NFL Season Gets Ushered in by Usher & Co.

If you woke up this morning wondering, "How can I celebrate the kick-off to the 89th NFL season?" then you're in luck, because the NFL has created a fan's guide on just how to do so, and they're providing the entertainment.

Before the NFL season begins in earnest with the Giants playing the Redskins, a concert celebration is planned at 3 p.m. today in Columbus Circle where fans can watch Keith Urban (Mr. Nicole Kidman), Usher and Natasha Bedingfield perform for free. If you are not a fan of a congested Columbus Circle or of Usher's summer hit, "Love in This Club," then just avoid the area all-together. For the fans: as a bonus, former Giants and Jets players and Mayor Bloomberg are expected to be on hand to greet you. The Giants game, however, will not be broadcast in Columbus Circle following the event.

NewYorkology points towards real-time view on the Columbus Circle webcams, where there's a "Gridiron Alert for traffic due to all the street closures in the neighborhood." And WNBC provides a list of street closures for today.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on September 4, 2008 11:21 AM

Comments [rss]

PSBrooklyn

Boo hoo hooo... all you haters are just pissed because you didn't enjoy a day in the sun at a free music concert.

whitecastlerock

Yawn this is just so fucking lame... Why don't they have this ceremony in Moonachie? The Giants play in New Jersey...

JenChungsBaby

Giants by 9.

I remember the good old days when the game was just a game, there were no stupid concerts in the streets, and the first game of the season was at 1:00 PM on Sunday.

SikBug

I gotta say when I was living in DC when I went to the kickoff game for the Redskins Jet's game the lineup was 10 times better. They had Mary J and Method Man, Brittany Spears (not that I'm a fan, but just adds to the lineup) and Aerosmith closing it out.

Anyway... GO SKINS!@!!!!!!!!

Reflect

Usher is a walking marketing scam

Steven

One word

STUPID.

Tgirl

annoying!!!!

just another insipid marketing scam

kutrue

It is insulting to refer to Keith Urban as "Mr. Nicole Kidman" as if he wasn't a talented artist in his own right and is just riding on his wife's coattails to stardom.

EricRoberts

I'd like to know how much the NFL is paying the city for shutting down the streets around Columbus Circle and providing hundreds of police officers. What a maze of stages and police barricades they've created!