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the largest indoor pickleball facility in the world is in Macon GA. (Your joke is still valid about the championship) https://www.gpb.org/news/2023/12/21/worlds-largest-indoor-pickleball-facility-opens-in-macon

Retrofitting the JAX stadium, with a covered seating area. They'll play in the stadium during most of the construction (with one season limiting capacity to the mid 40k's), and playing one season in Orlando before returning to JAX. Locals are wondering why they're putting this much money into the stadium if the team plays 2 games a year in London.

For a concert, it's supposed to be incredible. On non-concert days, you can see an IMAX movie designed for the Sphere. People I know who've seen the film say it's kinda awesome... but not worth seeing more than once. Go for the experience more than the film itself. Both situations, it'll be a pricey ticket. =_=_=__ I do recommend getting the best $12 burger on the Strip: the No Pants burger in the Absinthe courtyard at Caesars. (ticket to absinthe not needed to grab the burger).

(for comparison: last year Vegas had us at +6000 to win the SB, in mid April'23)

I don't think anything shifted with the schedule release. Mid April, Vegas was offering the same odds. They're also doing +2000 for Canales to win Coach of the Year

August 8th to even week 1 would have been a long time for "plenty else to do and see" to kill time Notes: * the Mirage is closing in July for a three year refurb/construction * wouldn't be surprised if the Copperfield show at MGM closes soon/quickly, based on recent news publications

Liked this as a schedule release video vs the painting thing

KC's wasn't bad, but unsure if it warranted a repeat of last year's. MIA: short, to the point. No fluff. NO: Honest. "Every year we assign the interns the job of the release video". Bonus points for the pretending to not know who Drew Brees was Tennessee's? Still funny - even if they had to edit in other comments to make it work

Bears: funny takes on other teams, including us

Atlanta: horrible Bills: Kinda funny

See all the Schedule Release Videos here. Have heard Tennesse did a sequel. https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/2024-nfl-schedule-release-videos-001630412.html?guccounter=1

It was amusing, but won't win any awards this year. You'd think they'd auction off those signed paintings for charity

No national games? Is that right?

Why do we need to watch the NFL Network show? Here's the schedule https://twitter.com/Panthers/status/1790894974994633012

if you live in the local team market, it IS on broadcast TV. These plans really only affect the out-of-market viewers, primarily

would love it if Vegas were Week 5 (Oct 7). Just throwing it out there with fingers crossed

Did a pickup at Mcd counter the other day instead of the drive thru. The staff seemed annoyed about having to deal with people inside the store. Still got a free refill

CONFIRMED: Netflix will carry both Christmas Day games this year and in 2026. Teams announced later today. Good news is you only need to subscribe for one month to watch the two games (if you're out of market*) AND can catch up on all the rest of whatever Netflix is selling that month (*In keeping with the NFL’s long-standing holiday tradition, the Netflix Christmas Day games will air on broadcast TV in the competing team cities.) https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/nfl-games-on-netflix

Not a bad promo?

Supposedly, McDonald's and other fast food chains have decided to remove the self-serve beverage machines from the front of house (*leaving it to the individual operator to decide). They'd rather focus on the drive-thru vs having customers come inside, plus maintaining/cleaning a customer-facing soda machine is extra burdensome for the staff. Not specifically mentioned? Those ne'er-do-wells who bring their own cups or otherwise fill a free "water" cup with "expensive" soda and ruined the self-serve convenience for everyone else. https://nypost.com/2024/05/14/lifestyle/mcdonalds-is-getting-rid-of-free-refills-and-more-fast-food-chains-may-follow/

Nov 10 930am ET

Week 10. Panthers v Giants in their 100th season

Packers go to Brazil. Interesting....

Probably not. Octoberfest runs from Sept 21 to October 6 this year.

Set your DVRs: the international games should be announced sometime between 7a-9a ET on NFL Network https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/good-morning-football-schedule-release-2024.html