Being and living in Indianapolis my whole, well very close to it at least, life has given me such pride when I now can mention the name of the city to people around the country and they actually know where that is and the amazing events that we have held here. Not only have we always been known for the Indianapolis 500, and now the Brickyard 400. Now we have made a name for ourselves in the convention world with Black Expo and FFA and many others. Now an even larger viewing spectator sport of the Super Bowl has arrived and the energy is palpable! My husband and I are self employed and we purchased season tickets to the Colts games back when Harbaugh was QB and we were losing all the time. At that time, we gave the tickets to customers in order to be in their good graces. UNTIL PEYTON ... and of course it was frowned upon to give customers favors.
So needless to say, I got hooked on Peyton and our family has loved going to the games and tailgating together and sharing in the wonderful wins that brought our team to the forefront. Then the economy tanked and so did our business and it suited our needs to sell our seats for a profit instead of spending the extra money it took to go down to the city for the day. It was painful at first, but then when Peyton was hurt, I felt we would not be able to sell the seats. But they continued to be picked up for a wonderful price that helped us through some tough spots. I was hoping so badly that we would win a lottery of sorts that they have developed in order to decide which season ticket holders would get to keep their seats for the BIG game. We still haven't heard anything and we are a week away. So I guess it is not in our cards.
I am still so excited for our city and I can not wait to go down and walk through the Super Bowl Village and see all the bands and food and games and fun set up for all our visitors and for us. I know my daughter will most certainly want to do the zip line. She may even convince me to do it as well ;D
Indianapolis may not have the skyline of Chicago or New York, but it has a solid heart and soul of people who will support our Colts wether they win or lose and lose and lose. It is scary for next season to see so many changes in the program, but also exciting as I feel the change and new blood that can bring great things. I will miss my old favorites as Mitch just took down his Fat Head sticker of Marvin Harrison in order to paint his room. He has so many memories of games in his room and even a signed print of Peyton himself to Mitch personally!
It makes me a little sad to see some of his Colts stuff coming down, but Mitch will come home again. He is young, he likes the teams that win. Me... die hard til the end. So is Sam and she will be here to send off the Super Bowl in style with us ! Once in a lifetime opportunity and it falls on Mitch's birthday so a double whammy ;D
I hope you all get a chance to go down and experience our great city and see the good that Mitch Daniels and Mayor Ballard and the Super Bowl Committee have done to make us shine. My parents are so cool, they are volunteering! No big surprise... they are in their mid seventies and always take part in any history making events. Let's hope that the weather stays nice and people will come away from here speaking highly of our city. Yes, we wish it were us in that stadium. But at least one Manning is in there and he will kick some Brady Butt for sure !
Here's to a fun football week and weekend to follow!
Happy Super Bowl Peeps, we will be partying in safe style and we wish the same for you ;D
Go Giants !
Jo Lynn Sudenly
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