The INDsider -> Dege Legg MON, JAN 25 12:14PM by Dege Legg

Saints fans party at Academy Sports

With the announcement that Academy Sports & Outdoors in Lafayette would be selling Saints-related NFC Championship merchandise after Sunday night's game, the parking lot of the store became the place to be after the Saints win over the Vikings in overtime. Shortly after the game-winning kick went through the posts, the parking lot of the sporting goods store flooded with people, revelers, and families — all of them of course Saints fans.

Many of them were there to buy NFC Championship T-shirts, hats, decals, and pennants. Other were just there to celebrate and commune with what has become the Who Dat Nation. “I was there from 9:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. It was like a party. There was a minimum of a thousand people there in the parking lot,” says Kathy Lowry, who drove to Academy after the game to buy a Saints NFC T-shirt. “I heard there were people there till 3 a.m. The line to get in the store went the length of the store and up to Ambassador.”

Lafayette police were on the scene to provide security as Saints fans hooted, hollered, and blasted music from their cars while circling the overcrowded parking lot. “It was such a festive feeling,” says Lowry. “Everybody was happy. It was an atmosphere that I’ve never experienced before.”

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written by NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN , January 25, 2010 - 06:30 pm

KAWWWWWW, WAS JOEY DUREL AND SAM DORE IN ATTENDANCE? SHAKING HANDS WITH THEIR STICKY STICKUM HANDS, WERE THEY STILL JOINED AT THE POCKETS......DORE, ""HOLLAH, ""WHO DAT, SEZ DEY GONNA STUFF MAH STOCKING ??????

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written by southside progress , January 26, 2010 - 01:52 am

hey northside...stay there

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written by southside progress , January 26, 2010 - 02:45 am

Hey Northsidian, stay there, after all somethings never change.

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written by Bama Fan , January 26, 2010 - 04:29 am

Just like the Academy in AL for the National Championship making fans stand in the cold and only allowing a few in at a time just to look like the place to be in the pictures

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written by nolaf , January 26, 2010 - 06:02 pm

Being from N.O. and having been through countless N.O. Mardi Gras seasons, Jazz Fests, some of the biggest sports celebrations, etc., I KNEW there would be NO need for the police. While I was in the Academy line, I assured others that people don't fight when they're happy (even if they're drunk)! Go Saints! Bless You Boys!

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written by NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN , January 26, 2010 - 06:07 pm

AY SOUTHSIDE PROGRESS, THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES ON YOUR END, IS THE BUCK CHANGES HANDS, SO MANY TIMES OVER AND OVER THAT THE SERIAL NUMBERS ERASE, AND ""THATS A GOOD THING, UNTRACEABLE ..........
Aah ! ya probably ah councilman with ah apartment in rivah ranch......

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