With the economy, gas prices, the hurricanes we all know individuals and families that have been devastated. And our concern is that we may not have as many out-of-town visitors this year.
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Organizers say if they can't count on the people from out-of-state to make it they'll have to count on the people of the host city. We have a lot of football fans here, ... And so we know that the community loves this event, loves the parade and we want everyone to just step up to support it.Tony Mason
I think a number of factors have kept people away. You have the economy, first and foremost. You have high gas prices and you never know how many of us have been impacted on some level by the hurricanes.
Tony Mason
Richard was doing his job - keeping people like that outside of the club. Obviously, that guy did not need to be in there with other people.
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We have to be realistic and recognize that we don't have as many people traveling to the city this year because of the weather and because of rising gas prices.
Tony Mason
Gas prices, the (Gulf Coast) hurricanes -- it's a very challenging year for events such as the Classic and many others where we depend largely upon not only local community support, but people driving from a six- to eight-hour radius,
Tony Mason
We urge the local community to step up and buy the game tickets.
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