Super Bowl 48... New York...

[Ravens2006]

As a mega super snow storm rolls through NY and New England this weekend, consider this... next year at about this time the NFL will be holding the Superbowl there (well, northern NJ).

[elj1201]

somebody needs a refresher on roman numerals

[Ravens2006]

Oh yeah, sorry... I meant 48...

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[DkBlue]

As a mega super snow storm rolls through NY and New England this weekend, consider this... next year at about this time the NFL will be holding the Superbowl there (well, northern NJ).

Not far from Rutt's Hut, one of the best hot dogs in the country

[LarryN]

What a retarded idea. Oops, I mean stupid.

[johnpolitics]

I love it. The Ice Bowl was a championship game. I love watching bad weather games! Plus Eli can handle it.

[Fang]

I love it. The Ice Bowl was a championship game. I love watching bad weather games! Plus Eli can handle it.

Watching bad weather games on TV is one thing, but paying $2000 a ticket to sit in bad weather is not my idea of fun. If I'm paying that much I want to at least be on a warm weather city or a dome. New Orleans couldn't have been any better.

[jessup270]

Think about the Super Bowl from a strictly monetary standpoint for a moment.

It matters not, what teams are playing in the SB, it matters not what city the SB is played in, ALL tickets will be sold out almost immediately.

Hotels will be sold out in the host city at inflated prices months before the game.

So if a massive snow fall does hit, almost all the money associated with the game will have already been collected.

The Ravens had a game recently where Baltimore was hit with a significant snow and the stadium was still ready for the game and the seats were filled.

Very few absolutes in life, if the game were in California it could be subject to an earthquake, in FL a tropical storm

[can you hear me now!]

given that the NFL is already considering not having a half-time show, I believe this will be the last SB in a non-domed cold weather city....should the Ravens make it to the SB next year, I am sure the Marching Ravens will do the half time show (j/k).....

[Pickle20]

New Orleans was great not just because its a great party city with tons of culture, but because you could walk from anywhere to the Superdome. Not so in NYC where much of the festivities will be held in Manhattan and the game itself will be played in the Meadowlands which requires a car, bus or train ride to get there. I am guessing it will be handled pretty well but you can't substitute being able to walk everywhere. Plus it will be darn cold. It will be interesting to see what happens but NYC is getting favoritism here, since no other cold weather city with an open air stadium will ever be considered for a SB ever again, and there are plenty of those kinds of cities deserving of hosting one, Baltimore included.

[Fang]

New Orleans was great not just because its a great party city with tons of culture, but because you could walk from anywhere to the Superdome. Not so in NYC where much of the festivities will be held in Manhattan and the game itself will be played in the Meadowlands which requires a car, bus or train ride to get there. I am guessing it will be handled pretty well but you can't substitute being able to walk everywhere. Plus it will be darn cold. It will be interesting to see what happens but NYC is getting favoritism here, since no other cold weather city with an open air stadium will ever be considered for a SB ever again, and there are plenty of those kinds of cities deserving of hosting one, Baltimore included.

Exactly. Everything was in the same general area. It only took 15 minutes or so to walk from the water front to the stadium.

[Fang]

Think about the Super Bowl from a strictly monetary standpoint for a moment.

It matters not, what teams are playing in the SB, it matters not what city the SB is played in, ALL tickets will be sold out almost immediately.

Hotels will be sold out in the host city at inflated prices months before the game.

So if a massive snow fall does hit, almost all the money associated with the game will have already been collected.

The Ravens had a game recently where Baltimore was hit with a significant snow and the stadium was still ready for the game and the seats were filled.

Very few absolutes in life, if the game were in California it could be subject to an earthquake, in FL a tropical storm

There were plenty of tickets on the secondary market close to games day this year. It will be interesting to see prices next year if they are calling for bad weather.

[Eastside Terp]

the whole cold weather superbowl idea is stupid .......

I went to the game in tampa in 2001 and the "superbowl" is more than just the game, its the week long events that take place as well .......

its a corporate gig and I know the big $$$$ has to hate it when there are no golf tourneys, outside events, etc not to mention snow and ice ......

[Fang]

the whole cold weather superbowl idea is stupid .......

I went to the game in tampa in 2001 and the "superbowl" is more than just the game, its the week long events that take place as well .......

its a corporate gig and I know the big $$$$ has to hate it when there are no golf tourneys, outside events, etc not to mention snow and ice ......

Actually, you just gave me a positive to like this game in cold weather. You're right, it is a corporate gig. So screw the corporate types who sit there quietly and could careless who wins. Maybe more real fans will get tickets at a cheaper cost. I hope it's 15 degrees and snowing. None of those wine-sipping, golf tournament types with their wives will show up.

[bmore_ken]

Actually, you just gave me a positive to like this game in cold weather. You're right, it is a corporate gig. So screw the corporate types who sit there quietly and could careless who wins. Maybe more real fans will get tickets at a cheaper cost. I hope it's 15 degrees and snowing. None of those wine-sipping, golf tournament types with their wives will show up.

Heyyyyyyyyy, what's wrong with wine sipping?

[Eastside Terp]

Actually, you just gave me a positive to like this game in cold weather. You're right, it is a corporate gig. So screw the corporate types who sit there quietly and could careless who wins. Maybe more real fans will get tickets at a cheaper cost. I hope it's 15 degrees and snowing. None of those wine-sipping, golf tournament types with their wives will show up.

yea, that will happen soon .......

most folks on here won't even buy a $100 ticket for games in baltimore when one of the posters is trying to get rid of them .....

[Ravens2006]

Frankly I think next year's Super Bowl will drive secondary market ticket prices up astronomically compared to recent years. NY's a market where a lot of very wealthy people have no qualms spending thousands and thousands of dollars a month to rent tiny little apartments, or about the cost of a Superbowl ticket every month just to park their car. Couple that with the fact that they won't have to travel, and all of Manhattan can be back in the office Monday morning for work (assuming they can get back across the bridges and tunnels by daybreak)... I don't know... I just have this feeling that ticket prices outside of the lucky few who are offered face value are going to be well beyond what we usually see.

[Eastside Terp]

Frankly I think next year's Super Bowl will drive secondary market ticket prices up astronomically compared to recent years. NY's a market where a lot of very wealthy people have no qualms spending thousands and thousands of dollars a month to rent tiny little apartments, or about the cost of a Superbowl ticket every month just to park their car. Couple that with the fact that they won't have to travel, and all of Manhattan can be back in the office Monday morning for work (assuming they can get back across the bridges and tunnels by daybreak)... I don't know... I just have this feeling that ticket prices outside of the lucky few who are offered face value are going to be well beyond what we usually see.

I agree, when you look at demographics they probably have a population the size of baltimore that makes high 6 figures (just guessing, no link) ......

when we played NY in Tampa for the 2001 SB the NYers flooded the place with fists full of cash ......

it was drivable and there were lots of NYers in Florida already .......

we had a NYers pull out $5k cash the night before the game and offer it to my buddy and me ......

[KSweeley]

given that the NFL is already considering not having a half-time show, I believe this will be the last SB in a non-domed cold weather city....should the Ravens make it to the SB next year, I am sure the Marching Ravens will do the half time show (j/k).....

According to team owner Steve Bisciotti and general manager Ozzie Newsome, the Ravens will not attempt to return to the Super Bowl next year, potentially 2015 is the year being mentioned by Bisciotti for a Super Bowl return for the Ravens.

Link: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/b...6.photogallery

Six and a half minutes into Thursday's annual "State of the Ravens" news conference -- which had a different feel this year with the Lombardi Trophy glistening on a small table next to the one were owner Steve Bisciotti, president Dick Cass, general manager Ozzie Newsome and head coach John Harbaugh were seated -- Newsome made it clear that the Ravens wouldn't jeopardize their recent run of success by going crazy in pursuit of another Lombardi Trophy to pair with it.

"We don't want to repeat. We want to be one of the 12 teams that have a chance to win every year. If you think that we can build this up to try and repeat, it's fool's gold because we're not the favorite to win next year," Bisciotti said, referring to Vegas oddsmakers. "We're not in the top four teams that are favorites to win next year. So we want to make sure that 2015 we have as good a chance to win as 2013."

[Eastside Terp]

they did mortgage the future to try to repeat in 2001 - 2002 ......

but if jamal wouldn't have got hurt they probably would have pulled it off .....

I am glad to see ozzie take some of the blame for the salary cap hell and rebuilding because everyone just blames the decline on BB .......