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But now, more than three weeks later, organization leaders hope the episode will turn out to be a net positive for dealers and for NADA. 26 29 convention in New Orleans, which was rescheduled from Feb. 2 5 so the Super Bowl can be Feb. 3.

About 200 more exhibitors are to be heard from, NADA spokesman David Hyatt said Thursday, Oct. 11.

Similarly, the number of attendee cancellations so far is a “microscopic” portion of the 27,000 to 30,000 who were expected to be there, he said.

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“America’s new car dealers came out of this as they should, looking pretty good,” said Hyatt, who alone did more than 300 interviews about the negotiations over a 10 day period.

Dealers did not seek nor are they getting free Super Bowl tickets, and they don’t expect any special treatment on Capitol Hill as a result of the agreement, Hyatt said. But he did say NADA could stand to gain politically from the general good will created.

Maguire, in an appearance at the Automotive Press Association in Detroit on Tuesday, Oct. 9, described some of the pressure NADA got from outside and inside the organization.

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On Sept. 24, Sen. John Breaux, D La., summoned NADA President Phil Brady and NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue to his office on Capitol Hill.

Breaux “wrapped himself in the flag” and told Tagliabue and Brady to find a way to make it happen, Maguire said. “He (Breaux) said ‘a lot of people have given and now you two are going to give too,’ ” Maguire quoted the senator as saying.

Maguire said he also got a call from Tom Benson, “who owns 33 dealerships” as well as the New Orleans Saints.

Benson, who sits on the NFL’s finance committee, told Maguire it was crucial to keep the Super Bowl in New Orleans because of negotiations with the city over a bond issue to make improvements at the Superdome, where the Saints play and where the Super Bowl will be played.