New Orleans Voodoo

I am not a sports fan by any measure but I enjoyed the Voodoo games I went to. Three of my friends had season tickets and when one of them couldn’t make it I got to go for free. Normally I find NFL on tv only mildly entertaining and wouldn’t dream of going to a game in person, but arena football is much faster paced and higher action. I found myself doing all the fan things, like standing up and cheering, yelling at the players, etc.
When the Voodoo left I was sad, but now that they’re back I can’t wait to go to another game.

Voodoo

Probably an impulsive move on my part, but I purchased a ticket package from Voodoo sales people peddling these at my place of employment. For $ 30, you get 4 free tickets to some games, and then a couple buy-​one-​get-​one free tickets as well.
We never really had any ambition to use these vouchers until I realized there were only 3 games remaining to choose from. Thus, 4 of us decided we should finally go and check out the Voodoo.
Maybe this is more of a review of Arena Football than the actual team, but the game was boring. It had its interesting moments, I guess, but I mostly remember sitting around waiting for the next bit of action. There are way too many breaks in between plays, especially for a field that is ½ the length of a regular football field. Really — do they need that many breaks??? I’ve watched baseball games more exciting than this, and that actually says a lot.
The highlight of this particular game was the halftime show. They invited a Zumba group to demonstrate their dance/​excercise moves and the Voodoo mascot (Mojo? Still not sure what that is supposed to be…) was quite into it.
Overall, it just seemed like a lot of time was wasted with silly promotions, like winning trips to some nascar thing, winning motorcycles, shooting balls into baskets, etc. I realize all of this is an effort to keep the crowd entertained, but it wasn’t really entertaining.
I will note that some fans in our section were really into it, so it’s definitely a matter of personal taste. I just couldn’t get past the cheese factor of the contests, and I’m too impatient to sit around and watch a sport where ½ the time, nothing is happening.

How exciting is it that the New Orleans Voodoo are coming back to the New Orleans Arena. Their first game back is March 11^th, 2011.
Danny Wimprine is coming back as the QB and the team will have the same awesome logo. Former AFL head coach Jon Norris is the GM and former AFL stud defensive specialist Derek Stingley is the head coach. Oddly, Stingley was hired by the Voodoo about two weeks before the team was shutdown. The team is no longer owned by Tom Benson but now by Dan Newman a Shreveport businessman.
Season tickets are super affordable… you can buy obstructed view season tickets (9 games) for $ 45…other season tickets range from $ 108 to just under a grand.
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