A New York Superbowl

#28
#28
superdave1984 said:
Since they ditched the Pro Bowl in Hawaii, why not have the Super Bowl there every year?
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Aren't they said to be moving it back there once the renovations on the Hawaiian stadium are done?

I know it was in need of repair bad was one of the reasons they agreed to move it
 
#29
#29
I don't understand why some people think it's a bad idea to have the SB in New Jersey. So what if it's cold. Football games are cold sometimes. The weather can affect any other game throughout the season or playoffs. Why not the SB???
 
#31
#31
It will be hilarious when it is 20 degrees and snowing like mad...7-3 final score will have ratings through the roof.

What were they thinking?

It should be in about 4 sites...all of which are idea destinations...winter in New York should not be one of them.
 
#32
#32
Panthro said:
I don't understand why some people think it's a bad idea to have the SB in New Jersey. So what if it's cold. Football games are cold sometimes. The weather can affect any other game throughout the season or playoffs. Why not the SB???
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B/c you could get a super bowl in the same snowy weather like that Titans-Pats game this year was in

or the snow in the famous "tuck-rule" game

it's one thing if the weather can be cold, it's another if you could possibly get heavy snow or an ice storm
 
#33
#33
It would have been in a crazy snow storm had it been this past year, i was without power for 5 days, and was glad to watch the superbowl in a warm bar.
 
#34
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Panthro said:
I don't understand why some people think it's a bad idea to have the SB in New Jersey. So what if it's cold. Football games are cold sometimes. The weather can affect any other game throughout the season or playoffs. Why not the SB???
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Because if there is a blizzard up the east coast( which isn't that uncommon during that time of year) it could completely shut down the mass convergence into NYC for Super Bowl weekend which would be a PR and financial disaster for the biggest sporting event of the year. The key to a well oiled machine like the Super Bowl is to take out the variables, one being weather. The focus should be on the pageantry of the game, not the weather forecast.
 
#35
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I disagree. I think the FOCUS should be on the football game, itself. I like throwing a mix in all the pageantry. If removing weather as a game-changing factor is necessary, then why not play every playoff game in a dome? Was weather not a factor in that Colts Super Bowl victory? Maybe they should have played that one indoors.
If the conference championship games can be played in snow, then the SB should be too.
 
#36
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MG1968 said:
have you guys forgotten what the weather was like in Atlanta the year Baltimore won the SB? It was cold with freezing precipitation all over the area. It was so bad, the NFL considered never playing another SB any further north than Jacksonville.
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. . . and it was 72 degrees inside the Georgia Dome.
 
#37
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GAVol said:
. . . and it was 72 degrees inside the Georgia Dome.
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He meant that the icy weather was so bad outside the dome, that it almost caused a postponement of the game

....that near disaster also pretty much made ATL no longer a viable super bowl site when the committees have met since

per wikipedia:

Two ice storms struck the Atlanta area within a week of each other, the second one while the Super Bowl was being hosted. However, city and state crews kept streets and sidewalks free of ice, and MARTA public transport kept running. Despite this and being an indoor stadium, and the fact that the region does not receive any more ice storms than most other areas of the country, it was felt to affect the city's chances for hosting another Super Bowl, including the bid it lost for the 2009 Super Bowl.[38] That bid included meteorological data showing the rarity of such storms in the area.
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#39
TrueOrange said:
He meant that the icy weather was so bad outside the dome, that it almost caused a postponement of the game

....that near disaster also pretty much made ATL no longer a viable super bowl site when the committees have met since
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I knew what he meant. My point is why jeopardize the game even further by playing it outdoors in New York? There was an ice storm in progress the last time the game was in Atlanta . . . yet it didn't impact the game whatsoever.
 
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#40
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GAVol said:
I knew what he meant. My point is why jeopardize the game even further by playing it outdoors in New York?
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gotcha

my guess is: New York's a big market; Goodell has shown he's a commish who's all about (mainly) trying to make the league a great deal more money (see his international stuff, i.e. "put a team in london" :/ ).

He's been pushing for a NY super bowl for a while now i think actually
 
#41
#41
I think it'll work out pretty well. I wonder if they have the ability to kind of heat up the playing surface if there is precipitation...kind of like a seat warmer? Anyway, they should be able to after spending $1.6 billion.
 
#42
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Heebs said:
I think it'll work out pretty well. I wonder if they have the ability to kind of heat up the playing surface if there is precipitation...kind of like a seat warmer? Anyway, they should be able to after spending $1.6 billion.
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i believe the grass is someone heated....but not enough over that size area to do anything as far as precipitation especially heavy amounts, i guess due to the outside temperature (for example,if snow (esp a heavy one) comes down, they'd still have to plow it)
 
#43
#43
TrueOrange said:
gotcha

my guess is: New York's a big market; Goodell has shown he's a commish who's all about (mainly) trying to make the league a great deal more money (see his international stuff, i.e. "put a team in london" :/ ).

He's been pushing for a NY super bowl for a while now i think actually
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I don't understand the need for a big market. The Super Bowl is and always will be the Super Bowl. If anything the casual fan of a team in the game will not go to tailgate and hang out around the stadium because the weather will be cold.
 
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VOLinthaATL said:
I don't understand the need for a big market. The Super Bowl is and always will be the Super Bowl. If anything the casual fan of a team in the game will not go to tailgate and hang out around the stadium because the weather will be cold.
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It's that whole weird thing about money...even if you're already making an insane amount of revenue, your goal in a business is always a way to make even more

Goodell has always been well aware of both how very much money the NFL makes as well as just how much the Super Bowl does as well; his jobs and goals though are to find a way for the league to make even more money in each, to increase the profit even higher
 
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