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Lambeau Field should host Super Bowl L (50)
Ortner17: WI Teams OWN said 05/13, 10:38 AM
Why Lambeau Field should be the host of SB L? Because of the history. The irony. Being that the Packers won SB I. I think it should be a commemorative idea to look back at all the past SB Champs from the place of the team that won the 1st SB.
Being that Green Bay is the smallest city to have an NFL team it would be a great economic boost to the area that nobody around here has ever seen. Also being that if there is no NFL season next year, the city of Green Bay would lose a lot of money especially when that city mainly relies on the Packers. I bet you would probably think, well yeah every city would have that. But many cities that have NFL team already have other professional teams to rely on. But Green Bay doesn't.
I am a 16 years old. I have an American Government class. About a month ago we wrote letters to our state senators. I wrote a letter to Herb Kohl. My letter was about the NFL Lockout. I received a big envelope with a 42 page Congressional report on all lockouts in sports. And a disc with the Economic Study of the Green Bay Packers. According to that disc the city of GB will lose $640 million.
That is one reason GB should host SB L. It would bring the city back.
IRB - Hawks are back! said 05/13, 10:51 AM
Green Bay may literally be the WORST city to host a super bowl in. You know why the game is always held in the southern half of the country, and often in a dome right? Because no one wants to sit in 20 feet of snow in january and struggle to watch a game while fighting hypothermia.
The Super Bowl is a MAJOR source of revenue for the league, in ads, ticket sales, merchandise sales and the Weeks and weeks of TV ratings leading up the game.
Where are all the people who are traveling to the game going to stay? Where are all the media members going to stay? The Super Bowl is a week long corporate event. Corporations are not flying to Green Bay in the middile of the winter to host events.
While the historical aspect of hosting a Super Bowl in Lambeau would be awesome, but the reality of the situation is that it would be financially irrisponsible of the league to hold it there.
Ortner17: WI Teams OWN said 05/13, 02:14 PM
Then why does New York City get to hold the SB in 2014 at the New Meadowlands? The weather in New York is just about the same as in Green Bay. And the way recently during the winter time the East and New England Areas been getting clobbered with snowstorms that are worse than here.
Yeah sure Green Bay does get a lot of snow. But in recent years snow totals have been down. This year was a little worse because we had a late spring. Playoffs get to be played wherever the high seed of the game is. And most of the time its up north in the Midwest and New England areas.
People love watching games in the snow. Heck even the players do. If there are any Packer fans or Seahawks fans watching this TD you will probably remember this. Remember the Divisional playoff game back in 2007-08 season between the Packers and the Seahawks? When it was snowing like crazy? That was the funnest game ever to watch. I was even at that game I would know. Everybody around me was laughing and having a good time. Even though they were pretty drunk. Lol.
I believe every team in the NFL should have a chance to host a SB no matter the location of the team.
Thats why girls dont play in the NFL.
IRB - Hawks are back! said 05/13, 04:19 PM
Sure, snow games are fun to watch. But do you really think they would sell out a game between the Cowboys and Patriots?
Even if the game was full, there is nowhere for the amounts of people coming in town for this event to stay in the city of Green Bay. They could build facilities and things if they wanted, but if you follow anything on the aftermath of countries hosting olympics, they are often in economic disary a few years after the event, because they have so many facilities un-used. It would be a short term fix for Green Bays economy. Really they should work on the fact that the city relies so heavily on a single company.
New York is an exception to the rule. While it is still subject to the weather, the city itself can handle the influx of people that it is inevitable with the Super Bowl. They already have all the industry, and hotel space for the travelers. Comparing New York and Green Bay completely ridiculous.
Ortner17: WI Teams OWN said 05/13, 05:39 PM
Every single person going to the game doesnt have to be in the city of GB itself. There is plenty of towns in a 50 mi radius with hotels to stay in. Do you actually think that every single big sporting event the people stay just in the town? No. People like to see the area as well. There is a great bay area around GB. With plenty of hotels because it is such a tourist attraction area. There is plenty of areas to hold festivities. There is the Resch Center right across the street of Lambeau. The University of GB is not far away from Lambeau. There is huge convention centers around. And dont worry about entertainment. There are literally bars on every block of the city. Nobody can out drink us in this country. No worry for advertisements. Especially for beer companies. Miller is one of the biggest sponsers around WI. Brewers? Hello?
IRB - Hawks are back! said 05/14, 06:10 PM
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And when I'm talking about the $640 million. Thats the statistic if there is no season. Sorry. Ran out of room.
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No way that will happen. No one wants to watch a superbowl, let alone a football game, in freezing temperatures. I am a Penn State student, I know what its like watching a Football game in freezing weather, not fun. It is miserable. I remember going to a game against Michigan where the weather at game time was in the 20's. Absolutely brutal, honestly by the 4th quarter the game really didn't matter I was so cold. I remember another game against Iowa where the temperature was a modest 40 degrees but it rained all day. And this coming from a 20 year old college student, not an elderly person. That the thing, Green Bay is even colder then Pennsylvania, and this was November, not February.
The idea of Superbowls in the North is just not a good idea
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Should be held in Indy, since this next SP may never happen.
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Those are locals, Super Bowl tickets are not solf exclusively to Locals, the tickets are EXPENSIVE. Most are sold to corporations and distributed to employees/clients.
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The media would scream like a hungry infant if this happened. Anything that pisses the media off makes me happy. Make it happen, Ortner.
RP-29
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LMAO
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So you think the local Green Bay fans are going to spend $1000 or more for tickets to one game that the Packers may not be playing in. I haven't seen (nor will you probably ever hear of accurate) cost of the Super Bowl in Dallas, but I can tell you the the week before festivities were screwed because of the bad weather they had.
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To counter that, people would expect bad weather in Green Bay and plan the festivities accordingly.
RP-29
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Another great thing about getting a Superbowl in Green Bay would be that we wouldn't have to endure another geriatric halftime show.
A great halftime show would be to have Chuck Norris herd Rosie O'Donnell to the 50 yard line and let everyone in the stands throw snowballs at her.
RP-29
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WHOA, if the Superbowl is in Green Bay or Chicago, you realize that doesn't mean Green Bay and Chicago are going to be in the Superbowl right? Of course they are going to go to the game no matter what, that's there TEAM. I wouldn't miss a PSU game for anything, but I wouldn't go to a game in the rain or below freezing temperature to see two teams I don't like.
As for your second point, Its not about being thinskinned, its about enjoying the game. It is a lot more enjoyable being at a game when your not freezing cold. EVERY THING IS BETTER. When the weather is nice, it makes tailgaiting better, the girls where less clothes, and above all its not cold. I go to sporting events to enjoy the game, not stand in the cold and freeze.
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I would love to see Green Bay to host a Super Bowl, but not for the reasons left said.
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there is zero chance of this happening. the city of green bay would never be able to handle something that size. there is NOTHING there(ive been there). where would the throngs of people stay? where would they all eat? where would all of the super bowl parties be held? how would green bay possibly handle the kind of security that would be necessary?
ive been to lambeau. its definitely at fun place, but its almost like a minor league baseball stadium. i tailgated across the street in the yard of a church building. there arent even actual seats. they have metal benches with numbers on them telling you where you should be sitting.
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Every once in awhile you get a guy, usually a Packer fan, saying Green Bay should host a Super Bowl. The problem is they don't understand what it takes to host such an event.
Sorry guys but it isn't even possible. Not only are there not enough Hotels to host such an event [seriously even Milwaukee doesn't have the enough, people would be staying in Chicago] the city's infrastructure couldn't handle it. The Sewers would back up and they town would have rolling black outs.
I won't ever say never because things can change but it won't happen in any of our lifetimes. Maybe by Super Bowl CC but not anytime soon.
Until left can explain where everyone will stay this is an easy vote -->
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Bucky, while I don't necessarily disagree with you overall, saying the city's infrastructure couldn't handle it is an overstatement.
Yes, there are not enough hotel rooms in Green Bay to handle 100,000 people at once, but their are enough hotels within 60 miles of Green Bay that could. It wouldn't be much different than the Superbowl in Dallas or the Winter Games in Vancouver. Some people would need to travel a few miles to get to the game.
Suggesting sewage backup and blackouts is just plain silly. Twice a year 70,000 people with Gold Package tickets migrate to Green Bay for the day and the only things I've ever seen get backed-up are highway 41 and Oneida St. Yes, twice the people and 10 times the duration would be much more taxing to the city, but it's something the city would have ample time to prepare for.
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I don't think that it would be a bad idea. THe cold and bad weather would keep about the rich people who go to the Super bowl just because and allow actual fans to attend the super bowl.
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You actually think a regular game in Green Bay even compares to the Super Bowl? First off the Super Bowl brings in more than just a 100,000 people into town. Those are just the people that go to the game. I had about 8 friends who went this year and this was before they knew the Packers where going to be there. They had the attitude of if the Packers make it great, if not we will party with who is there. None of them had any plans to go into the game regardless of who was playing. Sorry but that number is closer to a million people you need to take care of. This week is a party and only a small percentage actually go into the game. All these corporate events that go on all week aren't just for the 100K that go in the game.
As you pointed out even in Dallas they had spill over into neighboring towns. This is a major metropolitan area and they still couldn't put everyone up in hotels inside Dallas. Green Bay does NOT have the same amount of hotels with in 60 miles as Dallas has right in its city limits, that number isn't even in the same ball park. Where do you plan on sending these people? DePere or Sheboygan? Milwaukee is a 90min drive if you are going fast, done it a ton when I went to college. There isn't a need for hotels in Green Bay other than Packer games where Dallas has conventions and tons of other events hosted every year. Ever try to get a hotel on a game weekend in Green Bay? Better do it now because good chance they are already booked. This are for regular season games, again the Super Bowl is about 10x the event as a regular season game.
It isn't twice the people as you are stating. Its more like 10x the people and yes its for a full week not 3 days [hotels in Green Bay make you book 3 days on game day weekends]. Trust me the city does not have the infrastructure to do handle the event. The highways are a mess on a regular season game when most fans don't go right for their cars, we are all partying with live bands and drinking beer for at least the afternoon games. With out major construction projects the infrastructure would fail. Yes the sewers and power outages would be very likely.
I worked as a bouncer during the 100 year anniversary Harley fest in Milwaukee back in like 2003 or so. Milwaukee a much bigger city than Green Bay had sewage problems that week. That event estimated about 1 million riders over the week. The Super Bowl is much bigger event.
Would it be great for the city financially? Sure but it would be a disaster as the city, correction town, simply can't handle it.
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