Should the NFL start scheduling Super Bowls outdoors in cold-weather cities?

I think by memorable, you mean having a very close game until the very end. It is not the teams fault if one is clearly better than the other. And i believe the last 3 patriot super bowls have been very memorable. If they scheduled the super bowl outside in cold weather cities, the players would not perform as well and no one would want to be there. The conditions would be miserable. And teams do win under any and all circumstances during the regular season. I hope my opinion is to your liking.

Simple... Yes, but it ain't gonna happen. Why? If you've been to a Super Bowl, the majority of the folks who can cough up the incredible tix fee are not there for the game. They could care less. Back in the day tix ran for a minimal fee. Thus true football fans could go. Now it's a party for the corps, rich, the chicks hanging with the rich, and a few nutters who just can resist putting up a month's paycheck for the tix, hotel, and flight. Therefore, those who are not there for a football game want nice weather, sunny beaches, great party spots (Miami) or the equivalent. The NFL to be fair will put the party in a dome in a larger city once in a while. They don't want to look too sissyfied.

In short... the location of the game is about big $$$s at that level, not the football. THAT comes second.

No.

To quote you, "Great teams should be able to win under any circumstances."

To answer that:

INCLUDING DOMED STADIUMS.

I believe that a REQUIREMENT to host the Super Bowl SHOULD be that the city that is hosting the SB have a domed stadium.

I also believe that EVERY CITY with an NFL team should have a domed stadium.

Having said all that, with every NFL team having a domed stadium,

EVERY CITY will be able to host the Super Bowl.

It could possibly be done by having a random rotation with the rotation being completed after every city hosts the SB one time in that cycle.

Then at the end of that 32 year cycle, have another lottery to see what order the cities will host the SB.

Kinda like the draft every year to see what order the teams will pick players.

Let the owners and the city officials decide if they want to stay in the order they are by trading up or down in the rotation and pretty much whatever else they do in the draft lottery.

tmo.

For all of you who said that they would lose fans if the SB was played ouside in a cold weather city. Go the home turn your heat up and whine to yourself. You're just a fair weather fan and probably don't like football that much anyway. Football is a Fall / Winter sport and should be played in that environment. For those who say it would not be fair to a warm weather team, that's garbage. Those guys have played in the cold and have been doing it since at least highschool.

For those of you who wouldn't sit at the game in a cold weather city, GOOD GO HOME AND LET SOMEONE ELSE HAVE YOUR TICKETS!! There would be at least 5 people willing to be there and buy those tickets for every one that is not. I think Lambeau Stadium would host the great Super Bowl.

Yes, weather should be a factor. If it was a factor during the season then it should be for the SB.

No, not all stadiums sould be domed. If that's what you like then go watch a basketball game.

On a similar not I also think ALL college bowl games should be played North of The Mason-Dixon Line. Think about all the revenue these bowls are losing. Three of the four largest college stadiums are north of the Mason-Dixon Line.

1. The Big House (Michigan 110,000+)

2. Beaver Stadium (Penn State 107,000+)

3. Neyland Stadium (Tennessee 104,000+)

4. The Horseshoe (Ohio State 101,000+)

Hey why not play the SB in college stadiums. The fans are fanatical and they have huge stadiums. There is always lots to do in college towns

The Super Bowl is a marketing extravaganza. The NFL learned from their experience in Detroit, that all of the events surrounding the SB are affected by the weather. In all likelyhood future Super Bowls will be held in warmer climate stadiums. As for tradition, there is no way of assuring how good or bad a game will turn out to think otherwise is foolish. Leave the game alone and quit trying to change things so your team will make it.

absolutely but because of Corporate America it won't ever happen. Football is meant to be played in the cold, look at when the Grey Cup Playoffs begin up in Canada and how cold it is. The NFL promised both Washington and New York a Super Bowl following the 9/11 attacks but have failed to come through. Let's also remember the Ice Bowl in 1967 in Lambeau to relive some glory

If they can play conference championships in inclement weather, why not the Super Bowl? Football is supposed to be played in the elements. I live in Southern California, but I had the opportunity to see a Patriot game at Gillette Stadium in December a couple of years ago. It snowed heavily the night before and it was freezing at the game. I had a great time and the bad weather added to a great gameday experience. Gillette Stadium is a great Stadium, and as much as I would like to see a Super Bowl there, I don't think it is ever going to happen.

Absolutely. Football is supposed to played in the cold weather. The Super Bowl has become a big exhibition game. A circus. True football fans don't care about the Super Bowl, unless there team is in it. It's a crap game, and every idiot who knows jack about football watches it.

Playing in the cold weather may make it more of a true football game. Giants Stadium, Philadelphia, Foxboro, Chicago, or D.C. would be good.

On a side note, football is also supposed to played on the grass, in the mud and dirt. Not on fake, artificial surfaces.

I think they should steal a MLB idea: have the Pro Bowl in the middle of the season and then the Super Bowl gets played on the home field of the winning leagues team. How cool would that be ?

They will do that when they start making the game more readily accessible to the fans. Some teams give chances for season ticket holders to win all or most of their superbowl alotment while other teams say they can't cause they only have so many tickets. Thus the majority of the people in attendance waste way too much money on scalped tickets, or are their on overly lavish buisness trips. Untill the NFL lets the participating teams fans go to the games (on a more consistent basis) it will be were it is a more enjoyable vacation for ____________(insert corporate sponsership).