Some of my longer training runs brought me right by there and I recall all the construction going on. They were busy making sure that the Waterfront was ready for the big event.
We parked at the Fashion Square garage near Nordstrom. The tent for the big 944 event was right across the street where Wyclef Jean, Paul Oakenfold, Velvet Revolver, and Paris Hilton will be on Thursday. We walked across South Bridge and saw Channel 12 news broadcasting from the third floor. Tram Mai and her co-anchor waved at us.
The ESPN Broadcast Center was an impressive tent with cameras, lights, and plasma TVs everywhere, even the mini football field that ESPN uses to demonstrate plays. They weren't filming at the time, but earlier that day Terrell Owens was there.
We sat on the patio at a nearby restaurant for drinks. Brian took Trenton to look at the broadcast center when Emmitt Smith walks by him to access the ESPN entrance ramp. I was bummed that I forgot his camera at home, so we had to settle for camera phone pictures. In the picture above, Emmitt is wearing the white dress shirt and yellow tie. He stood with the broadcasters on the "football field" rehearsing as the cameraman tried out different angles.. It was another hour before they would actually start shooting, and he didn't come out to the sidelines and sign autographs either. He did give as a wave, but we didn't want to wait around too long, so we left.
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