SBin2009

I voted Tampa. We play there at least once a year so our players are familiar with the field. New York? No way, too cold. It would be a huge advantage for a northern latitude squad.

SaintPauly

Quote: {"hopefully after all of the fancy renovations and the Big upgrades being done around the Benson Tower with Outside area and tailgating and Sports entertainment hotels and such the city can put it's self in regular bid contest along with the fancy newer stadiums.."}

This is the first I've heard about this. When was this decided?

It's not just the stadiums themselves bro, it's luxury boxes, it's local corporations, and also city populations. That's the reason why the NFL, MLB, and the NBA, are always harping on small market teams, being in the championship games, because the revenue isn't has much as it is for teams in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Anyone remember the last time the Superbowl was in LA? 1993. Cowboys vs Bills. Now, the Rose Bowl holds like 100,000 people. The new stadium, according to what I've read, will hold that many, while providing luxury seating, big screens, and more VIP boxes, than you can shake a stick at. Yes, the host city, is very important. Have you ever been to L.A. in February? The weather, unless it's raining, is absolutely gorgeous.

I'm not saying it won't come back to New Orleans, after 2013. What I am saying, is that with these more state of the art stadiums under construction, in cities that can have outside games, rather than in a dome, N.O. will not be getting as many bids as it's used too. It's pretty hard to set off fireworks in a dome right? Not to mention the jets have a hard time doing fly overs....

What's popular is not always right, and what's right is not always popular.....

SaintPauly

Well, the debate is over, as New York gets the bid. That should be a helluva game, depending on who gets in. Watch there be like ten feet of snow now.....

RaginCajun83

So when the Saints are going for a record 5-peat they got to win in a blizzard, no problem

SaintPauly

Wouldn't that be funny if it WERE like San Diego versus TAmpa... Heh heh heh.... I was going to say two dome teams, but i couldn't think of an AFC team that plays in a dome. I don't think there is one, is there?

SAINT_MICHAEL

The colts

strato

The Texans have a retractable roof..dome or open air

skymike

Al Gore says NY will be a tropical paradise, come kickoff.

You know what? I hate Reliant. That retractable roof is useless. You cant see anything. If you want a view and the outdoors, lets play in historic, awesome Rice Stadium.

Reliant is a morgue, dark, boring, and corporate. While the Superdome has 72,000 raging coonazzes who's lives are directly affected by how the Saints play, Reliant is filled with "clients," who are only there because a colleague left some extra tickets at the office. Boudreaux has watched and cried over the Saints since he was 7, sitting on his paw paws rug. Executive-boy moved from Los Angeles to open a new branch office last year. Its a nice diversion, but he'll probably leave early, regardless of the score to go home to Katy and eat at TGIFridays.

But thats the fans. What the hell shape is Reliant supposed to be? It looks like an unfinished kids erector set project. That greeny glass is all cute and trendy, but it also has a tin roof. Its stupid looking.

The parking lot covers 3 counties, and according to Texas law, has the option to form its own separate state. DB Cooper is living in the Reliant complex under an assumed name. New scriptures reveal the Jewish people were actually wandering in the desert 44 years, because they were trying to park at Reliant, and had no clue how to navigate the "yellow," "orange," or "green" lots.

Its dark & depressing inside, and the seats are boring: death blue & pale red. The Astrodome had an amazing distinctive rainbow, and a special shade of light, that when you saw any shot of it on tv, you knew where it was. It had a roar, a smell, and a feel. The Superdome has boogers. (in the rural American meaning) As much as we love it, there is a distinct boogery feeling, even before the Storm, because of the souls trapped under its foundation. Ask Brett Favre. The boogers only recently started helping us. But Reliant? Zero flavor. It doesnt even smell like anything, much less taste.

And the P.A. is way too loud. You cant even talk to someone in the concourse. Of course, if it wasnt, all you'd hear is executives on their cellphone, or whatever sound BlackBerries make.

Classic stadiums had brick walls in the endzone, rolled up tarps, baseball dirt, bushy hedges, etc. Reliant, and all new stadiums have ... more advertising. I even hate the name Reliant. Stadiums should be named for dead people or fruit.

Mostly, I hate Reliant because its not the Astrodome, which I love. There wasnt a damn thing wrong with the Astrodome.

SAINT_MICHAEL

Retract that. Forgot they had a new home

st thomas

just heard the mayor of new york anwser how will n. y. be better than other areas he quoted ah all the media will be here, we have 5000 hotels and 70,000 resturants and about the weather hey, thats football thats where we want to see it played out doors in the element.



now when there is six snow plows clearing the way to play the game . thats football. and all the media is gonna say well if it was'nt for the 40 knot winds the pats would have beat the saints. brady arm stayed frozen stuck all day thats not fair. i'm just having fun with this. i just love the superbowl, and like it played fair

thats the fact jack!!!!!