Cold weather Super Bowls on the way

Let's be fair, no one wants to go to Cleveland regardless of what month it is.

True that!

The only reason the NFL was just using warm cities to host the SB was to cater to the ass holes who don't give a shit about football but want to be seen at the SB. Also the big corporate donors want to fly in their big time customers so they can throw around some money while the game is going on in the back ground. Just think of the mid level section at FedEx and how the people there are too busy trying to impress someone to even look out of the booth to watch the game. Its time they switch the SB from the ass wipes who don't really care over to the fans who actually watch football but cannot afford to go. This will not solve the cost issues but its a start in the right direction.



The Super Bowl is NOT a game for fans to attend. For real football fans, the Super Bowl happens in their living room or in the living room of a good friend who is throwing a Super Bowl Party. For the hardcore NFL fan, the venue of the game is irrelevant so long as there is a sure-fire satellite link for the TV signal to get to his local TV set.

The two teams competing in the game only get about 3-5K tix to spread around and the team takes care of some of its local sponsors before its season ticket holders get a shot at the few remaining tickets. The league uses about half the tickets for its "partners" (read sponsors) so that those partners can bring their buds to the game. This makes the partners look like bigshots and cements relations with those buds.

Fans get to buy tix from resellers at 500% mark-up. Those tix often come from the few tickets that the 30 teams not competing get from the league. They give some to their season ticket holders and a large number of them show up as "resale tix".

The problem with an outdoor cold weather Super Bowl is that since the folks in attendance are not necessarily hard core NFL Fans, they may not "appreciate" freezing their butts off. And for sure they won't be getting any tee times on the Thursday or Friday before the game because no golf courses will be open. Wives of the visiting big shots won't be able to catch any rays around a pool either. You can be sure that at least some of the "partners" will grouse about that to the league such that outdoor cold weather Super Bowls will not happen very often.

As for a Super Bowl in DC, you can forget about that so long as FedEx remains anything resembling what it is today. There will need to be a new stadium or at least $300 - 400M in upgrades to FedEx before the league will think about putting a game here.

In reality I think there's a 0% chance they'd cancel the game even if they had a whopper storm. The tricky part would be whether the fans could get there but I suspect NYC & NJ would figure out how to make it happen. Like I mentioned in a previous post, the big east coast cities and Chicago have enough to do that the cold weather wont matter to the fans but nobody wants to go to GB or Clev in Feb.


NO ONE Cares about the fans going to the SB ! Really,the game will be seen by almost 100,000,000 million on TV.With tickets going for 1200-1500 who cares who is at the game.

They can play it in CRedskinsRule's backyard for all I care. Actually...that might be the only way I'd get to attend it. I kinda like the old style, cold weather, dirt football the best anyway. The weather just adds to the memories.

They can play it in CRedskinsRule's backyard for all I care. Actually...that might be the only way I'd get to attend it. I kinda like the old style, cold weather, dirt football the best anyway. The weather just adds to the memories.
LOL yeah you got tix buddy. Course, the world would have suffered a cataclysmic upheaval for that to happen, but I got your back in that case!

The Super Bowl is just a football game. Who cares if there is a potential for blizzard and the game might be postponed. It is just a football game. Nobody will die.
I was at the Patriots vs Raiders playoff game (the tuck game) and it was a blast to be there. The snow made it more memorable and added to the event. I think the candy asses that are afraid of cold weather can stay home have their moms tuck them into bed. I think there is enough interest in the game alone and then add the NYC night life and you will have a great SB.
It is always good to visit NYC.

The Super Bowl is just a football game. Who cares if there is a potential for blizzard and the game might be postponed. It is just a football game. Nobody will die.
I was at the Patriots vs Raiders playoff game (the tuck game) and it was a blast to be there. The snow made it more memorable and added to the event. I think the candy asses that are afraid of cold weather can stay home have their moms tuck them into bed. I think there is enough interest in the game alone and then add the NYC night life and you will have a great SB.
It is always good to visit NYC.

:laughing- Man up damnit!!!

The Super Bowl is just a football game. Who cares if there is a potential for blizzard and the game might be postponed. It is just a football game. Nobody will die.
I was at the Patriots vs Raiders playoff game (the tuck game) and it was a blast to be there. The snow made it more memorable and added to the event. I think the candy asses that are afraid of cold weather can stay home have their moms tuck them into bed. I think there is enough interest in the game alone and then add the NYC night life and you will have a great SB.
It is always good to visit NYC.

Agree 110% with your whole post.

I was in NYC last weekend and had a blast. Jonesing to go back already.

The Super Bowl is NOT a game for fans to attend. For real football fans, the Super Bowl happens in their living room or in the living room of a good friend who is throwing a Super Bowl Party. For the hardcore NFL fan, the venue of the game is irrelevant so long as there is a sure-fire satellite link for the TV signal to get to his local TV set.

The two teams competing in the game only get about 3-5K tix to spread around and the team takes care of some of its local sponsors before its season ticket holders get a shot at the few remaining tickets. The league uses about half the tickets for its "partners" (read sponsors) so that those partners can bring their buds to the game. This makes the partners look like bigshots and cements relations with those buds.

Fans get to buy tix from resellers at 500% mark-up. Those tix often come from the few tickets that the 30 teams not competing get from the league. They give some to their season ticket holders and a large number of them show up as "resale tix".

The problem with an outdoor cold weather Super Bowl is that since the folks in attendance are not necessarily hard core NFL Fans, they may not "appreciate" freezing their butts off. And for sure they won't be getting any tee times on the Thursday or Friday before the game because no golf courses will be open. Wives of the visiting big shots won't be able to catch any rays around a pool either. You can be sure that at least some of the "partners" will grouse about that to the league such that outdoor cold weather Super Bowls will not happen very often.

As for a Super Bowl in DC, you can forget about that so long as FedEx remains anything resembling what it is today. There will need to be a new stadium or at least $300 - 400M in upgrades to FedEx before the league will think about putting a game here.
welcome back and great points

Agree 110% with your whole post.

I was in NYC last weekend and had a blast. Jonesing to go back already.
man I was in NYC during mid jan 2007.. coldest shit on record for years.. didn't even bring a coat because I went on a whim because my friend was shooting a documentary and hotel rooms were paid for.. didn't know it was going to be so cold.. it had been warmer earlier in the month there

still had a fucking blast