dryheat44

Except for the part about Hartford. The stadium was going to be built at the intersection of 84 and 91. That would be a worse traffic situation that Foxboro? Really?

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Patjew

Traffic in Foxboro almost couldn't be worse. It's a terrible location (parking- and road width-wise).

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Tunescribe

That's why a Super Bowl there would be impossible. With all the people going to just hang out near the stadium, plus the security, etc., people would have to start lining their cars up a week ahead of time. If not for those idiots Finneran and Menino, the Patriots would now be playing their games in Boston near the waterfront. Maybe 30 years from now when Gillette has run its course, it'll happen.

Patjew

I was hopeing they'd end up in Providence. It would have been cool to walk to games from home, even if it took an hour.

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Bigdogx

If the razor was somewhere dowtown boston with a roof they might have a shot at a superbowl, but no way in hell would the nfl host a superbowl in foxboro roof or no roof!

TheGodInAGreyHoodie

Foxboro hosted the world cup. An event that is actually bigger than the SB on a global scale. Between Boston and Providence there is more than adequate infrastructure and by most people's standards neither are too far from Foxoboro. Folks in NE, particularly RI consider it a bigger deal to travel 50 miles than the rest of the country. Folks could be house in both cities with events through out the region.

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signbabybrady

I say Hells snow.

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Patjew

I know people in RI that don't like to travel 5 miles. It's the most provincial place I've ever been. And I'm a born and bred RI'er.

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dryheat44

Foxboro hosted a few World Cup games...the vast majority of attendees of which came from the local area, not unlike a Patriots' home game.

So you're going to host a Super Bowl, and force 70,000+ people. about 90% of whom are coming from out of town, to commute from Boston and Providence along Rte 1? There won't be enough rental cars for attendees, which means someone's going to have to arrange for maybe a thousand buses to be shuttling to the stadium all day from both directions. I think you're severly underestimating the logistics required to pull off a two-day event like the Super Bowl. You need to shuttle a few thousand people to work the event, before you even start talking about the spectators. It wouldn't be a good time for anybody involved. Unless you lived within walking distance from the stadium, it would suck for the players, league officials, corporate bigwigs, and the fans.

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Mainefan

No dome for me, please. I love the snow and rain games. They are great fun to watch and yet another test of the teams playing. I think domes add an artificial element that detracts from what happens on the field.