2014 Super Bowl Awarded to New York

[Little Whiskey]

The NFL doesn't care a lick about the fans in the stands at the Superbowl. Its all about TV. maybe 75k-85k attend the actual game? But millions actually watch it on tv. Even if every ticket sold for $1000 each that is 85mil. think of what one comercial costs? as someone else said the superbowl is about ratings and tv, not fans in the stands.

[packerbacker1234]

The NFL doesn't care a lick about the fans in the stands at the Superbowl. Its all about TV. maybe 75k-85k attend the actual game? But millions actually watch it on tv. Even if every ticket sold for $1000 each that is 85mil. think of what one comercial costs? as someone else said the superbowl is about ratings and tv, not fans in the stands.

Exactly. If it's a snow game, the SB, I just think it's going to raise a piss load of interest. Add in hte right combination of teams and circumstances.... thats what it comes down to. If it's the highest ratings of any SB ever, and the dome game before and after had significantly lower ratings, you will see teh NFL bring the SB back outside yet again.

The money is made by the people watching at home, not by the people in the stands.

[Little Whiskey]

the problem with a "snow" game is that the telecast may suck. poor visablity, sloppy play, and a low scoring game.

[packerbacker1234]

the problem with a "snow" game is that the telecast may suck. poor visablity, sloppy play, and a low scoring game.

It was a pretty good telecast when the packers last had a playoff snow game in 2007. Today's technology is pretty amazing.

And again, it's about the numbers.

[Little Whiskey]

remember this beauty?

[packerbacker1234]

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2008011200/2007/POST19/seahawks@packers/recap/full-story#tab:watch

Things definitely look better today.

[MadScientist]

remember this beauty?

Nope never saw it

[hoosier]

Yeah, obviously it wont happen. It took a new stadium and a city like New York to even get it to happen once, but man I would love to see the ice bowl one more time.

Here you go: http://www.amazon.com/NFLs-Greatest-...4919047&sr=8-3

As Andrew Brandt said, the SB in NYC is all about NYC post 9/11. Never happen for any other cold weather, outdoor venue IMO.

I know, I've seen it.

I don't know if we can ever say it will "never" happen again. It depends on how well it goes. Say it's a snow game, and everyone is just out there having a blast, it gets the highest ratings of any SB... it's going to be hard pressed to not consider an outdoor game again.

I don't even car eif the game has to be NY every time, the fact it's an outdoor game where they could potentionally be snow is more then enough for me.

I didn't say it won't ever happen again, I said it won't happen elsewhere than NYC. Green Bay and Eastern WI does not have anything close to the tourism and transportation infrastructure that would needed to host a SB. And the fact that GB is perceived by many outside of WI as a backwater would make it difficult even if the accomodations and roads were there. TV may well be the 500 lb. gorilla of the Super Bowl, but there is no way the NFL would ever run the risk of designating a host city whose infrastructure would interfere with getting a capacity crowd into its stadium.

[3irty1]

If it were going to happen for GB it would have had to have been after the stadium renovations.

[pbmax]

the problem with a "snow" game is that the telecast may suck. poor visablity, sloppy play, and a low scoring game.

TV loves snow games. Sure, it could snow hard enough to make visibility poor like the Eagles/Bears fog game, but more likely is that people love seeing the game in those conditions. Its always a ratings boost to have a snow game. Now the upward mobility of Super Bowl ratings probably isn't high, so the increase would be small. But people would not turn away from the TV.

As for conditions for the fans, the NFL and Miami got grief for empty seats in the rain for the Miami Super Bowl, but the PR hit was nothing compared to Manning finally winning. Not too hard to overcome.