"Football" match a bust for city, but cool for those who went
``The energy your (American) football fans put into cookouts we put into the liquor side of it,'' Ireland native Bryan McCarthy said. ``We don't have the weather back home for cookouts.''
Here's a nice photo of Browns Stadium and the game's poor turnout. And they announced an attendance of over 20K!
What a bummer. Almost all the fans last night were from outside of Cleveland (not too bad a thing), mostly from Canada as far as I could tell. But boy, theres seemed to be hardly any Cleveland fans and that is a huge shame. The city should be embarrassed, and anytime from now on you hear a local politician say things like "we need more downtown hotels," or "the airport is too small," or "we need a new convention center" they are full of sh!t. That Cleveland does not appear to make any effort to promote and maximize an event like this is patheitc and calls into question the sincerity of all these sorts of people. If you can't maximize what you have now, why should we put our tax dollars towards new projects? If the city attracts conventions to a new convention center the way it tried to draw fans to last night's match, then it's perfectly reasonably to expect a new convention center to be a major bust. I won't support anything until I'm convinced the city will truly follow through. Wasn't Browns stadium supposed to be a venue for things other than football?
On the other hand, if you were on West 6th last night between 5:30-7:30 you probably had a fabulous time learning soccer songs, drinking Guinness, and generally soaking up the enthusiasm of the Celtic supporters. Cleveland residents need to get their head out of the sand and get engaged with the world a little bit -- the area really missed out on a great time last night.
Here's a nice photo of Browns Stadium and the game's poor turnout. And they announced an attendance of over 20K!
What a bummer. Almost all the fans last night were from outside of Cleveland (not too bad a thing), mostly from Canada as far as I could tell. But boy, theres seemed to be hardly any Cleveland fans and that is a huge shame. The city should be embarrassed, and anytime from now on you hear a local politician say things like "we need more downtown hotels," or "the airport is too small," or "we need a new convention center" they are full of sh!t. That Cleveland does not appear to make any effort to promote and maximize an event like this is patheitc and calls into question the sincerity of all these sorts of people. If you can't maximize what you have now, why should we put our tax dollars towards new projects? If the city attracts conventions to a new convention center the way it tried to draw fans to last night's match, then it's perfectly reasonably to expect a new convention center to be a major bust. I won't support anything until I'm convinced the city will truly follow through. Wasn't Browns stadium supposed to be a venue for things other than football?
On the other hand, if you were on West 6th last night between 5:30-7:30 you probably had a fabulous time learning soccer songs, drinking Guinness, and generally soaking up the enthusiasm of the Celtic supporters. Cleveland residents need to get their head out of the sand and get engaged with the world a little bit -- the area really missed out on a great time last night.
posted by Michael @ 12:01 PM
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