It’s the day after.
The day after Super Bowl Sunday.
It’s go time for members of Indianapolis’ 2012 Super Bowl Host Committee.
“On Monday, all eyes will turn to Indianapolis,” Mayor Greg Ballard said in Dallas Friday. “We’ll
be on the clock.”
About 70 host committee, city and state officials were in Dallas last week, and they’ll be taking a few days this week
to “download information” about what they learned,” said Host Committee Chairman Mark Miles.
They aren’t wasting any time. Actually, the host committee has been in high gear for quite a while. But Host Committee
CEO Allison Melangton told IBJ last week, that it’s time to kick it up a notch.
Melangton and Miles are working on a whole batch of initiatives, not the least of which is a comprehensive plan to deal with
the weather. More on that in two weeks, Miles said.
Melangton is also trying to raise money, though she wouldn’t say how much, for a major entertainment endeavor on Monument
Circle in the week-long run-up to the Super Bowl next February.
Melangton said it was a little premature to divulge too many details, but did say that the event would be held on multiple
nights, maybe even nightly, and that the Circle would be closed to vehicular traffic and turned into a pedestrian mall. Sources
close to the organizers said a music component could be a part of the festivities. Melangton hopes to have details of the
event nailed down in a month or so.
Melangton was also busy last week arranging for the folks from the Dallas host committee to come to Indianapolis near the
end of this month, to help teach Indianapolis officials what they learned during this year’s Super Bowl.
That may seem odd considering Dallas and Indianapolis could be competing for future Super Bowls. Officials from both cities
have said they’d like to get on a regular rotation as Super Bowl hosts alongside Miami and New Orleans.
But NFL sources said officials from Dallas and Indianapolis have forged a first-of-its kind alliance to share information
about Super Bowl host city operations. As part of that alliance, Ballard spent part of Friday meeting with Dallas mayor Tom
Leppert and other city officials.
“We know how difficult this job is; we understand well the surprises that can come with hosting a Super Bowl,”
said Tony Fay, vice president of Dallas’ host committee. “We also know how amazing an opportunity it is for a
city to host a worldwide event like a Super Bowl, so we’re eager to help Indianapolis any way we can.”
Part of Dallas' eagerness to help may have to do with Dallas’ desire to host the NCAA Final Four at Cowboys Stadium,
and its interest in tapping into Indianapolis officials’ knowledge from regularly hosting that event.
Still, Miles said, the help is welcome.
“I think there is a special relationship between Dallas’ host committee and ours,” Miles said. “Operationally
and financially, we think this relationship and these meetings are really going to help us. We hope to take any surprises
out of the equation of hosting this event.”
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These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.
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It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.
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No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.
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They should maximize entertainment options for indoor venues and pipe recorded music outdoors to keep an upbeat vibe to the city for those unfortunate people who will be outdoors instead of enclosed walkways.