Sunday....this coming weekend....the Steelers and Saints are scheduled to play....at Stade de France (Paris).
Stadium would hold 80,000.
Americans, with tickets and flights coming over? NO ONE has any idea of the number. Best guess? I would suggest 10,000 but it's simply a guess.
Odds of a cancellation or movement of the game (outside of France)? There's probably a NFL executive committee meeting today and tomorrow...with French police. Even if they deployed 10,000 police....how would you leave your hotel...get to the stadium, and then return safely? For this reason...I think it'll be moved to Germany....either Frankfurt or Munich. Amount of hassle? Well...if I had $10,000 spent on airline tickets/hotel reservations....I'd have to probably spend around another $5,000 minimum.
Odd problem.
Assurances by the police? At this point....worthless.
Beyond the game.....talking over American tourists for the next month....to avoid Paris? I'd start to speculate that most are looking for a alternate destination (maybe Barcelona or Den Haag).
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