Who Dat? Saints ready to march into Jacksonville to take on Packers on Sunday

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The New Orleans Saints are marching into TIAA Bank Field connected Sunday to instrumentality connected the Green Bay Packers successful Jacksonville aft Hurricane Ida knocked retired powerfulness to each of New Orleans and the metropolis is inactive recovering.

The Jaguars play their play opener successful Houston this week.

The Vice President of Brand Strategy for the Saints, Jen Martindale, said Jacksonville welcomed the squad with unfastened arms.

“Moving this crippled was the close happening to bash for the metropolis truthful that we didn’t distract resources oregon attraction distant from the tempest betterment efforts that are taking spot crossed the area,” said Martindale.

Who Dat? Saints acceptable to march into Jacksonville to instrumentality connected Packers connected Sunday

Katie Miltura, the manager of selling for Visit Jacksonville, says September is usually a dilatory period for visitors. Miltura expects the crippled to person an economical impact.

“We estimation with 2 teams visiting that’s going to beryllium a beardown indicator that we volition astir apt person an interaction of determination to $5 to $10 million,” Miltura said.

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Derek Dilworth is from Wisconsin, but lives successful Charleston. He said helium had tickets for the crippled successful New Orleans.

“Last minute, recovered retired it was present and canceled the formation to spell to New Orleans and drove down here,” helium said.

As of Friday evening, astir 25,000 tickets had been sold for Sunday’s game.

“If adjacent fractional of that fig is visitors, that’s 13,000 retired of municipality folks that are coming to bask our metropolis that wouldn’t travel otherwise,” Miltura said. “Jacksonville is the astir affordable formation vacation.”

We asked who was going to the crippled connected our News4Jax Facebook page:

Randy said: “Go Pack Go! Front enactment seats successful the Bud Zone!”

Michael said: ”Who Dat! Sure Am!”

And Quinn commented: “My girl and I are going, sitting astatine the apical of the tunnel. So excited for it!”

Those coming retired to the crippled volition person to travel the Jaguars’ stadium COVID-19 protocols connected Sunday.

According to the Jags’ website, masks are recommended for unvaccinated guests. Those who are astir susceptible to COVID-19 are encouraged to instrumentality other precautions.

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All nationalist spaces and surfaces volition beryllium cleaned earlier fans get and passim crippled day. Certified disinfection specialists successful bluish vests volition beryllium seen cleaning passim the game. Hand sanitizing stations are disposable passim the stadium.

Although acold from home, the Saints said “Who Dat?” volition beryllium heard successful the River City.

“I deliberation they’re going to spot a sensation of the rituals that we effort to person astatine each azygous location crippled for the New Orleans Saints. We’ll bring a small spot of New Orleans with us,” said Martindale.

The crippled starts astatine 4:25 p.m. and the gates unfastened 2 hours earlier kickoff.

The politician of New Orleans said she expects the Saints to instrumentality to the Superdome for their week 4 matchup against the Giants.

For accusation connected the Saints’ Hurricane Ida alleviation efforts, spell to https://www.neworleanssaints.com/.

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