It's Football Time in Tennessee

Living downtown provides a whole new perspective to professional sports. Having worked for the University of Tennessee Police Department I understand all of the security that goes into a major ball game. But, Nashville takes it to a whole new level with street closures and traffic direction and everything unimaginable.

For instance, right now there are three marked police cars, three horses and about 12 police officers all standing right outside of my building. I understand my proximity to the LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans, but I cannot believe how much of an inconvenience all of this riff raff is to everyone living here.

Sure, I'll walk across the river and see the game. Total cost? Nothing, a friend gave me a ticket, I live right across the river and I know better than to pay $8 for a beer there. What about everyone else? I figure the average cost, between fuel, tickets, parking, refreshments and souveniers must be around $80 per person. That doesn't even take into account how much your time is worth and how much is spent just trying to find a place to park.

So, to all of those die hard fans out there that sit on the backed up interstate and drive around aimlessly looking for any parking spot that costs less than $25 and is within a mile of the venue, I salute you. To those of thus that live downtown, don't have to fight the traffic, and can just walk across the river to see the game: isn't it a bitch that you have to park 3 blocks away just to unload your groceries?