aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

UGA spent $2.2M in New Orleans for Sugar Bowl

How the other half lives… The AJC reports on the school up the road:

It takes a lot of money to party with Georgia in New Orleans…

Georgia spent about $2.2 million, or $323,753.30 more than it was allocated, in New Orleans from Dec. 26-Jan. 2.

But the university will get that money back and more when the Southeastern Conference hands out its annual revenue distribution checks later this month. Georgia is expected to receive at least $10 million.

Perhaps that’s why the Bulldogs lived well while in New Orleans, according to information obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution through state and federal open records laws.

The Bulldogs spared no expense. A massive group, including the president’s official party of 89 people, made the trip and went to numerous parties, all paid for by the athletic association. The 400-member Redcoat Band made the trip. So did the cheerleaders, Hairy Dawg and Uga.