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

Atlanta will probably always be a mediocre attendance sports city, but a Falcons win should certainly dispel the stupidity of people acting like it is pre-LJ Cleveland. There have been regular points of success in Atlanta sports for my entire life, it's far from a truly depressing sports town.

The Braves are a solid "brand" and the Falcons have largely shed their previous stigmas to become a more liked team these days. Atlanta United looks like it'll be a potential force in MLS. I like the Hawks but I don't watch enough NBA to know how we'd be viewed.

But I don't think Atlanta is going to surge and start packing out every stadium for years to come, particularly in an era where that is getting harder across the country.