Menudo Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 I am a resident of the City of Pittsburgh. After the Super Bowl the streets were filled with screaming fans. There were plenty of major streets with outrageous numbers of people out celebrating. The noise up my way didn't stop until well after 2am. Yesterday there were a quarter million people clogging the streets of downtown Pittsburgh. There were cars strewn everywhere and no matter where you looked there were terrible towel waving fans making their way to town. Considering what happens when other cities win championships then realizing that so far as I know there were two cars overturned and about 30 total arrests the night of the Super Bowl, I am amazed. Not one single problem, other than the amount of people, at the parade that they are saying had a quarter of a million people attend. I have got to give the Pittsburgh fans a hugh Are there other cities out there that have won major championships and not burned the town down? I have to admit that I was really expecting things to be out of control but in the end it was all good, IMO. 1314357[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Doesn't Detroit pretty much burn anything flammable on Halloween anyways. 1314648[/snapback] The day before Haloween. 1314673[/snapback] Actually it was the night before Holloween..Devils night. And yes until they started the curfew many many things got torched. 1314674[/snapback] That was also a long time ago. We must be doing something right as in the last year and a half we've hosted the Ryder Cup, MLB All-Star Game and the Super Bowl. We also will be hosting the NCAA Final Four in 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 We also will be hosting the NCAA Final Four in 2009. where they gonna play....ford field or palace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 where they gonna play....ford field or palace 1314705[/snapback] Ford Field. They packed a boat load of people in there for a Michigan State - Kentucky matchup a couple of years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 are they tearing down the silverdome? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 70,000-plus for a Final Four? Ford Field shows it's possible By Steve Wieberg | Apr 1, 2005 When NCAA officials looked in on the largest crowd ever to attend a basketball game -- the more than 78,000 who watched Kentucky beat Michigan State at Detroit's Ford Field almost 16 months ago -- they were surprised. Sightlines from distant seats weren't terrible. Jumbo video screens and other modern technology helped. Fans seemed satisfied. And so the association, which went exclusively to 30,000-capacity or better domes for the Final Four in 1997, is taking a preliminary look at even larger facilities and more liberal configurations that could widen access to the event. "Going up into what would be determined as the undesirable seats and looking at those sightlines and comparing them to, say, the 25,000th or 40,000th seat in some of the other facilities we've been in," NCAA executive vice president Tom Jernstedt says, "we were astonished at how attractive (they've) become. They've become desirable seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 are they tearing down the silverdome? 1314718[/snapback] For football it is. It's fate seems to still be unknown for other events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoothead Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Doesn't make up for booing Larry Brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 No rioting in Green Bay after any of their 12 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS!!! 1314440[/snapback] when they played plattville it doesnt count Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Doesn't make up for booing Larry Brown. 1314734[/snapback] That mofo deserves the boos. He's a snake, but very adept at not portraying one in the media. What kind of coach makes it known that the Knicks are his dream job while his current team is in the playoffs? Once he said that, his bed was made. Bill Davidson looked at that as a slap in the face which is was. I appreciate that he got us over the hump (although I believe that should be attributed more to the addition of Rasheed Wallace). Good riddance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 when they played plattville it doesnt count 1314749[/snapback] Platteville never had an NFL franchise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Oh and congrats to Pittsburgh Skippy. This sort of went in a Detroit direction, which should be okay, as Jerome Bettis is from here if you haven't heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoothead Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 That mofo deserves the boos. He's a snake, but very adept at not portraying one in the media. What kind of coach makes it known that the Knicks are his dream job while his current team is in the playoffs? Once he said that, his bed was made. Bill Davidson looked at that as a slap in the face which is was. I appreciate that he got us over the hump (although I believe that should be attributed more to the addition of Rasheed Wallace). Good riddance... 1314751[/snapback] No that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 No that one. 1314760[/snapback] Oh, did we boo one of your poor Cowboys at some point. Don't remember that. Well at least I got that rant about the coach off of my chest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoothead Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Oh, did we boo one of your poor Cowboys at some point. Don't remember that. Well at least I got that rant about the coach off of my chest. 1314765[/snapback] Duma$$. Congrats for being the only one in the greater Windsor Metro Area not to have been brainwashed by your dirty neighbors to the south. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 We must be doing something right as in the last year and a half we've hosted the Ryder Cup 1314701[/snapback] uhh, dude? you know the ryder cup is golf.....right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Club, do you remeber any cars getting turned over or anyoe getting arrested when Dallas had thier parades? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 or else they were just ashamed to riot after that hollow victory given to them by the refs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 or else they were just ashamed to riot after that hollow victory given to them by the refs. 1315714[/snapback] LMFAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 :grabs torch: You sure no one from Pittsburgh needs this? Looks like the newbie/welching hunting this week has been postponed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menudo Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 or else they were just ashamed to riot after that hollow victory given to them by the refs. 1315714[/snapback] Boo fricking Hoo....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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