People love to stand where history has happened. In Philly, I had a bowl of soup in a Pub that served George Washington dinner. In Paris, I sought out the flat where Billy Strayhorn lived when he toured with Ellington. There is a sign in the pavement on Market Street showing where Elvis’ last performance was at Market Square Arena. Been there. Today, the thrill was sitting where Peyton sat.
Indianapolis tore down the RCA Dome and put up a convention center, which opened today. I accepted the invitation to the Open House, and met a prospect at the reception. Lots of big, empty rooms, but…
Walking through the cavernous main hall, there was a little patch of green and a bench over on one side.
A patch of astroturf and a bench
Someone with both a sense of humor and a sense of history had figured out exactly where the old sidelines were, and placed a section of the original player’s bench on that spot.
Walking up, the sign noted that this was the spot that Peyton sat on the Colt’s bench, when this was the RCA Dome.
- Sitting on Ground Zero for a Colts fan…
Did I sit? You bet.
Karl Ahlrichs' Uncommon Experience 
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