Super Bowl
New Meadowlands Stadium to Host 2014 “Cold Weather” Super Bowl
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 | NFL, New York Giants, New York Jets, Sports, Super Bowl | No Comments
NFL owners have approved the New Meadowlands Stadium (home stadium to the New York Giants & Jets) to host the 2014 Super Bowl. It will be the first ever “cold weather” stadium (without a dome) to host a Super Bowl game. Up until now, stadiums could not even make a bid to host the Super Bowl. The NFL decided to make an exception for the New York area alone seeing that it just constructed the New Meadowlands Stadium which will host NFL homes game during the upcoming 2010 NFL schedule.
Giants Co-owner Jonathan Tisch had this to say about the selection — “We believe the owners have the faith in us that 3 1/2 years from now we’ll put on a remarkable event. The greatest game in the world will be played on the greatest stage in the world.”
The slogan for New York’s Super Bowl was “Make Some History”. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he and his city are honored to host the big game — “People talk about the weather, but, you know, this is football, not beach volleyball… America came to the rescue of New York, and that’s something I think that New Yorkers have never forgotten. This is a little bit of our chance to say thank you.”
While in theory this is a memorable decision, it could be a total disaster. What if the New York tri-state area is in the middle of a 2-3 foot snow storm like it endured several times this past winter. What if flights are canceled and people can’t even make it in for the big game. Better book your trip for a few days early just in case we see some of the same volatile weather that we saw this past year.
Plus, if there is bad weather, with winds whipping through the already windy stadium, what does that mean for the level of play for the game. You could have the best teams with the best players from both conferences battling the wind and snow and ice instead of each other. That would be a major disaster as well.
Guess we’ll see how it all plays out, but I doubt we’ll have another cold weather Super Bowl site selected until this one plays itself out in February 2014.
Super Bowl Commercials
Monday, February 2nd, 2009 | NFL, Super Bowl | No Comments
This years line up of commercials was very weak, I picked out a few of our favorites here.
Vegas likes the Steelers for the Super Bowl
Monday, January 19th, 2009 | NFL, Super Bowl | No Comments
The odds-makers don’t care that this is the first time in franchise history the Cardinals are going to the Super Bowl. The Steelers are favored by 6 1/2 points in most books.
Our Super Bowl hotel rooms and tickets are now available.
