Detroit Gives a Warm Welcome to Vikings Cheerleaders

Fans scream for cheer team
Terry Foster
The Detroit News
Dec 14, 2010

The concession worker went about his business, traveling up and down the aisles peddling beer and soda.

He barely paid attention to the field as the Giants became the first road team to win at Ford Field without beating the Lions. Their 21-3 victory came against the “home team” Vikings at Ford Field.

It was historic in that Brett Favre’s streak of consecutive starts ended.

None of that mattered to the concession worker. But what did get his attention was when the announcer said, “Now introducing the Minnesota Vikings cheerleaders.”

The crowd stood and cheered louder than it had all night. And the concession worker put down his cooler filled with beers and turned around and faced the field.

“I gotta see this,” he said loudly. “I gotta check out the cheerleaders.”

He danced and sang and clapped loudly when the performance was over. So did everybody else.

This was the first time a professional cheer team graced Ford Field. And the crowd stood and cheered and sent a message to the Lions. This is what the people want, and their cheers were a message to the Lions to change their thinking.

People here want a cheer team and sometimes you need to listen to your audience. Lion fans have suffered with a bad product on the field, although I do believe this group of people will turn it around. Professional cheerleaders would enhance the product and make game day more fun.

What’s the harm?

Give the people what they want. The people have spoken.

So did the dancing concession worker.

The Detroit Pride Cheerleaders are ready to step in and do the job. Whattaya say, Lions?
~sasha