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Originally Posted by Nittany Dodgers
Was the Houston option really an option? Did they offer up the stadium? From what I remember, no one knew where the game would be played, and the Meadowlands offered up their stadium as an option. In the grand sceme of things, there were bigger issues to deal with than where to play the football game. The whole Saints' season is fubarred, and in reality, until they can get organized enough to figure out where their own games are going to be played, they are at the mercy of who can host them.
PLay in Houston? For free? So what revenue will pay for the cost it takes to run an NFL game in a stadium? Are you going to have concessions? Security? Electricity? Or should the NFL foot the bill of the hurricane?
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I am not sure if the Texans or the city of Houston actually offered up the use of their stadium, but precedent had already been set when SD had to play a home game in Arizona against Miami in 2003 during the SoCal fires. I believe they gave away all the tickets to that game. I am not sure how they swung it financially, but they did it with less than 2 days notice.