It’s early, but you can already hear the faint groans of media members unhappy about traveling to Indianapolis for a week of cold weather for the 2012 Super Bowl.
So how does New Jersey in 2014 strike everyone?
The Meadowlands Stadium Company announced Thursday that it will be mounting a “full-scale campaign” to host the Super Bowl XLVIII in the new Giants-Jets Stadium. The stadium will be completed and ready to use in 2010.
“It’s time for the biggest game in football to be played on the biggest stage in the world,” said Woody Johnson and Jonathan Tisch, Bid Committee Chairmen.
Opening a new stadium has been a good way to land a Super Bowl lately. The Cardinals, Cowboys, and Colts all earned the chance to host the big game in their new digs.
Of course, those stadiums were all climate controlled. The NFL has allowed the new Giants-Jets Stadium to bid despite the traditional requirement that a Super Bowl city has a dome or a minimum temperature of 50 degrees.
The press release about the bid calls it a “unique, once-only circumstance based on the opportunity to celebrate the new stadium and the great heritage and history of the NFL in the New York region.”
As someone who lives in New York, I’ve enjoyed getting out of the cold weather to cover my first two Super Bowls.
But looking past my selfish reasons, it would be a pretty sweet opportunity for the league to throw a week-long celebration of football in a city that often starts talking Yankees and Mets the moment the Giants and Jets are done for winter.
The league broke tradition by allowing the Meadowlands Stadium Company to bid for the game in the first place. With that in mind, it would stand to reason that the bid has a decent chance of succeeding.
As much as this goes against historic venues, why not? Professional football players should be talented enough to play in any condition throughout the season so why not in the superbowl?
They should play weather Super Bowls, the real teams play in the elements anyway..
IMO it every 5 years they super bowl should be played in cold. Imagine a SB outside in the snow, awesome.
Woah, then bring the game to Buffalo too, that town could really use the cash.
So what’s the reason they are letting them bid even though it will most likely be below freezing in feburary in 2014?
I am highly in favor of this. A freezing cold Super Bowl would be awesome. Keeps the spirit of cold playoff games. I hope it blizzards that day.
Super Bowl should only be held at places where it is 60 degrees and up end of story..
Who would want to pay over $2000 for a nosebleed seat to watch a SuperBowl that could be played in frigid weather?
This makes a lot of sense…Let’s have 80,000 people spend big bucks to sit in an ice box for four hours!
I guess they are counting on global warming.
Unless they’re putting a retractable roof on it, this doesn’t happen.
With Golbal Warming in full effect – I’m sure it will be a nice comfortable 70 Degrees at kick off in 2014.
Toronto will get the Super Bowl before Giants Stadium does – new or old.
we already know you guys just copy and paste all your stories but usually you at least make the font all one size and type
It’s the only way the word Jets and Superbowl could ever be in the same sentance… unless your’re talking about a week 2 game against the Patriots.
Really retarded. Seriously. Either make the rules that is has to be a wrm climate or dome, or if not, then rotate the schedule so EVERY city gets to hold a SB every 32 years.
That’s the only fair system. And for the record, why not have it in warm cities/domes so that fans can get the best possible football being played???
Well on the bright side, having to go to NY in February will mean that the place won’t smell as bad as it does if it were 60-70 above.
This is horsecrap! Why does NY get the opportunity to host a SB, but 20 NFL cities that don’t have domes or 70 degree weather in January get completely shut out? F New York. Goodell’s an ass and the NFL sucks ass.
Thats Bull Sh%$. The state of Pennsylvania has a much more rich history of football than New York. Either don’t play that card or give Philly/Pitt a super bowl too.
Pottstown was a main hub back in the day while new york was all about the yankees.
I have little doubt that “the fix is in” and that The Meadowlands Stadium Company bid for the 2014 Super Bowl will be a winning bid. Why else would the NFL even allow a bid in the first place from a stadium that did not meet the criteria if they were not going to reward that bid with a Super Bowl?
The NFL will be taking a major risk if they allow a Super Bowl to be scheduled in a cold weather city without a dome stadium. The Super Bowl is played in February and it can get mighty cold in East Rutherford, NJ in February. The 2014 Super Bowl will probably be played on Sunday February 9, 2014 (I don’t know if that is the exact weekend or not.) and the average High for that date in February is 38 degrees and the low 23 degrees. The record low for February 9, is a balmy 4 degrees.
I hope that once the decision is made to play a Super Bowl in February in a cold weather city is made, that the weather on that day, and the day or so preceding it, is at near record lows with an ice storm thrown in for good measure.
I know we will hear from NFL “traditionalists” from Philadelphia, Cleveland, Buffalo and Chicago who will chime in that football is a sport that is made to be played in the cold and outside. But, the Super Bowl is more than a football game. It is an event and has a world wide audience. Just think how great it would be to have a couple of teams slipping and sliding on an ice skating rink in New Jersey in early February 2014 and with thousands of corporate clients freezing in the stands. Should be a real public relations coup for the NFL, don’t you think?
Evpimp says:
December 17, 2009 2:17 PM
Super Bowl should only be held at places where it is 60 degrees and BELOW end of story..
I fixed that for you.
Guys let’s be honest here. I live less then a mile from the Stadium. I won’t say it’s Miami in January but you’s are making it seem like it’s Buffalo or Green Bay here. Truth is it isn’t that bad.
i think people would love to pay thousands of dollars to sit in a stadium in the middle of the meadowlands in the feburary……not….not even i like doing it and live there
You people are a bunch of puzzies. You’re damn right it should be played in an ice box! I’m tired of the super bowl being a friggin show instead of a football game. Get rid of the nice weather and 45 min halftime!
If the league is OK with sub-zero game-time temperatures and probably snow, then the following teams should start preparing their bid: Chicago, Green Bay, Cleveland, Cincy, Buffalo, Kansas City, Denver, New England, Philly, Pittsburgh, Washington and Baltimore.
There’s more “history” and appeal to these stadiums than NY. Those that want to spend any time in NY can and will, regardless of the Superbowl being played there or not.
I hope it’s played there – cold weather means more than the norm REAL fans instead of corporate suits
The league told KC they’d have to build the retractable roof after the stadium renovations are done to get a super bowl.
Complete bull$hit if NY doesn’t have to comply with the “roof rule” that KC did.
This really ticks me off. I agree with “Empire Jones” above that EVERY stadium should get to host if this happens. You’re off-putting dozens of other teams and fans because it’s not NY or warm in February. Any city that can house an NFL stadium is more than capable of handling a Superbowl (Except Green Bay, because you know, they suck)
# birdmancometh says: December 17, 2009 2:37 PM
You people are a bunch of puzzies. You’re damn right it should be played in an ice box! I’m tired of the super bowl being a friggin show instead of a football game. Get rid of the nice weather and 45 min halftime!
Agreed, 100%. The Super Bowl is a rock concert and sideshow interrupted by a football game. It was much better when the game was played on a Sunday afternoon, without pyrotechnics and confetti.
74,512 people sat through constant rainfall watching Super Bowl XLI. I’d rather be cold for three hours than wet.
I’d say that most of us would like to see a cold-weather Super Bowl. Of course, most of us wouldn’t swing the cost of actually going to said game.
As far as the actual in-stadium experience goes, it might not be that bad. I was at the “perfect season” Patriots game in Giants Stadium a couple of years ago and it was OK. I mean, it was coooooold all right, but it was livable. It was $7.00 hot chocolates instead of $10.00 beers, but we had a great time nonetheless.
Think about this: If NY gets the game, and it’s successful, doesn’t it then open the door for other venues?
That would be awesome if they played a Super Bowl in the snow. If it was just cold that would suck, though.
I live in North New Jersey too, it’s cold and in the Meadowlands, it is WINDY and it smells. There is definitely enough parking, and room for the event. Bring it to Buffalo too!!!
And again explain to me why they didn’t put a dome on it. Our lovely governor offered to pay for the friggen thing for crying out loud.
“It’s time for the biggest game in football to be played on the biggest stage in the world,” said Woody Johnson and Jonathan Tisch, Bid Committee Chairmen.”
What? The SB is going to be played in Bollywood?
First of all, this is a great idea. The Super Bowl deserves to be played in a World Class city.
Secondly, all the cities that have been denied because of the “roof rule” are not New York. Philly, KC, Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, Baltimore and other cold weather cities are not New York.
The greatest city in the world should host the greatest event in the world.
I think the fix is in if they are even allowed to bid.
I live 20 minutes from Giants stadium. It is a horrible idea to play a game outdoors in February here. Taking a chance of a major snowstorm… do you want to see the 2 top teams matched up in a neutral environment where TALENT and EXECUTION win, or in a blizzard where you can’t see anything and it is a crapshoot who wins???
And there is no way in hell I would pay thousands of bucks to freeze in the cold to see a game like this either. Much better inside a warm home, comfortable couch, beers that aren’t $7 ….
birdmancometh says: “Pottstown was a main hub back in the day while new york was all about the yankees.”
Pottstown? Seriously? By the way it was Pottsville that claims an NFL championship, not Pottstown. The only thing good from Pottville now is Yuengling.
While this reeks of the typical “NY=greatest city in the world” arrogance, I am strongly in favor as it would be a Crossing of the Rubicon of sorts, which will open the door for other cold weather non-dome cities to potentially host the Super Bowl. Without the pull of NY, the precedent is never going to set set otherwise, unfortunately.
For the rest of you whining about sitting in the cold, assuming you are actually men, man the hell up. Honestly, it’s not even that cold at the Meadowlands in winter, at least not as cold as New England, Chicago, GB, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Denver, etc. Plus, you have all those lovely oil refineries in that toxic wasteland that is North Jersey to heat up the air a few more degrees.
If regular-season games can be played in cold weather, then so can the Super Bowl.
I am of two minds about this.
Mind #1:
Nope nope nope sorry – This would not be the event of the year for Jets/Giants STADIUM, nor would it be New JERSEY’S plum. The instant it was announced, it would become just another jewel in the crown of New YORK, with its many sports teams; political, entertainment, & sports celebrities; blinding wealth; bred-in-the-bone hutzpah, and; city pride-frequently-sloshing-over-into-arrogance. Advance pub alone would suck all the energy out of the rest of the country.
Would love the SB – in ANY year – to be at an unexpected site, someplace NEW. Maybe someplace where the money that would pour in would really mean something, where the fun and excitement and pride would make that city’s mood for the next year. I don’t know enough about all the requirements, so maybe that’s an impractical thing, but I’d like to think it’d be worth looking into.
Mind #2:
Would LOVE to see the weather become part of the Super Bowl games, LOVE to see a hard-fought Super Bowl game fought in a cold-weather city in the middle of a blinding snowstorm. Bring on the wind and the rain – ya pays yer money an’ ya takes yer chances!
Bottom Line:
Sigh. I’m leaning toward … all 3.
Maybe Gs/Js stadium can be like Dallas Cowboy’s Stadium when it grows up.
“And again explain to me why they didn’t put a dome on it. Our lovely governor offered to pay for the friggen thing for crying out loud.”
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Not to pick on you, per se, but for a city that’s in a cold weather climate, and for puts out such a “tough guy” facade, New Yorkers are the most ill equipped to handle a little bit of cold or adverse weather conditions.
I sat through cold and rain in Foxboro last Sunday, with pretty much a full house for a game against a lackluster opponent. Snow? Cold? No big deal, bring it on, we welcome it.
So as I drive down the NJ Turnpike later that evening, driving by Giants Stadium just after to the 8:15pm kickoff vs. Philly, I hear that there were about 10,000 no shows…because it rained…earlier in the day…even though the rain had moved out before kickoff…and despite the game being a huge divisional matchup against one of the Giants biggest rivals. That’s truly pathetic.
“And again explain to me why they didn’t put a dome on it. Our lovely governor offered to pay for the friggen thing for crying out loud.”
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Not to pick on you, per se, but for a city that’s in a cold weather climate, and for puts out such a “tough guy” facade, New Yorkers are the most ill equipped to handle a little bit of cold or adverse weather conditions.
I sat through cold and rain in Foxboro last Sunday, with pretty much a full house for a game against a lackluster opponent. Snow? Cold? No big deal, bring it on, we welcome it.
So as I drive down the NJ Turnpike later that evening, driving by Giants Stadium just after to the 8:15pm kickoff vs. Philly, I hear that there were about 10,000 no shows…because it rained…earlier in the day…even though the rain had moved out before kickoff…and despite the game being a huge divisional matchup against one of the Giants biggest rivals. That’s truly pathetic.
Ravensfankiller says:
December 17, 2009 2:35 PM
Guys let’s be honest here. I live less then a mile from the Stadium. I won’t say it’s Miami in January but you’s are making it seem like it’s Buffalo or Green Bay here. Truth is it isn’t that bad.
I thought the only one living within a mile of that stadium was Swamp Thing.
It’s never that cold in NY anway and it barely snows…. Typical NY temps in February can jump up anywhere from the 40′s to the high 50′s.
“Or is it Feb-u-ary? And what’s this ru?”
Personaly I love the idea of the superbowl being held in N.Y. Cold weather (maybe snow) is what football is all about. Enough, with the same 3 cities getting the superbowl every year.
This is the big game and should be played in the big cities. sorry Buffalo,Green Bay etc… you’re to small and boring to hold the big game (See Jax and what a bore that city was). My suggestions for future superbowl cities would be NY, Chicago,Philly…you know real cities. Keep N.O. and Miami in the rotation but lets add some new sites.
“Secondly, all the cities that have been denied because of the “roof rule” are not New York. Philly, KC, Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, Baltimore and other cold weather cities are not New York. The greatest city in the world should host the greatest event in the world. ”
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Thank you for deftly illustrating why most red blooded Americans hate New York(ers).
Super bowl should be in the cold!!! Effin NFL.
Real football is playing despite the injuries* despite the odds, despite the weather. With the rest of the world watching, it would stand in great contrast to soccer matches. If you want a game with boys running around and crying when shoved, watch the world cup, but if you want a game for men, watch the super bowl in the snow.
* unless its a concussion
Hell yes the SB should be played in the cold. And one of you fools actually had a good idea saying that every fifth year (or whatever) should be an outdoor/cold venue (so start including Philly, Pitt, KC, et al).
One of the greatest games ever played was a blizzard in Foxboro (Pats vs Raiders). And I’m a fkn Jets fan!!!
hayward giablommi – you’re wrong, I was there, Giants Stadium was full last Sunday Night. Think about this, the stadium will close after the Jets last home game. The Giants have been there for 33 years. The jets have been there for 25 years. Not once did a ticket go unsold for any NFL game at this stadium. EVERY game has been sold out since they opened the place. Thats a good fan base.
After paying $2000 for tickets, the fans will get hit $1000 plus a night for hotel rooms. We won’t even talk about what will happen to restaurant prices. Any of you comfortable with a $200 steak? I live in NYC and I don’t see it happening. If it does, I’ll be happy to rent my apartment for the bargain rate 0f $750 a night or a free ticket, if the game is a good one. The hotel owners and restaurants will have a field day. Prices will change by the minute and if they hear you’re from fly over country – mortgage the house. Yeah, a blizzard is a remote possibility, but it’s not like NYC gets blizzards every year. Much more likely it will just be overcast, cold, and windy. Finally, to the folks that suggested Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Green Bay – you would put 80,000 people from out of town where exactly?
yem123 says:
December 17, 2009 3:24 PM
I think the fix is in if they are even allowed to bid.
I live 20 minutes from Giants stadium. It is a horrible idea to play a game outdoors in February here. Taking a chance of a major snowstorm… do you want to see the 2 top teams matched up in a neutral environment where TALENT and EXECUTION win, or in a blizzard where you can’t see anything and it is a crapshoot who wins???
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Then, why should we allow who plays in the superbowl to play outside? Maybe the playoffs should all be held in southern cities, or domes. But then we decide who plays in the playoffs outside in the cold, so maybe we should only allow NFL teams in the south, or if they build a dome.
See how stupid this sounds? The Giants went to the Super Bowl and beat the Pats because they were a better team in the cold than the Packers were. If it was 15-20 degrees warmer, do you think Favre would have thrown that INT? I think they wouldn’t have even been in OT had that been the case, so therefore, the better team won and went on to play and beat the Pats.
Football should be played outside in the elements, be that hot, cold, wet, dry, freezing, snowy, windy, whatever.
This is a bad idea. The only thing Woody and Jonathan have in mind is $$$$$$. Anyone who believes anything else is delussional. Having the SB in warm weather or dome seems to work very well. “If it ain’t broke, don’t break it!”
hayward giablommi says: “I sat through cold and rain in Foxboro last Sunday, with pretty much a full house for a game against a lackluster opponent.”
Yeah, because it’s Boston. With the exception of a few outstanding restaurants (is Rialto still going strong?) and a couple community theatres, Boston is about as entertaining as Colonial Williamsburg. It’s a nice little place to visit, but after three days, you’ve done and seen it all. Or are you type that gets all wound up about visiting the “original Cheers”? If so, then it’s four days. It’s just a college town that has several important historical sites from our Revolution days.
sure it probably will be cold BUT what if by chance there is a huge storm the day of or in the days just before the game!
This is a great and long overdue idea. The notion that football can’t be played in NY in February is completely bogus. I hope that this opens the door to having Superbowls anywhere. It would definitely add some spice. Sheesh, the Giants played in Green Bay at -19 below to get to the superbowl a couple years ago. Imagine a superbowl there? Luckily, it gets nowhere near that cold in NY. Also, not a fan of Philly, but I do think that city would be a great place for a Superbowl too.
Hey “Footballformula”, when you say “The greatest city in the world should host the greatest event in the world” you should remember that the Giants and Jets PLAY IN EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY. NOT NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK.
hayward giablommi says: “Thank you for deftly illustrating why most red blooded Americans hate New York(ers). ”
Yeah, America love Boston. You guys are on everyone’s list of the most beloved. Funny thing about all the complaining about NYC, I don’t see any of the other states returning all the tax money we pay out and don’t get back from the Feds. In fairness, Massachusetts gets the short end of the tax stick too, but then most Americans don’t consider Masschusetts “red blooded”, either.
@ footballformula
Well, maybe I’m wrong, but that’s what the game announcers were saying. And not only discussing it, but harping on it and trying to justify it. Of course there is a difference between selling all the tickets and people not showing up. I am sure every ticket was sold.
I remember the Jesters playing in a snow storm vs. Pittsburgh in December of 2003 and the stadium being about 25% (or less) full. The Pats played the Jaguars the same day, in the same snow storm to a fully packed house.
Same with last year, when the Jesters played the Broncos and Pats played the Steelers at the same time, in the same rainstorm the weekend after Thanksgiving. Both were huge games with playoff ramifications. Packed house in Foxboro, empty seats in Jersey.
I’m telling you, New Yorkers do not share the same rugged mentality that almost all other cold weather cities and fanbases do, and I am standing by that.
Footballformula, instead of correcting birdmancommeth about Pottstown, maybe you should check your own statements. The last time I checked, East Rutherford, NJ wasn’t a world class city. Maybe if the Giants were back at Yankee Stadium or the Jets at Citi Field you could make that statement. Sadly, the only true NY team is the Bills…and I don’t think that Buffalo can be classified as a world class city either.
As good as it may sound to have a Superbowl played in the cold weather or snow, let’s remember that the NFL doesn’t care about the ordinary fans….they care about the money. The people that would be able pay the exorbitant amount of money for the Superbowl are not going to want to freeze their nuts off to watch it.
It is not the potential subfreezing weather that the game might be played in that concerns the NFL as to why a cold weater city that doesn’t have a dome stadium has never hosted a Super Bowl.
It is all the corporate types who attend the game who won’t be able to socialize in the vicinity, not having media day outside or some geriatric rock band peforming outside in that subfreezing weather that concerns the NFL.
The Super Bowl is more than just a game now. It is a 1 week festival that is predicated on comfortable weather to do the 3 things mentioned above outside. At least in a dome in a cold city, media day and the halftime show won’t be affected. And if they do have it in NJ, most people will travel to NYC for their entertainment, creating massive traffic jams through the Lincoln and Holland tunnels and GW bridge.
If it is gonna be in the cold it should be in the following places in order:
Cleveland- Closest thing they will see to a Superbowl in the next 60 years.
Pittsburgh- Washington vs. Houston in a Superbowl and the stands are still filled with those stupid towels.
Green Bay- No retarded halftime show. Put two animals on the field and let them run in the stands and eat all the corporate douches at the game who don’t even like football.
The Superbowl should be played wherever.. if you have to play through conditions like snow, sleet, rain, etc during the regular & post season why should it be any different for the Super Bowl? They used to do this back in the day and as long as it wasnt every year in a stadium like New Jersey i think it would spice it up a little
@ e 96th st
I’m guessing that you are a Manhattan-ite based on your screen name. As much as I don’t mind visiting there for a day or two, it’s a sweaty, dirty, overpriced disaster of a place. Ground zero for the police state that America is becoming. Rude and obnoxious people..yes Boston has them too, but at least they’re, you know, American. Deranged scizophrenics on the subway. On and on I could go.
And that’s really the only place in NY worth a damn. You also have The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Long Island, Jersey…all are scars on the face of America.
NY, NY. Nothing compares.
Too cold? Do you have a mangina? This is football. Grow a pair.