Saints owe New Orleans a season to say good-bye (an old headline)

I stumbled across the following article which was posted back in October, 2005 on Si.com. It got me to thinking about how far we have all come in those 4 years. People were writing us off. The media was writing us off. Now, on the eve of the 2009 season, the future couldn't be brighter. Everything seems to be in place for a magical season. The State and the Saints are finalizing a new deal. There is a 50,000+ waiting list for season tickets. Tom Benson is no longer viewed as the evil owner. The Superdome is being renovated. New Orleans will be hosting a Superbowl in a few years.

Read on and smile about how far all of us have come. These are our Saints. This is our year. Go
Saints!


One more hurrah
Saints owe New Orleans a season to say good-bye (Si.com October 24, 2005)

Once it was safe for the sports cynics to express themselves following the Hurricane Katrina tragedy, they didn't waste any time giving their thoughts on the ultimate fate of the New Orleans Saints: "This," they said, "may have been the best thing to happen to Tom Benson."

Benson owns the Saints, who've long been as beleaguered on the field (they're 2-5 in this lost season) as off. Even before Katrina struck, their home, the Superdome, was a relic akin to the Parthenon. In its heyday it was an homage to a generation where bigger was best and biggest was enough to attract conventions of all sizes. And Super Bowls.


Rest of the story:



http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/roy_johnson/10/24/roy/index.html