Carson & Shaun at Patriots Super Bowl 51 Come Back Win

On Friday, February 3rd, I picked Carson up early from school to head to Houston, without tickets to Super Bowl LI, Patriots vs. Falcons.  With my hometown Patriots playing my adopted Falcons; plus my close friend Kerry Ringham, living in Houston and general manager of the hotel the Falcons; Carson and I decided to go to Houston sans tickets, but hopeful. 

In the airport in Atlanta, Carson and I with our Patriots gear.  Kerry sent a car to pick us up at the airport to take us to his hotel, before heading to his house.  Because Kerry was hosting the Falcons, we changed into our Atlanta clothes.

 

Out front of the Falcons hotel was a custom and tricked out Falcons Jeep Wrangler

 

 Below is Carson and Kerry at Dinner on Friday.

 

 On Saturday, Kerry had to work, and we bought to tickets to the NFL Experience.  The NFL experience was great, and I highly recommend.  When Super Bowl 53 comes to Atlanta in 2019, I am planning on going again.  Below are a bunch of our pictures from Saturday.  On the left is Carson standing outside of the convention center and NFL Experience. 

NFL Experience had locker rooms for a bunch of players including Tom Brady, Julio Jones, and Auburn's Cam Newton.

At the NFL Experience they had a store (of course)  and prior the game, they were selling autographed jersey's from Tom Brady and Matt Ryan.  Kind of hard to see, but  Brady's is going for $1,300 and Ryan's is $450. 

Above are more pictures from inside the NFL Experience.  Below Carson and I saw an implacable dressed Patriots Fan.  The suit is fantastic and if you zoom in, I really like his super bowl ring. 

With FOX televising the Super Bowl, inside the NFL experience FOX had all of their broadcasters.

Just outside the NFL Experience, ESPN had their own set up.

We were able to get two tickets, thanks to Kerry, and both were great seats, but not together.  I was in the corner end-zone with Falcons Fans, and Carson had the more expensive seat in Club Level with Chris Berman and Dwight Howard in his section.

As we ubered the stadium, we got a great surprise.  My daughter Madison texted Carson and I after seeing Instagram pictures that my cousin Kim and her husband Clay Nalley were at the super bowl.  We are able to meet up with them and tailgate in the parking the lot.

 

Carson and I outside of the Texan's stadium, with the Old Astrodome is right next  to the new stadium, which you can see in the back ground, with the moving statues.

Inside the stadium with Kerry, myself, and Carson before we separated to go to our seats.

 

Below is a picture from my seats.

  

 Lady Gaga was a solo half time act.  I am not a big Lady Gaga fan, however she was great including coming down form the roof and jumping off the stage.

Carson and I after the Patriots record breaking come back, being down 28--3 and coming back to win in overtime!!!

After the game, Carson and I hung out with other Patriot fans at the tunnel cheering the Patriots and they headed to locker room.  If you zoom in, below is Coach Belichick being interviewed by Chris Berman and the ESPN crew.

Carson and I got one more bonus.  As we were waiting for our flight back to Atlanta, Heavy Weight Champion, Evander Holyfield was on our flight.  The Champ was super nice and let us take his picture.  If you look close the Champ and I have something in common, reading glasses. 

What a weekend with my son!!!  The scoreboard below says it all, Super Bowl LI CHAMPIONS!!!

Thank you for letting Carson and I share pictures from our Super Bowl 51 excursion.  If you have any comments click below or questions, please email Shaun Priest at shaun@closerq.com.