Cold-City Superbowls

[Bills2083]

on the poll on www.nfl.com (http://www.nfl.com), it asks if the Superbowl should be played in a cold-city.
Do you think they should not only be played in warm cities, but also in cold?

[Yatta!]

Thats a ridiculous question. Of course the Superbowl should be played in cold cities as well, plenty of NFL teams play in cold climates - it's all part of the game.

[Addict]

if there's a stadium, you can play a superbowl there. Weather is what it is, it shouldn't matter if it's hot or cold.

[LonghornsLegend]

I just want to see one super bowl in the snow, that would be awesome.

[Addict]

I just want to see one super bowl in the snow, that would be awesome.

in the rain should be great as well.

[Jughead10]

I don't think it will happen. The NFL was pushing for the Giants to put a dome on their new stadium so they could have a Super Bowl in the NY market, but the Giants refused.

[SMoore]

in the rain should be great as well.

They have had those
See bears vs. colts
Wasn't cold weather but it was raining throughout the whole game.

[wicket]

Just go to cold cities as well, wasn't the packers-giants game about the best of the whole of last season.

[Thunder&Lightning]

Its not all about the atmosphere for the players though... they want to keep the attending fans happy as well. The super bowl weekend its self costs thousands of dollars... why would you want to pay that $ for a weekend in the cold...

[Addict]

They have had those
See bears vs. colts
Wasn't cold weather but it was raining throughout the whole game.

that's right, and it looked awesome.

[Jughead10]

Its not all about the atmosphere for the players though... they want to keep the attending fans happy as well. The super bowl weekend its self costs thousands of dollars... why would you want to pay that $ for a weekend in the cold...

I don't think that matters. It is all about the game. They just had a Super Bowl in Detroit. If they were concerned about the rest of the weekend they would have never put it in Detroit, one of the most run down cities in America.

[BeerBaron]

I don't think that matters. It is all about the game. They just had a Super Bowl in Detroit. If they were concerned about the rest of the weekend they would have never put it in Detroit, one of the most run down cities in America.

there are many, many reasons besides weather that they probably shouldn't have put a superbowl in detroit, lol. same goes for philly. if they ever for some reason have a superbowl in philly....god help them all.

i think a SB in chicago or pittsburgh would be amazing. getting into the heart of the league right there.

id say green bay but that may be a little TOO cold weather....

[NY+Giants=NYG]

in the rain should be great as well.

We did see it.. Colts-Bears

[Brent]

bad weather would make for a low scoring game. if the game is boring, casual fans wont give a crap.

[LonghornsLegend]

Its not all about the atmosphere for the players though... they want to keep the attending fans happy as well. The super bowl weekend its self costs thousands of dollars... why would you want to pay that $ for a weekend in the cold...

It's the super bowl, its going to be packed if its -5, and people will still go...Nobody wants to miss out on the super bowl, cold or not...I think it provides other advantages too,if somebody like the Bears, Packers, or Browns make the superbowl why do they have to play on astro turf or warm weather? It would be a good change time to time, if you can't play in the snow you need to come up with a gameplan to make it happen.


bad weather would make for a low scoring game. if the game is boring, casual fans wont give a crap.


If its snowing like all hell, people would watch...Snow games are always fun, especially snowing in the super bowl, I doubt many people woul want to miss that.

[Go_Eagles77]

Bad weather is part of the game. This isn't baseball. A snowy Super bowl would be really fun to watch.

[Bills2083]

bad weather would make for a low scoring game. if the game is boring, casual fans wont give a crap.


1.) NFC Championship: Giants at Green Bay: 23-20, 641 yards of total offense.
2.) What casual fan goes to the Superbowl?

[BeerBaron]

1.) NFC Championship: Giants at Green Bay: 23-20, 641 yards of total offense.
2.) What casual fan goes to the Superbowl?

nice, lol.

im not sure if he was actually talking about cold affecting the games or just bad weather....

bad weather probably would lead to a low scoring game unless both teams have piss poor run defenses

[Go_Eagles77]

1.) NFC Championship: Giants at Green Bay: 23-20, 641 yards of total offense.
2.) What casual fan goes to the Superbowl?

Many causal fans go to the superbowl, heck people go even if they aren't fans at all.

[GB12]

1.) NFC Championship: Giants at Green Bay: 23-20, 641 yards of total offense.
2.) What casual fan goes to the Superbowl?
The majority of people at the Superbowl are casual fans or people that don't even follow football. It's too bad it's like that, but it is.

[nfrillman]

The current policy makes no sense at all. The Superbowl should either be rotated to every city or only played in domes. The reasoning behind the current policy to make sure games have good weather, well what about the monsoon during the Bears and Colts game. I don't really mind it, but that was good weather, so if they truly desire what they say they do they would tell Miami to put a roof on their stadium or never get the Superbowl like they did to KC and NY. They should rotate the Superbowl, but if thats not an option then only play in domes, so at least their explanation doesn't look like total bullsh*t.

[neko4]

New York and Chicago need super bowls. Those are two of the biggest cities in the whole world and are great football towns.

[terribletowel39]

The majority of people at the Superbowl are casual fans or people that don't even follow football. It's too bad it's like that, but it is.
Thats true but if they start having the Superbowl in open stadiums like Lambeau and it gets 12-13 degrees outside, then slowly and surely the average Superbowl attendee could be people that actually care to be apart of Football History and not just because they are popular at the moment. Like House the last Superbowl, he didn't even know who was playing really and he was going and got interviewed and everything.

[The Legend]

how about the colts make fake snow and wind, like a redo of patriots vs raiders

[Paranoidmoonduck]

I would love to see bad weather Super Bowls, personally.

[Brent]

1.) NFC Championship: Giants at Green Bay: 23-20, 641 yards of total offense.
2.) What casual fan goes to the Superbowl?
1) no run defense
2) a huge majority of people at the game are there because their company got tickets or celebs are there because it's a social event. also, I wasnt talking about people going to the game but people causally watching it. there are a huge majority of people who watch not caring who wins but if it's boring they're not going to.

[neko4]

1) no run defense
2) a huge majority of people at the game are there because their company got tickets or celebs are there because it's a social event. also, I wasnt talking about people going to the game but people causally watching it. there are a huge majority of people who watch not caring who wins but if it's boring they're not going to.

I dont recall either team running that well.

[GB12]

1) no run defense
2) a huge majority of people at the game are there because their company got tickets or celebs are there because it's a social event. also, I wasnt talking about people going to the game but people causally watching it. there are a huge majority of people who watch not caring who wins but if it's boring they're not going to.
That's not true at all. There was only 164 yards rushing combined in that game.

[Brent]

That's not true at all. There was only 164 yards rushing combined in that game.
I could have sworn that Ryan Grant had a good day. I might be thinking of the GB-Seattle game. I thought it was snowing during that one.

[nobodyinparticular]

I think the best (or at least most memorable) games are played in poor weather. There's the Snow Bowl in 2001 with Raiders and Patriots, the game this year in the Giants and Packers and so many more. I find that my favorite playoff games are often the divisional or championship games for the simple reason that they are often played against the elements just as much as they are played against the other team. I love it. It's a part of football and I think it should be a part of the Super Bowl as well. I would love to see them bring a Super Bowl to Chicago or New York in early February. It would be absolutely awesome. Football is the only game that you see actually played in the elements--basketball is indoors and baseball is played in the summer months and if it's even drizzling the game is postponed. It is not right that the biggest stage of the whole sport doesn't share in this unique feature.

P.S. I abhor indoor games--it just isn't natural to play NFL football on turf and with a roof overhead.

[GB12]

I could have sworn that Ryan Grant had a good day. I might be thinking of the GB-Seattle game. I thought it was snowing during that one.
Seattle he went for over 200, New York he got 29.