And sorry about putting this in it's own thread. I know it's been announced in another thread. But, Com' on don't you think it deserves it's own thread?
God Bless whomever is going to pay hundreds if not thousands of dollars to sit out there in February and watch this thing. I will not be one of them. Enjoy !
WORST SUPERBOWL EVER Prediction: The JETS Finally get into another Bowl Game and we are defeated at home due to a weather related incident.
Jets host Superbowl 2014 http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/news/story?id=5219486 IRVING, Texas -- If you build it, they will come -- wearing winter coats. The New Meadowlands Stadium, the $1.6 billion jewel co-owned by the New York Giants and Jets, will host the 2014 Super Bowl, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced Tuesday afternoon at the league's spring meeting. The league's 32 owners, undaunted by the prospect of a wintry championship game, awarded Super Bowl XLVIII to the New York/New Jersey region after also considering bids from Tampa and South Florida, both traditional sites. South Florida and Tampa have hosted the Super Bowl 10 and four times, respectively. Jets blog Looking for more information on the green and white? ESPNNewYork.com has you covered. Blog It took four votes to determine the host. New York/New Jersey won by a simple majority over Tampa. South Florida was eliminated after the second ballot. The official tag line of the New York/New Jersey bid was "Make Some History," and it did. It will be the first open-air stadium in a cold-weather region to host a Super Bowl. In their presentation to the membership, the Jets and Giants reps showed a video that included clips from historic cold-weather games, including Adam Vinatieri's forever field goal for the Patriots in the 2001 divisional playoffs in Foxborough, Mass. -- a.k.a. "The Snow Bowl" and "The Tuck Rule Game." "An old-school matchup in a new-school stadium," the voiceover says. There could be a record-low temperature at kickoff. The current record is 39 degrees in 1972 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, and that would be considered a warm February day in East Rutherford, N.J. There's never been snow in a Super Bowl game and that could happen, too. The average temperature range for the Meadowlands area during February is 24 to 40 degrees, with several inches of rain, according to the bid documents. Remember, the game kicks off after sunset in the Eastern time zone, so temperatures would be dropping throughout the night. Planners have factored it all in. They're plotting giveaways to warm hands and seats, having hundreds of folks ready to shovel away snow and anything else they can do to make the experience more than just bearable. It could be the last cold play for a long time, as the league made this a one-time exemption to its 50-degree rule. Jets owner Woody Johnson cracked, "I like doing things for the first time ... I hope it snows." Meadowlands CEO Mark Lamping told the owners, via the NFL Network, "This region has hosted every big event -- except the Super Bowl." Lamping described their plans to integrate the Super Bowl into the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade and Fashion Week. Organizers expect the 2014 Super Bowl to generate approximately $550 million for the local economy. While there will be no direct financial benefit to the two local teams, the Super Bowl will help the Giants and Jets sell the naming rights to the stadium. That could be worth an estimated $500 million. The two teams will have access to 109 of the 219 club suites in the 82,500-seat stadium, and those will be distributed to their suite holders. But the money goes directly to the league. The Giants and Jets will split 6.2 percent of the overall ticket allotment. Because two teams are hosting, more hometown fans than usual will be left in the cold. Typically, the host city gets 5 percent. Before it gets to the Meadowlands, the Super Bowl will be held in Dallas (2011), Indianapolis (2012) and New Orleans (2013). The Tampa organizers, in their presentation, used Tampa-area resident Dick Vitale of ESPN to extol the virtues of his adopted hometown. "Vote for Tampa, bay-bee!" he implored in the video. Vitale was born and raised in New Jersey, mere minutes from the new Meadowlands Stadium? Giants co-owner John Mara tried to imagine how his late father, Wellington Mara, might have reacted to the news. "I think he would've thought we've come a long way since the Polo Grounds in 1925," Mara said in an NFL Network interview immediately after the announcement.
The only one of those that is fan friendly is New Orleans. Texas and Indiana suck and Jersey in February is not worth the $$$ they will be charging for tix. Enjoy the parking lot in February !!! In New Orleans its warm and you can walk from the quarter to the dome and back again which makes it the best place to attend a SB. The media always prefers New Orleans which is why they get a SB there like every 5 yrs or so.
I agree and I will not be paying $$$ to sit in the meadowlands in February. I am sure there are 80K who will do so however. God Bless them. I will throw a log on the fire and salute them w/my hot chocolate. :smile:
The average fan can not afford to go..So who gives a fuck if some rich people are cold? I mean, the NFL let Detroit host 2 SBs..Detroit is truly how robocop predicted it to be..
