Super Bowl outdoors in New Jersey

[james_t]

Super Bowl 48 will be played outdoors in New Jersey in February 2014. NFL owners voted Tuesday to stage the game at the new $1.6 billion stadium at the Meadowlands.

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I hope it's Tampa Bay vs. Miami.

[nathandiehl]

I have to say, this surprises me.

[zdog1962]

I love it. I hope there is a large amount of snow on the ground and it snows during the game.

[nathandiehl]

I love it. I hope there is a large amount of snow on the ground and it snows during the game.
HUGE advantage to teams like Green Bay, Buffalo and Chicago.
This is certainly a very interesting decision. That explains why it took four rounds of voting to settle on this one. I'm sure the southern teams were rooting against this decision!

[jennyk]

I don't pay a ton of attention to sports (as the sports editors of the three daily papers can attest - I am forever asking them dumb questions when I proofread their pages) ... but I do enjoy watching football. I gotta say, I like the idea of playing the Super Bowl outside. Football is an outdoor sport, and I'd much rather watch them play outside! Of course, part of that might be because my favorite team is the Chicago Bears, and playing outdoors in the snow would probably help them out, if by some miracle they are good enough to get in the Super Bowl in 2014!

[troublesome one]

I don't know how anyone could be surprised. It's all about THE MONEY!!!!!

The Super Bowl has become big business and, as such, caters to big business. The number of regular people that can actually get tickets to the game is miniscule. They're all corporate and celebrity atendees.

The trend has also become"build a big new stadium and we'll give you a Super Bowl". Please see the examples of Detroit (Ford Field), Dallas (Cowboys Stadium), and Indy (Lucas Oil Stadium). I am wondering to myself if that theory would hold true it Minnesota built an outdoor stadium to replace the Metrodome.

[tallrob]

I don't know how anyone could be surprised. It's all about THE MONEY!!!!!

The Super Bowl has become big business and, as such, caters to big business. The number of regular people that can actually get tickets to the game is miniscule. They're all corporate and celebrity atendees.

The trend has also become\"build a big new stadium and we'll give you a Super Bowl\". Please see the examples of Detroit (Ford Field), Dallas (Cowboys Stadium), and Indy (Lucas Oil Stadium). I am wondering to myself if that theory would hold true it Minnesota built an outdoor stadium to replace the Metrodome.

It would never take place in Minnesota with an open air stadium. I lived there in the 1970's freezing my arse off while watching the Vikings play in november and december. There is no way in h*ll they would play a super bowl there in february!

[john40]

Football is a outdoor sport and that's where it should be played. When Vince Lombardi coached at Green Bay he didn't allow heaters on the sideline, it didn't seem to have any bad effects on his teams.

[matt_s]

Weather affects both teams. You have to be prepared for all weather possibilities throughout the year. With all of the domes out there, I don't really buy into the myth of "cold weather teams". If it's good enough for the regular season and the playoffs it's good enough for the Super Bowl. All of that being said, the NFL needs to prepare for the logistical nightmare that would occur if the storms that hit New York this year happened to hit around the Super Bowl. Oops, I didn't think of how we would get everybody from the hotels to the game in 1 foot of snow won't work and neither will blaming New York for not having the roads clear.

[LuciusBeebe]

Football is a outdoor sport and that's where it should be played.

Football is a sport played in stadiums, outdoors or in.

I like outdoor games as much as in, the Patriots "tuck rule" game is still one of my fondest memories. I also really enjoyed the windy game in Chicago a few years ago when the field goals were sailing 40 yards to the right or left. Another good one was the Miami game where the punt stuck in the ground because it was so soggy.

But let's be honest, those games are about the weather, not the football. The football in those games, as in most poor weather games, is bad. Field position games are not as much fun to watch as football played well. I like a defensive battle as much as the next guy, but I also like offensive fireworks. Look at the Vikings... they were running game and defense until Favre showed up, then they were fun to watch.

An outdoor game in New York in february is a huge disadvantage to precision teams like New Orleans or Indianapolis. A team predicated on running game and defense can still play that way in good weather conditions. A team built on timing routes and pinpoint passing can't play that way in a snow storm.

As for your Lombardi comment, those days are gone. It is 2010 and the game of football is played differently today, thank god.

My biggest gripe about this is New York. If this idea was proposed in Seattle or Green Bay, it would never reach a vote. But because its New frickin' York, the world has to bend over backwards and decades of tradition has to change. I am so sick of the New York fetish. So you're New York, so what?