Taco Bell Hates St. Louis

by Brad Lee on Feb 22, 2008 1:05 PM CST

Not my neighborhood Taco Bell

By Brad Lee

On a cold, snowy, sleety day, I always enjoy putting my feet up by the fire and opening up my The Tennessean newspaper. I love the ads for all the different things you can buy covered in sequins.

But as I was digging into the metro section to look at all the brother-sister weddings, I found this disturbing story: Preds are now good for business. Obviously I had to read more.

When the Predators scored for the fourth time during Tuesday's victory over Edmonton, it prompted a familiar chant from Sommet Center fans anxious for one more goal:

"We want ta-cos! We want ta-cos!''

Those unoriginal bastards.

The Taco Bell promotion, which gives fans a free taco if the Predators score at least five goals, has been a very popular and prominent part of Nashville's home games over the years.

Thirty-five-cent tacos was better than one free one. At least we had that going for us, until those rat bastards cancelled the promotion.

But it was missing for the first half of this season.

Taco Bell management, dissatisfied with the way it had been treated under the franchise's previous ownership, cut ties last summer.

That sounds amazingly familiar...

Its comeback a few weeks ago is one of the latest indications the new ownership group is meeting with success in the local business community, which has long been a challenge for the franchise.

Wait, what? THE PREDATORS GOT THEIR TACO BELL TACO PROMOTION BACK AND WE BLUES FANS DIDN'T???!!! Well spank me on the ass and call me Sally.

Seriously, that just pisses me off. The taco promotion was a truly great thing that got non-hockey fans interested in how the Blues did each and every game because a five-gaol performance meant a really cheap but tasty lunch.

We will give Dave Checketts and Co. credit that they at least tried to placate fans with the bogus taco promotion that involves bringing a tickete stub back to the DrinkScotch Center for a free taco the day after games. But let's face it, the deal sucks. The only people who benefit are those who work downtown and the homeless people that get ticket stubs from fans walking out after the game, a practice we highly encourage.

There are rumors out there on the Internets that the Blues might be in negotiations for another type of promotion when the team scores five with another business in St. Louis (the day after wins, a local gas station chain offers 25-cent drinks which is a good deal, but not a taco). What would you like to see Blues fans get when the team scores five goals? Offer suggestions in the comments.

And don't forget, Taco Bell sucks for giving tacos away in Nashville but not St. Louis.

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ummm they get a free taco. i want more rules. do ticket holders only get 1 free taco? if so nothing like the st louis situation. does everyone get a free taco when they order $x.xx.

i need more meat!!!

by Childhood Trauma on Feb 22, 2008 1:09 PM CST reply actions

Blues score five goals, everyone gets 35-cent bottles of Mad Dog 20/20.

by Brad Lee on Feb 22, 2008 1:26 PM CST reply actions

I’m paraphrasing here, but during the 2/19 game vs Chicago, Kerber & Chase mentioned something about it being unfortunate for the fans that something involving Hardee’s hadn’t been announced yet.

by Johnny Hangover on Feb 22, 2008 1:39 PM CST reply actions

Johnny Hangover is correct. Quite frankly Taco Bell is doing us all a favor. Have you seen the nutritional values of a Taco?

They have more calories then a beer and there are 10 grams of fat. 3.5 of those fat grams are saturated.

I say thank you taco bell for standing your ground. Now if we can only get Smoothie King to sponsor something.

by Answer Man on Feb 22, 2008 1:53 PM CST reply actions

WTH those BASTARDS! Another reason to hate Nashville. I hope they choke on those catfish tacos down there. Here is a promotion to heck with TacoB. After a game that they score 5. 5 free WhiteCastle Belly Bombers with a purchase of fries and an order of Predator chicken choke rings!

by D on Feb 22, 2008 2:04 PM CST reply actions

Up yours Taco Bell! I want you to stuff it right up the same area you get your “meat” from what ever animal it is (this week). You suck for ignoring us but taking care of a bunch of gap-toothed, home-skoold, inbred, cousin-dating, foul-smelling, Irish-jig-dancing, slack-jawed, tobacco eating, canoeist raping, banjo picking, barefoot, never-seen-an-automoble, stranger hating hillbillies. Like you said in the commercial, “good to go”, go on and go before I tan your fake Mex ass good.

P.S….Can I have Fire Sauce with that?

by StLooFrenchy on Feb 22, 2008 2:58 PM CST reply actions

Damn Frenchy!!!!

by Johnny Stats on Feb 22, 2008 3:06 PM CST reply actions

Whatever the promotional item is, it better be easy to chant.

by Mr. Particle on Feb 22, 2008 3:25 PM CST reply actions

“We want Jr. bacon cheddar melt cheeseburgers! We want Jr. bacon cheddar melt cheeseburgers!”

“We want free value-sized upgrades for regularly purchased combo meals! We want free value-sized upgrades for regularly purchased combo meals!”

by Brad Lee on Feb 22, 2008 3:41 PM CST reply actions

we want a hot woman who can put her fist inside her mouth! we want a hot woman who can put her fist inside her mouth!

by Childhood Trauma on Feb 22, 2008 4:04 PM CST reply actions

on the other hand maybe it is an elaborate prank on the media by hardies, henceforth to be known as

the big hardies’ har har

by Childhood Trauma on Feb 22, 2008 4:09 PM CST reply actions

Where do I sign up to be in the Official StLooFrenchy Fanclub?

by gallagher on Feb 22, 2008 4:42 PM CST reply actions

the cheap White Castle slyders promotion sounded good, as long as us mofos that don’t like onions can substitute the chicken and fish sandwiches, even if they weren’t AS cheap as the burgers.

by Dooks on Feb 22, 2008 5:10 PM CST reply actions

hackos

http://meltyourfaceoff.net/2007/11/15/hockey-tacos-hackos-tacky/

by Childhood Trauma on Feb 22, 2008 6:17 PM CST reply actions

Hey Trauma, Lenoceur linked us and has written in the paper. He’s good people.

by Brad Lee on Feb 22, 2008 9:01 PM CST reply actions

It’s gotta be something that says “St. Louis.”

Buy-one-get-one-free pizza at Imo’s after a five-goal performance?

Too bad Dog n Suds went tits-up…

by GT Prospect Department on Feb 22, 2008 9:43 PM CST reply actions

just saying (and we link him so phttt) that as much as people complained about the greatness of our taco chant, dude it might be time to just forget it and move on with our lives. lol

it is not unique (anymore). not getting us 35 cent tacos, and it is something the yahoos in tenn do.

3 strikes. its out

as far as i can tell though, the nashville taco promo is for ticket holders only, is for 1 free taco, haven’t tracked down if it also requires an additional purchase..

and i am now intertested in this hardies thing. hardies just bought the name to the summit center. seems they are making a st louis hockey investment. are they going to put food on the line at the checkerdome? remins to be seen…

by Childhood Trauma on Feb 23, 2008 1:02 PM CST reply actions