re: Does a Falcons Super Bowl win help the city of Atlanta

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Wally Sparks

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Look at Hartsfields runways

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Look at Hartsfields runways

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That was the old layout before they built the current midfield terminal.

You find me Falcons parking for 20$ within 1.5 miles or Braves parking for 5$ and I'll buy you all your beer for the game.

I went to the Falcons/Saints game two years ago and parked in a garage for $20 less than a mile from the dome

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It MAY have been $25, but im pretty sure it was $20. Def didnt pay anything in the 30s or higher. Distance is about .7 miles

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You find me Falcons parking for 20$ within 1.5 miles or Braves parking for 5$ and I'll buy you all your beer for the game.

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I parked on Northside near the John St intersection for $20 week 17 for Saints @ Falcons. Less than 3/4 mile walk.

It was definitely on the outskirts, the next few moving up went up to 25 and 30, but the walk isn't too bad.

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Honest question, have you ever been to NOLA? I say that because it is impossible to go there and see the amount of signs, bumper stickers, flags, everything, and come away thinking Atlanta has fan support. It is still a rarity to see any of that sort of stuff in Atlanta.

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I just always find this so amusing.

I'll concede that Falcons support can seem diluted, or less enthusiastic. Part of that is obviously that hundreds of thousands of people from other places pass through Atlanta on a daily basis on their way to somewhere else. And that there are a couple million people here that support an NFL team other than the Falcons, like you.

But on more measurable levels, since you live here, you'd know that Falcons games still somehow pack out bars and the attendance numbers just aren't THAT much better for the Saints. I think the idea people try to sell is that New Orleans is some banner sports town that Atlanta just can't compare to. And that is laughable. It's a city of a totally different size that feels somewhat more centered around their local NFL team.

Falcons fan support really started to reach good levels when Vick came through and then fell off for a minute when the dog thing happened and is now starting to teeter on the really good side again. I really think a super bowl win would do great things for fan support going forward. Couple the fact that it is a huge transplant city and that the Falcons have largely been terrible throughout their existence, most ppl grow up being fans of whatever their parents were. It seems like we have finally reached a point where people are actually growing up as Falcons fans and a SB win would really increase that.