After a packed screening of the Saints’ NFC Championship victory at Uptown’s Prytania Theatre, co-owner Robert Brunet has had hundreds of requests for tickets to view the Super Bowl at the historic theater this Sunday.
But instead of preparing for the game, Brunet has been haggling with NFL lawyers for more than a week after he received a cease-and-desist letter telling him that the free screening had violated copyright laws.
A similar story played out at the Sheraton New Orleans hotel, whose managers had planned a massive projection of the game on the side of the Canal Street hotel but eventually ruled it out because of legal concerns.
Nice song, great footage. Lots of recent footage included and it appears to be self shot video rather then just re editing NFL footage. I like the feel of it.
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The Saints are coming. And so are we, their loyal, long-suffering and slightly discombobulated Super Bowl-bound fans.
While there’s still time to prepare — although a few hard-core Who Dats will begin trickling in Monday, most of us won’t arrive until Thursday or Friday — we thought we’d give you a heads-up about what you should expect.
First things first: You need more beer.
Yeah, we know. You ordered extra. You think you have more than any group of humans could possibly consume in one week. Trust us. You don’t.
New Orleans was a drinking town long before the Saints drove us to drink. But it turns out beer tastes better when you’re winning. (Who knew?) So let’s just say we’re thirsty for more than a championship; adjust your stockpiles accordingly.
And look. When we ask you for a go-cup, be nice to us. We don’t even know what “open container law” means. Is that anything like “last call”?
It’s Carnival season in New Orleans (that’s Mardi Gras to you), and we’ll be taking the celebration on the road. So don’t be startled if you walk past us and we throw stuff at you; that’s just our way of saying hello.
Oh, and sorry in advance about those beads we leave dangling from your palm trees. We just can’t help ourselves.
February is also crawfish season, and you can be sure that more than one enterprising tailgater will figure out a way to transport a couple sacks of live mudbugs and a boiling pot to Miami.
Read the rest of a great letter here!
Black and Gold to the SuperBowl!! The Who Dat Nation is everywhere. Check out this swimwear company’s tribute to the Who Dat Nation. Here is a photo from the blog, read about her experience in the Dome with the NFC championship game.
There are more photos too on the site. Click the photo to go there and see gull size high resolution photos. Background worthy in my opinion!!
Members of the WhoDatNation will be making their way to Miami next week so the question is where will be the “WhoDatNations” bar ? Just like they do on Bourbon Street we need a place to raise the WhoDatNation flag so we can gather and get the party started.
The New Orleans Saints said Friday evening they were releasing another 600 Super Bowl tickets for sale.
Here’s the statement from the team:
“New Orleans Saints Owner Tom Benson is glad to announce another 600 Super Bowl XLIV tickets were made available to purchase by the next 300 season ticket holders from the club’s weighted lottery earlier this week.
The Saints’ initial allocation of 4,000 tickets for the Super Bowl were made available this week for season ticket holders to purchase.
The 300 season ticket holders will be notified by the telephone number and/or email address listed on their account immediately. Season ticket holders can also check their account at the account manager portal at NewOrleansSaints.com.
Recipients were chosen through a weighted lottery – the same procedure the club has used for past Super Bowl ticket purchases. It is based on the number of years as a season ticket holder, and by the number of seats in the account.
The face value of tickets is $800. Seat locations were assigned by the lottery. The deadline to pick up the tickets from the Saints’ Metairie Facility is Monday, Feb. 1 at 6pm, and must be paid for by cashier’s check.”
The National Football League appeared to back off Friday on its trademark ownership claims to the phrase “Who Dat” and the fleur-de-lis logo, saying it is challenging the sale of items only “when those products contained or are advertised using other trademarks or identifiers of the Saints.”
” ‘Who Dat’ we do not claim to own by itself,” said Brian McCarthy, a spokesman for the NFL. “It’s when ‘Who Dat’ is used in conjunction with Saints marks that it’s a problem.”
McCarthy said T-shirts and items with ‘Who Dat’ and a fleur-de-lis logo unlike the one owned by the Saints are allowed as long as they are not advertised as being Saints or NFL paraphernalia.
‘Who Dat’ shirts being sold at the Fleurty Girl shop on Oak Street would be acceptable, McCarthy said, as long as the shop removes advertising referring to the Saints.
In a letter to Sen. David Vitter, R-La., the league described the trademark tussle, which has enraged New Orleans Saints fans across the country since it erupted this week, as “a significant misunderstanding.”
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