INDIANAPOLIS -
One week after Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, the signs of the game are coming down.
The small city of tents at Lucas Oil Stadium are being removed, traffic and people are moving again on Georgia Street and the zipline that carried thousands is but a memory. The crowds, music, fans, the famous and the infamous are gone.
"Back to where it was. The Super Bowl is done. I had my fill of it," said one worker.
"They pretty much took our city away. I mean, it was pretty much like, 'Forget the people that work here. Welcome NFL, do whatever you want'," said Brian Young.
The city of Indianapolis, after being on the international stage, is being returned to those that call it home.
"I feel like they should put the Super Bowl in a regular rotation for Indianapolis," said Ethan Goodman.
As the memories of Super Bowl XLVI start to fade from our memory, so do the temporary structures that were set up on the south side of the convention center. They were about halfway down Sunday afternoon. The signs that advertised the big game around downtown, including the giant Lombardi Trophy on the JW Marriott, have to be removed by Tuesday, according to Code Enforcement officials.
It took more than three weeks to get the city of Indianapolis Super Bowl-ready. It will take at least that long to get all of the 70-plus tents packed up, signs taken down and debris left behind cleaned up for the city to get back to normal - at least in appearance.
