The Orlando Magic handed out stickers for fans to affix to their shirts Tuesday night. The sticker was round, featured the franchise logo and had one word on it.

Believe.

Well, you know what they say.

Seeing is believing.

What these Magic fans see, and see early, is important. Disposable income is a narrower slice of the pie, a new arena is still a handful of straws to be grasped at, and Tampa is making goo-goo eyes at the only major league sports franchise Central Florida has ever known.

Yes, seeing is believing, and what Magic fans saw on opening night at the TD Waterhouse Centre should go a long way toward making believers out of even the most hardened skeptic.