ON SATURDAY.
AND IT'S NOT JUST LOCALS
ATTENDING THE GAME.... RAMS AND
COWBOY FANS FROM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TRAVELED TO THE ISLANDS.
OUR LAUREN DAY JOINING US NOW
WITH HOW FOOTBALL FEVER IS
BOOSTING THE ECONOMY.
LAUREN?
LAUREN:
HOWARD-- SOME MIGHT SAY IT'S
JUST A PRE- SEASON GAME.. BUT
DIE HARD FANS I SPOKE WITH
TODAY SAY THEY ARE SO EXCITED TO
BE SUPPORTING THEIR TEAMS IN
PARADISE.
NATS: WHO'S HOUSE? RAMS HOUSE!
WOOOO!!!
DECADES....
NATS: "GO RAMS GO! WOO!'
AND FANS LIKE BRANDON CHONG ARE
BEYOND ECSTATIC.
BRANDON CHONG, RAMS FAN: "VERY
EXCITED! REALLY EXCITED!!! GO
RAMS."
CHONG HAS BEEN A DIE HARD RAMS
FAN SINCE HE WAS A KID.
BRANDON CHONG, RAMS FAN: "MY
FATHER WAS A RAMS FAN, SO WE
GREW UP WATCHING RAMS GAMES SO
WE JUST KIND OF INHERITED IT."
RESIDENTS HEADING TO THE GAME...
THE DE FINO'S FLEW IN FROM
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
I JUST WANT TO SEE THEM PLAY, I
WANT THEM TO BEAT THE DALLAS
COWBOYS."
AND MORE FOOTBALL FANS ON THE
ISLAND MEANS MORE MONEY FOR THE
STATE.
MUFI HANNEMANN, HAWAII LODGING &
TOURISM ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT":
"WHEN SOMEONE COMES HERE
OBVIOUSLY YOU STAY AT A HOTEL
AND
DOLLARS AROUND IN THE ECONOMY,
THERE'S RESTAURANTS TO GO TO
THERE'S ATTRACTIONS TO TAKE IN,
THE MORE
PEOPLE THEY BRING THE BETTER."
NATS OF SHOPPING SOMETHING
AND FANS ARE POURING IN FROM
EVERYWHERE.
RON JACKSON, OWNER OF ISLAND
SPORTSWEAR: "LA, A COUPLE FROM
ALASKA, EVEN COWBOY FANS FROM
TEXAS SO WE'RE GETTING AN ENTIRE
MIX
OF CUSTOMERS FROM EVERYWHERE
WHICH IS GREAT."
THIS SATURDAY IT'S NOT JUST THE
PLAYERS IN THE SPOTLIGHT...
HAWAII IS TOO.
MUFI HANNEMANN: "BECAUSE IT'S
ALL OVER THE SPORTING CHANNELS,
THE NETWORKS, PEOPLE NOW ARE
SAYING WOW MAYBE ID LIKE TO
CHECK OUT
HAWAII, MAYBE I'D LIKE TO GO
THERE."
RAMS FANS LIKE CHONG... ARE JUST
READY TO WIN.
BRANDON: "GO GET EM BOYS, BEAT
DALLAS!!!! HAHAHA."
LAUREN:
AND WHILE THE COWBOYS ARE KNOWN
AS AMERICA'S TEAM... AT LEAST
FOR THIS WEEK... THE RAMS ARE
THE
HOME TEAM.
LOOKING AHEAD...
