Super Bowl In Indy: How To Do Indy Super Bowl Cheap

Let's face it some of us are just broke. But, don't let the lack of disposable income separate you from the Super Bowl experience in downtown Indianapolis. Just a few easy steps and you can dress, drink, park and party for less than $20.00.

Step 1 Get Dressed. The fans across the board, young and old, male and female, rich and poor are all sporting casual sports logo wear. So, wear team gear (any NFL team will do).

Kohls: Colts Gloves and Hat $6.00

Tribal Knowledge Tip: The Indianapolis Colts' abysmal season (2 wins 14 losses), along with the Indy Colts Cult makes purchasing Colts gear a pocketbook pleaser. That $55.00 fleece hoodie can be yours for 75% or more off ($11-$15), Carson Pirie Scott marked down Colts gear an extra 70% off of the sale price--Ka Ching! Just wear your old jeans and some logo gear and you'll fit-in with the crowd.

It's official Bud Lite has seized control of the Super Bowl in Indy. Bud Lite even commandeered a hotel.

Step 2: How to drink without breaking the bank. Bud Lite sparkles and shines as it sucks out all of the oxygen in the bar in Indy's Super Bowl Village.

Tribal Knowledge Tip for Bud Lite: Buy it at Kroger for $1.00 a bottle, instead of $7.00 at the Super Bowl Venues. Walk around with your $1 bottle and dance to the free bands. When it's empty nobody will know that it's empty so keep the bottle upright like it might spill or something.

Tribal Knowledge Tip:  NO LIQUOR SALES IN INDIANA ON SUNDAY!  Only in pricey bars and pubs will you be able to imbibe of your distilled spirits.  So, BUY BEER ON SATURDAY!

Step 3: Eat the freebies.

Frito-Lay is giving away Sun Chips and hummus in the food court at the Circle Center Mall.  Get a couple of bags to munch on with your samples of Coke Zero and Pepsi Max.

Walgreens has a better deal, FREE bags of trail mix and tins of roasted almonds.

Take a stroll around the third floor food court in the mall and you can graze on Bourbon Chicken samples (it's kinda like hors de vors)  

Step 4: Ride the IndyGo bus for FREE! No $25.00 parking, no hassle.

Step 5: Hang out at the Huddle

Step 6:  Watch the crowd and enjoy the free concerts

Don't It Make My Red State Blue

In a reliably Republican stronghold like Indiana most Democratic candidates don't even waste their time and money campaigning in the Hoosier State. But, not Barack Obama.

The Obama campaign has been working to flip the state into the Democratic column this year.

They have spent significant amounts of money and time in the state, while Republican John McCain is M.I.A.

The Obama campaign has "competed with a ground game that no one's ever seen in the state."
Indiana, with 11 electoral votes, is one of only a handful of states where Obama's advertising has been unanswered by McCain. The Democrat has 32 offices across the state and dozens of paid staffers. His campaign spent about $6 million on television advertising in Indiana leading up to the May primary and has aired at least $1.5 million in TV ads since June.

Obama has made five stops in the state since mid-July, and running mate Joe Biden was returning to the state Wednesday.

The McCain campaign, by contrast, is nearly invisible. It has no field offices or paid staffers working full-time in the state, and McCain hasn't visited the state since July 1. Republicans were expected to respond to Obama's ad presence in the state with ads of their own later this week. George W. Bush won with 60 percent in 2004 and 57 percent in 2000, and the state last went Democratic in the 1964 Lyndon Johnson landslide.

Today, Senator Obama held a rally at the Indiana State Fair Grounds in Indianapolis. According to the firemarshall, over 20.000 Obama supporters were in attendance.

According to the Indianapolis Star: "The closeness of the race in Indiana has drawn national attention. Today, ABC will broadcast its evening news show, with anchor Charlie Gibson, live from Indianapolis. A spokesman for the ABC affiliate in Indianapolis, WRTV (Channel 6), said the show will broadcast its 6:30 p.m. news show from the St. Clair bridge over the Downtown canal."