March 24, 2008 | Switch to full images
The DirecTV blimp drifted over Raleigh this past weekend providing aerial coverage of the RBC Center, which played host to a portion of the first and second rounds of the 2008 NCAA tournament. During the games, Jim Nantz provided mind-blowing facts about Raleigh, such as Fayetteville Street was named after Fayetteville (I think he listened to one of the early podcasts to get that information). Here a couple shots of the blimp: