Didja here!?!? The 2014 Super Bowl is in New York.
I've been on the fence on this for years. I don't mind a Super Bowl in a cold weather city at all. It will be 72 degrees in my house no matter if the Super Bowl is in Alaska or Hawaii. Will the play suffer in a cold weather city? I don't think so unless it is a snowy game. There have been many good NFC and AFC Championship games in freezing conditions. Still, there should be concerns about how this will go over.
Naysayers point to the fact that the people who went to the Super Bowls in Minneapolis and the Detroit area (three Super Bowls in all) weren't glowing of the stuff surrounding the game. Remember, most of the people visiting the Super Bowl city won't be actually going to the game. They will go to sell stuff, go to the parties and events and just take part of the entire Super Bowl experience. New York certainly has the ability to pull that off despite the weather. Again, this ain't Minneapolis or Detroit.
So who, besides New York and the NFL, will benefit from a successful Super Bowl?
Well, it opens up a ton of possibilities if this is pulled off. The NFL could then look at putting a Super Bowl in Washington, DC. Not only is it the nation's capital, but it is the second largest stadium in the NFL and a football hotbed. The NFL could look at Philadelphia, which has a lovely stadium and a great city to visit. Maybe the NFL takes a shot at Chicago, one of the oldest franchises in the league as well as a historic stadium in a great city. The NFL would love that. Then there is the interesting Foxboro/Boston market.
Next in line will be those cities who aren't necessarily "cold weather" cities, but ones who aren't in the warm zones or in domes. Cities like Charlotte, Kansas City, Nashville and the Bay Area. If the game in New York is pulled off, then the concerns over weather in those cities will be minimized.
It will certainly be an interesting moment for New York and the NFL. Here's hoping it goes well!
I've been on the fence on this for years. I don't mind a Super Bowl in a cold weather city at all. It will be 72 degrees in my house no matter if the Super Bowl is in Alaska or Hawaii. Will the play suffer in a cold weather city? I don't think so unless it is a snowy game. There have been many good NFC and AFC Championship games in freezing conditions. Still, there should be concerns about how this will go over.
Naysayers point to the fact that the people who went to the Super Bowls in Minneapolis and the Detroit area (three Super Bowls in all) weren't glowing of the stuff surrounding the game. Remember, most of the people visiting the Super Bowl city won't be actually going to the game. They will go to sell stuff, go to the parties and events and just take part of the entire Super Bowl experience. New York certainly has the ability to pull that off despite the weather. Again, this ain't Minneapolis or Detroit.
So who, besides New York and the NFL, will benefit from a successful Super Bowl?
Well, it opens up a ton of possibilities if this is pulled off. The NFL could then look at putting a Super Bowl in Washington, DC. Not only is it the nation's capital, but it is the second largest stadium in the NFL and a football hotbed. The NFL could look at Philadelphia, which has a lovely stadium and a great city to visit. Maybe the NFL takes a shot at Chicago, one of the oldest franchises in the league as well as a historic stadium in a great city. The NFL would love that. Then there is the interesting Foxboro/Boston market.
Next in line will be those cities who aren't necessarily "cold weather" cities, but ones who aren't in the warm zones or in domes. Cities like Charlotte, Kansas City, Nashville and the Bay Area. If the game in New York is pulled off, then the concerns over weather in those cities will be minimized.
It will certainly be an interesting moment for New York and the NFL. Here's hoping it goes well!
No comments:
Post a Comment