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Re: You are somewhere else

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Originally Posted by Natchez
Ahhhhh, I see defending Houston will be a 24-hour-a-day job

Joseph, that goes without saying after this quote last year.

Also,

*The world's largest rodeo where 1.9 million people attended this year and over $100 million went to scholarships, graduate assistantships, endowments and grants.
*The Superbowl
*NFL, NBA, & MLB teams
*Brand new METRO Rail with tens of thousands of hotel rooms within a block of the rail
*Shell Houston Open PGA Tournament with over $5.2 million in charitable donations which ranks 2nd on the PGA tour behind our friends hosting the Byron Nelson in Dallas
*4th largest city in America

Yes, Joseph, we have proven that we can handle and entertain people; and yes, FIRST does listen to all of your comments made on CD; and yes, your comments do have a reflection on your team.

Again, congratulations Atlanta for putting on a great Championship,
Lucien
Knew that was going to come up. But in order to be gracious and professional, maybe we should discuss this more in Emil and PM. Now, back to our regularly scheduled post...

The Superbowl, METRO, and the rodeo happened THIS year, not last. As someone who as grown up in a city, I can say that much can change over one year. I still stand by my stains that Houston has and is designed as a CITY, a place where people come to do work, eat lunch, and then go home, just like Atlanta. Disney moved people like crazy. Wanted to go back to the hotel to get something? There were busses and even more busses. At Houston, you had a small 3 hour window in the morning and evening to go back to the hotel. Not only to say that my comments were taken out of context, that I wanted to SEE Houston before I jump on the 'YAY! MY HOMETOWN IS HOSTING CHAMPS! IT WILL BE GREAT" bandwagon. Notice the date? Yeah, it was 4 months before Champs. I offered my opinions and you can take them or leave them.

I know my comments reflect my team, as do yours. I don't know why you have to 'defend' Houston, just as if Richmond held the Champs and it didn't do as well as the previous year that I would defend it. Separate hometown pride and FIRST. Sure, Disney wasn't the greatest, I'll be the first to say that, but for moving people and having them entertained, I'd take Disney over Houston or Atlanta, or even Richmond, ANY day due to the fact that it can handle and entertain people better and they don't have to reinvent the wheel every year.

PS, We have one person on our team from Houston, so we knew the in's and out's of the place.

If you want to continue this debate, send me a PM or Emil me at josephm1314@yahoo.com . I'd love to continue it, but I don't think that the people on CD want to continue to hear it.

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