by David ElfinFiled under: Cowboys, Eagles, Giants, Redskins, NFC East, Super Bowl
The odds of the NFL changing its collective mind and scrubbing the Meadowlands Super Bowl set for 2014 are lower than the chances of the owners and players reaching a labor deal before the March 4 deadline. However, that's my fervent wish as a near-lifelong NFC East fan and an an NFL writer dating back to the 1980s.As the disappointing just-concluded week in Dallas showed, cold-weather markets are no place for Super Bowls unless their infrastructure is very compact. Let me explain.
Indianapolis, which will play host to next year's game, as was the case in Minneapolis in January 1992 and largely true in Detroit 14 years later, is capable of handling snow and ice and also has a downtown stadium allowing for relatively easy access for fans and media. That wasn't the story in the much-lampooned Silverdome Super Bowl in Pontiac, Mich., in January 1982 nor was it the situation last week when the Metroplex was hit with a pair of winter weather events.
Super Bowls in Tampa, Miami, San Diego and New Orleans are festive. Fans sport game T-shirts and caps as well as sunglasses and party beads. Souvenir stands and ticket scalpers pop up like crocuses. The game is a celebration of football, life and the anticipated coming of spring. Everyone's in a good mood -- especially in compact, very pedestrian-friendly New Orleans where fans and media can even walk to the game -- at least until one team has come up short in the quest for the Lombardi Trophy.
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Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2011/02/10/no-more-nfc-east-super-bowls-please/
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