NovaScotiaPatsFan

NFL owners vote to have 2014 Super Bowl in New York/New Jersey - NFL - SI.com

Meaning only the Jets (and by proxy the Giants) can get the Super Bowl outside of the rules, so once again go screw yourselves New England.

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Wolfpack

Yeah, I'm sure this is all one big huge orchestration by Roger Goodell to stick it to the Patriots. That one whole year he spent interning for the Jets created such a hatred of New England that he decided to become commissioner so he could exact his revenge. Heck, he even brainwashed Bob Kraft into voting for it!

I love this decision for a whole bunch of reasons:

1) Contrary to the above post, it does increase the chances, however slim, that Gillette gets a future Super Bowl.

2) I love hearing the media whine and cry like a bunch of little girls

3) Football should be played outside in the elements. I am sick of the over-sanitizing of the game every year for the Super Bowl.

4) Unless Gillette does indeed get a Super Bowl, this is likely the closest it will ever be to where I live. For the first time in my life, it is entirely realistic to do a day trip to the NFL Experience (NOTE: Yes, I know they've had the "NFL Experience" in Massachusetts, but speaking as someone who went to that exhibition as well as to a Super Bowl "NFL Experience" trust me when I say they are not the same).

Gwedd

The Commish did this to help ensure that stadium costs would be covered. With a lack of PSL's being sold, there's a real worry that this stadium might incur some serious financial problems. Holding a Superbowl there gets to dump an inordinate amount of cash into the coffers of both the owners and the local area.
If it comes down to asking the public for more money, then that palm grease might go a long way towards making that be palatable.

Wolfpack

Whuh huh? The vast majority of PSL's have been sold and with 2 teams financing it, this stadium is not even remotely in any sort of real financial trouble.

Rob0729

C'mon. The fix isn't in here. Bob Kraft has been one of the more vocal supporters of the Super Bowl in NYC. Here is what he said yesterday:

Kraft sees special Super Bowl in N.Y. - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston


And here is what he said about New England getting a Super Bowl:

Translation: "Goodell really screwed my Patriots!"

Pewsterbaby

New York City got The Super Bowl because it's the center of the known universe. Foxboro doesn't have an ice cube's chance in Hell of ever hosting one within the next 25 years. Freaking Siberian Khatru.

Rob0729

I do have to wonder what they are going to do if there is a blizzard on Super Bowl Sunday in 2014. Imagine if there is as much snow in the stands as there was in Gillette the snow fireworks game vs. Miami. As for one person who was there, I can attest to seeing large sections of the stadium totally covered in snow where you couldn't even see the seat much less get to them.

Deus Irae

The idea of not having the games in cities where there could actually be weather is stupid both because it gives some teams an unfair and unnecessary advantage financially, and because it gives some teams an unfair and unnecessary advantage on the field. While I would hope that NY getting the Super Bowl would be the beginning of a smarter policy, I won't hold my breath for that.

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Wolfpack

I agree it is unlikely but I am not so sure it is impossible. It only takes 17 owners, and Bob Kraft in an influential owner with some powerful allies.