Cold weather Super Bowls on the way

[MTK]

Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

It probably will work, but it is a big gamble. An outdoor football game in NY in late Jan/early Feb is asking for a potential clusterfuck. NY gets way more snow we do in Detroit due to the lake effect snow from both Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Cleveland is the same way, as is Buffalo. Diehard fans probably won't give a shit, but if say Miami makes the SB in 2014, how many folks are going to want to risk getting stranded in a snowstorm at JFK or LaGuardia or have to extend their stay in NY? Cold weather SBs can work, but only in domes in big metro areas that don't get too chilly or have big dumps. Detroit worked because both the Silverdome and Ford Field are domes and the greater Detroit Metro area had a lot of things to do. Green Bay would suck as a SB city as it makes Detroit seem warm, and the snow is worse also. The metro area isn't that big either around GB. INdy could be a nice SB locale, but the city govt better let the local bars/restaurants stay open a lot later than what they are allowed to now!

NYC doesn't get lake effect snow. The average high temp is around 40 for that time of the year. Not quite as cold as you might think.

Upstate NY is a different story.

[Gmanc711]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

NYC doesn't get lake effect snow. The average high temp is around 40 for that time of the year. Not quite as cold as you might think.

Upstate NY is a different story.

Yeah, exactly. NYC is like a heat wave compared to us in February...

Either way, I dont really love it, if we made the Super Bowl in that season, it wouldnt be a big deal beacuse we play in the cold, but I'm all about keeping the Super Bowl neutral. The playoffs teams earn that type of an advantage, but if worked out to be like Buffalo vs Arizona or something ilke that, it would greatly favor one team. I just dont like that ...

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Gmanc711

Yeah, exactly. NYC is like a heat wave compared to us in February...

Either way, I dont really love it, if we made the Super Bowl in that season, it wouldnt be a big deal beacuse we play in the cold, but I'm all about keeping the Super Bowl neutral. The playoffs teams earn that type of an advantage, but if worked out to be like Buffalo vs Arizona or something ilke that, it would greatly favor one team. I just dont like that ...

What if Buffalo played Arizona in a Super Bowl in Arizona? According to a lot of players it's a myth that playing in the warm weather is easy. Especially if you play and practice in cold weather all week and then have to travel to a warm weather location

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

What if Buffalo played Arizona in a Super Bowl in Arizona? According to a lot of players it's a myth that playing in the warm weather is easy. Especially if you play and practice in cold weather all week and then have to travel to a warm weather location

yeah these guys have been playing in somewhat cold weather for months at that point

was going to say it's not exactly foreign that a southern team might make it to the SB

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

What if Buffalo played Arizona in a Super Bowl in Arizona? According to a lot of players it's a myth that playing in the warm weather is easy. Especially if you play and practice in cold weather all week and then have to travel to a warm weather location

Well what type of warm weather? If you're speaking about 100+ degree weather than yeah playing in warm weather isn't easy. However the highest Super Bowl temperature in recent memory was back in 2003 when the Buc's played the Raiders in San Diego at 81 degrees and before that it was 84 degrees when the Skins lost to the Raiders back in the 80's. Most of the other Super Bowls seem to be around 67 degrees at kickoff which to me seems like ideal weather for any outdoor sport.

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