothing like a real life example.
So tell me what the dollar value of this is?
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/15551399.htm
Big Easy is smiling again
By Don Pierson
Chicago Tribune
New Orleans was getting ready to celebrate the return of the Saints to the Superdome this week regardless of the team's record. For both the Saints and Atlanta Falcons to be undefeated and playing for the lead in the NFC South on Monday night is what they call lagniappe, something extra.
Of the 10 teams in the league with 2-0 starts, only the Saints managed to do it on the road, at Cleveland and at Green Bay, making their first home game since Hurricane Katrina all the sweeter.
Hundreds of fans lined the fences at Louis Armstrong Airport for the return of the Saints' charter from Green Bay on Sunday night, marking the kickoff of a special week in a city that ordinarily needs no good reason for parades.
Clinical psychologist Mindy Kronenberg, an LSU assistant professor, told the Associated Press in New Orleans: "We're dealing with a lot of depression around here. But today, instead of all the conversation being about gutting your house, dealing with insurance, dealing with everything, it's about something positive. The Saints winning couldn't come at a better time."
It is the first time in the Saints' 40-year history they have started 2-0 on the road. The Saints also are nearly sold out for the season, another first.
"Everybody in town is dealing with losses," said Mike Serio, whose St. Charles Avenue sandwich shop is a hangout for football fans. "I lost three houses, my family lost over 25 houses between all of them. But at a time when everything has been negative, this is a real positive thing for the city and state. There are a lot more smiling faces today than there were a couple of weeks ago."
Saints fans are among the most loyal in the league. Even when they used to show up with bags over their heads because of the embarrassment of losing, they showed up.
"Everything is going to be crazy, from the media, from the fans, from everyone,"
running back Deuce McAllister said. "But we just have to stay focused. We have to be mentally and physically prepared to play. Atlanta is 2-0. It's going to be a tough game."
Today, I say......
GO SAINTS!!
There is an an AP article on the front page of the Bee, too, but I couldn't find it online.
Now this is one of the intangibles about a home pro sports team I've been trying so hard to describe. Nothing like a real life example.
So tell me what the dollar value of this is?
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/15551399.htm
Big Easy is smiling again
By Don Pierson
Chicago Tribune
New Orleans was getting ready to celebrate the return of the Saints to the Superdome this week regardless of the team's record. For both the Saints and Atlanta Falcons to be undefeated and playing for the lead in the NFC South on Monday night is what they call lagniappe, something extra.
Of the 10 teams in the league with 2-0 starts, only the Saints managed to do it on the road, at Cleveland and at Green Bay, making their first home game since Hurricane Katrina all the sweeter.
Hundreds of fans lined the fences at Louis Armstrong Airport for the return of the Saints' charter from Green Bay on Sunday night, marking the kickoff of a special week in a city that ordinarily needs no good reason for parades.
Clinical psychologist Mindy Kronenberg, an LSU assistant professor, told the Associated Press in New Orleans: "We're dealing with a lot of depression around here. But today, instead of all the conversation being about gutting your house, dealing with insurance, dealing with everything, it's about something positive. The Saints winning couldn't come at a better time."
It is the first time in the Saints' 40-year history they have started 2-0 on the road. The Saints also are nearly sold out for the season, another first.
"Everybody in town is dealing with losses," said Mike Serio, whose St. Charles Avenue sandwich shop is a hangout for football fans. "I lost three houses, my family lost over 25 houses between all of them. But at a time when everything has been negative, this is a real positive thing for the city and state. There are a lot more smiling faces today than there were a couple of weeks ago."
Saints fans are among the most loyal in the league. Even when they used to show up with bags over their heads because of the embarrassment of losing, they showed up.
"Everything is going to be crazy, from the media, from the fans, from everyone,"
running back Deuce McAllister said. "But we just have to stay focused. We have to be mentally and physically prepared to play. Atlanta is 2-0. It's going to be a tough game."
Today, I say......
GO SAINTS!!
There is an an AP article on the front page of the Bee, too, but I couldn't find it online.