The media is having a frenzy over the possibility of a date change. i'm suspicious of all the hype, so I have looked around for bookies odds on this. I can't find any. Anybody out there seen a book on this?They offer odds on everything else.
If it happened, Joseph W. Mrozek, the deputy commissioner of the New Jersey Transportation Department, said 821 trucks would be ready for snow duty within 30 miles of the stadium and an additional 2,400 trucks could be called in from elsewhere in the state. In New York, the officials said, 2,000 garbage trucks that double as plows would be standing by, along with 440 salt spreaders and more than 230 front-loaders.
The stadium itself has six plows, 30 front-loaders and 12 trucks to haul snow in addition to the 600-tons-an-hour melter and a couple of smaller ones, and the stadium went through what amounted to a dress rehearsal in the snowy weather last weekend. Brad Mayne, the president and chief executive of the stadium, said crews cleared and melted 5,000 tons of snow from the parking lots.
StorytellerMatt":208xjrih said:Ah. the NFL. They wanted a cold weather Super Bowl. Now they have one. This is delightful. I doubt this will ever happen again.
AsylumGuido":33ru4jx4 said:StorytellerMatt":33ru4jx4 said:Ah. the NFL. They wanted a cold weather Super Bowl. Now they have one. This is delightful. I doubt this will ever happen again.
No, they did not WANT a cold weather Super Bowl. That was the justification Goodell gave by the other owners caving under to the pressure given by the deal to build Metlife. Honestly, I am curious as to whether the NFL powers to be are not pulling for crappy weather themselves as a tool to avoid these sites in the future. Very few NFL cities have the full requirements available to fully support the NFL's premier event. Miami and New Orleans lead the way.
But, I agree with what I assume you were implying. I too am wishing for the worst in weather, and not only for the political reasons, but because I know it would greatly play into "our" Seahawks' hands.
AsylumGuido":3lrv057v said:I too am wishing for the worst in weather, and not only for the political reasons, but because I know it would greatly play into "our" Seahawks' hands.
Mike 4G":17ql5x07 said:AsylumGuido":17ql5x07 said:I too am wishing for the worst in weather, and not only for the political reasons, but because I know it would greatly play into "our" Seahawks' hands.
Long time lurker, but I had to say...I really like this guy.