A sloppy Super Bowl week threatens to prevent Denver from ever hosting the big game
“This does not bode well for Denver’s chances of hosting the big game in the future. If the weather in the East causes as many problems for preparations as it might the league will surely stick with warm weather climates for future championship games.”
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Wind, snow and cold are pounding the Eastern seaboard today. News outlets are blaming a “polar vortex” for the extreme cold and moisture that is sweeping through the Midwest and up into the Northeast dropping as much as eight inches of snow in cities like Philadelphia and New York. The snow is going to stick around for awhile, too. This entire week promises to be a gloomy one for residents of the most densely populated portions of the United States.
Next week doesn’t look a whole lot better. The Broncos and Seahawks will be traveling to the New York area under tough conditions. Logistics promise to be challenging for the thousands of workers who must prepare the Meadowlands to host a Super Bowl. It’s going to be a long couple of weeks for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell who is doubtlessly already questioning the wisdom of hosting the Super Bowl in New Jersey.
This does not bode well for Denver’s chances of hosting the big game in the future. If the weather in the East causes as many problems for preparations as it might the league will surely stick with warm weather climates for future championship games.
Of course it could be warm and sunny here. Accu-Weather’s long-range forecast for Denver calls for Sunday, February 2nd to be sunny and 52 degrees. In New York it’s supposed to be somewhere in the low thirties with a chance of snow at kickoff.
Judging Denver’s ability to host the Super Bowl based on the weather in the north-eastern coastal portion of the country isn’t fair. Our own John Reidy published a study right here at SSD a couple of years ago that proved that our average temperatures in early February are conducive to hosting the big game. But it looks like New York / New Jersey is going to blow it for every “cold weather” city.
After the league deals with the polar mess in the Northeast for the next two weeks it will never wants to risk playing the Super Bowl in nasty weather again.
