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Levity must be close to another word that means seriousness because that was the definition that came to mind when I read T-Park's post.
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I did a double-take on that too but levity does have a couple of meanings. It can also mean inconstancy.
At first I thought he was trying to say the gravity of the Hurricane situation.
Levity must be close to another word that means seriousness because that was the definition that came to mind when I read T-Park's post.
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During a commercial break just now, Ksat 12 threw out a teaser, "It's official. The Saints are headed to San Antonio"
Not really an official confirmation, since the news channels will usually say these things just to get the rating up, but watch the news on 12 tonight for more details. It looks like the Alamodome might actually be seeing some activity...for a change.
KSAT 12 just said it's official.
The Saints will arrive in SA on Friday.
Practice at an SAISD football field either Burbank or Alamo Stadium.
Will play their home opener on the 18th in the Alamodome and possibily future home games, atleast three and maybe even more.
Last edited by TheWriter; 08-30-2005 at 10:14 PM.
YES!!!!!FINALLY AN NFL TEAM IN SAN ANTONIO does anyone know who the Saints will play the first few games???
If, lets say, New Orleans is in shambles for the next year or more, unable to host football games.
Do you think the NFL would let the Saints move to SA permanetly?
San Antonio Saints
Fitting.
The SuperDome is ed up. I'd be surprised if they play a home game there this year.
The NFL can't make that decision. It's Tom Benson's to make.
True. If that's the case, I could honestly see that happening. Dude lives here, loves the city, has said many times SA needs an NFL team.
Look, I know you have a hard on for SA to get an NFL team Buddy Holly, but the moment that the Saints can play a game in the Superdome and have all the people of New Orleans (well, enough to fill it anyway), they will be back there.
Pro sports is like a catharsis in a situation like that, they will do it for the will and spirit of the people of NO.
Actually, he USED to live here. Have you noticed the distict lack of car dealerships with the word "Benson" in front of them in the last few years?
I think we will have an NFL team for most, if not all of this season. Be glad. It's the only football league we've never had in town, out of ALL of them.
I think we should chill the talk of permanence, though. Number one, it's not likely to happen. Not enough corporate base to support them. Number two, if there were some sort of disaster here, and the Spurs had to play a season or two somewhere else, how would you feel about another town trying to make it permanent? Bad karma. New Orleans is likely to really NEED their Saints to aid in the psychology of recovery.
We can go out and scream our asses off, though, while they are here, and make them feel like they have a home field advantage for the duration. For game one, we should "black out" the dome, everyone wear black, head to toe. Game two, switch to gold. Signs wishing New Orleans well.
Just had a thought: Will the games be blacked out here? We're well outside of their TV market....
Well he still has a lot of money tied up here in property.
That's almost $15M in property.Code:807606 Personal 75000-845-0000 BENSON TOM IMPORTS 9100 SAN PEDRO AVE SAN ANTONIO, TX 78216-4439 $2,942,280 490290 Real 11716-000-0541 BENSON TOM JR 9100 SAN PEDRO $3,615,030 490303 Real 11716-006-0471 BENSON TOM JR 9200 SAN PEDRO $5,181,543 490304 Real 11716-006-0480 BENSON TOM 9500 SAN PEDRO $482,004 490301 Real 11716-006-0462 BENSON TOM JR 9600 SAN PEDRO $2,771,523
I do recall a certain coastal town trying to court the Spurs a few years back
Well, he USED to have as many dealerships as Red. It looks as though he has his cluster down on San Pedro. I know he sold his SP Mazda dealership. It's now Northpark, and across the street on the odd street number side.
We should do a ST GTG for a game, once they announce ticket sales and dates.
Yeah, but they weren't kicking us when we were down. It was a fair fight, and we won.
True.
I don't even know if it's confirmed that they are coming here though. I know KSAT said it, but here's an article that came out an hour ago.
New Orleans Saints and NFL officials are discussing contingency plans in case the Superdome, the Saints' home field that was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, is not ready for use early in the regular season.
"We are discussing the situation with the Saints and looking into potential alternatives," said Greg Aiello , the NFL's vice president of public relations. "No decisions have been made."
Shea Guinn , president and general manager of Reliant Park, the home field for the Houston Texans, said he had offered the use of that stadium.
What are you talking about? He still lives in San Antonio, in the hill country. He also attends weekly mass at the UIW on an almost weekly basis.
He also ownes a few banks in the San Antonio area.
He has also owned the Saints since the 80s. The Alamodome has been open since, what, 1992? The Saints are still in N.O. If he was going to move them here, he would have done it already.
More than Jacksonville, Green Bay, Nashville, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, and Oakland.I think we should chill the talk of permanence, though. Number one, it's not likely to happen. Not enough corporate base to support them.
All the talk about not a big enough corp. base is BS. Even Red McCombs has said so.
He talked about a small window the city had a few years ago (two years ago) but the city leadership did nothing about it.
This city can and will support a city, but the NFL isn't expanding, teams aren't moving. But a chance like this, if NO was in shambles a year long or a couple of years and the ecomony didn't get back on its feet for a few years, the Saints and all pro sports would probably have to relocate.
SA is a great choice.
Again, what does him owning the Saints have to do with him moving a team?
New Orleans is a changed city, never will it be the same. Have you not been watching the news? That city will be in the ter for a couple of years.
Red owned the Viks, why didn't they move here?
It's not that simple. Teams just don't up and relocate.
SA's best chance came with the expansion in 1995. The city didn't do enough to win a team.
Then another small window opened and SA's leadership did nothing.
Now the Saints will be using the Alamodome for maybe the entire year.
Maybe longer.
If it's up to Benson, and if he had no other choice but to live NO, I'm pretty sure he'd pick SA.
He still lives here, he loves it here, and has said repeatedly an NFL team should be here.
Both KSAT and Don Harris of WOAI confirmed that it's official. That the Saint's contacted a high up at SAISD and told them they'd be arriving on Friday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...083001687.html
New Orleans Saints and NFL officials are discussing contingency plans in case the Superdome, the Saints' home field that was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, is not ready for use early in the regular season.
"We are discussing the situation with the Saints and looking into potential alternatives," said Greg Aiello , the NFL's vice president of public relations. "No decisions have been made."
The Superdome, which was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, sits surrounded by floodwaters. Contingency plans are being discussed in case the building is not ready to host the New Orleans Saints' home opener on Sept. 18. (By David J. Phillip -- Associated Press)
Shea Guinn , president and general manager of Reliant Park, the home field for the Houston Texans, said he had offered the use of that stadium.
The Saints left town and are in San Jose preparing for their preseason finale tomorrow night at Oakland. The club has made tentative plans to relocate its operations to San Antonio to prepare for the regular season, according to team spokesman Greg Bensel . It was unclear what alternatives were being considered by the team and the league.
The Saints will open the regular season Sept. 11 at Carolina. Their home opener is scheduled for Sept. 18 against the New York Giants.
"As of right now the damage assessment is not complete," Bensel said. "We are speaking with the league and we will make a plan as soon as we know the complete ramifications and all of our options."
Two sections of the Superdome's roof were blown off by the hurricane, but Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco reportedly indicated Monday that the facility had been declared sound by an engineer. As floodwaters rose in the city yesterday, an estimated 10,000 people were gather ed in the building after fleeing their homes, and patients from a hospital also were taken to the stadium.
The Saints are practicing this week on the campus of San Jose State, but players said their thoughts were on the events in New Orleans.
"I slept for only about an hour, if that," punt returner Michael Lewis , a native of the city, told the Associated Press on Monday. "I watched about everything I could on TV. I had the Weather Channel on all night."
Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre learned late yesterday afternoon that his mother's home in Kiln, Miss., had been destroyed. But he spoke to his mother and found out that she and other family members were alive and well, after an anxious day and a half of being unable to reach them.
"In my gut, I feel like they're okay," Favre said earlier yesterday during his weekly news conference. "But with each minute that passes, I begin to wonder."
Favre said he had spoken to his wife, Deanna , who weathered the storm at their home in Hattiesburg, Miss., with their two children and about 50 other family members and friends.
"Most of those people are still there because they have nothing to go home to," said Favre, adding that he planned to return to Hattiesburg after the Packers' preseason game tomorrow night at Tennessee.
In Baton Rouge, La., LSU postponed its scheduled football game Saturday night against North Texas.
-- From News Services and Staff Reports
Last edited by emmo; 08-31-2005 at 08:22 AM.
please move to nfl forum...my bad.
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