Despite the obvious concerns, fans at the stadium expressed few, if any, complaints about the team or the facility itself.
The same sentiment was expressed throughout the stadium, where the masses began rehearsing for their part in the ceremony.
Though I appreciate the misgivings about a new stadium expressed in your May 19 editorial, there is a philosophical misstep regarding New York City's current road to post-9/11 redemption.
While the fans in the stadium expressed their glee with incoherent yelling and awkward high-fives, we in the band had only a second or two to celebrate.
Deila announced last week that he would be leaving at the end of the season but instead of quelling increasing dissatisfaction among the Celtic fans, several banners in a half-full stadium expressed disgruntlement with the board and the players.
When the Philadelphia Eagles allowed the star safety Brian Dawkins to leave for the Denver Broncos earlier this month, Dan Leone, a gate chief at Lincoln Financial Field, the Eagles' stadium, expressed his disappointment by referring to the situation with an obscenity on his Facebook status update.
Many expressed hope that the stadium can lift a national team out of the doldrums.
Mr. Codey, a Democrat from Essex County, has condemned the abuse but has expressed confidence in the stadium's efforts to end the problem.
John Semcken, Roski's point man on the stadium, recently expressed high confidence, saying that "we believe timing has never been better".
Cheng Yin-fu, 41, a furniture seller who was wildly waving a Chen Shui-bian flag at the stadium tonight, expressed the attitude that China -- and some worried Taiwanese -- dread to hear.
All three candidates in the Minnesota governor's race expressed support for a stadium bill, though the state's projected $5.7 billion deficit may make passage of a stadium bill problematic.
