Cold weather cities do get a chance to hold the Super Bowl, but let us assess the reasons that it does not go to cold weather cities more often.

I believe the NFL has a stipulation in their "constitution" if you will, that a northern city will have a chance to hold the big game every so often. Ergo, Pontiac, MI hosted in 1982, Minneapolis in 1992 and Detroit in 2006.

The Super Bowl is a prize. Sure, it would be great for the Vikings to play in the Super Bowl at the Metrodome. Problem is, about 200 of the 65,000 people at the game would be their own fans. The Super Bowl is one big corporate party, face it. Business execs, league sponsors and big-name CEO's fill the $700 seats.

The teams that participate also do not want to spend a week in Minneapolis in 20 degree below zero temperatures.

I remember hearing a story about the 1982 game in Pontiac at the Silverdome. Apparently, there was a huge snowstorm the night before the Big Show. So, traffic on Super Sunday was terrible. I remember hearing a story about the San Fran 49er's bus getting so boggled in traffic, the team departed the bus and walked to the Silverdome.

For that story, click this link: http://www.boston.com/sports/f ootball/articles/2006/02/01/de troit_looking_for_super_bowl_r edemption/

There is your main example of why cold-weather cities do not get Super Bowls.

Just like the Pro Bowl, the Super Bowl is a chance for teams to spend some quality time in a nice city; and not have to hike through inches of snow and wear parkas en route to the championship game. It's a nice incentive having the Pro Bowl in Hawaii. Play well all season long, get a trip to Hawaii.

Sounds like a great deal to me. Play great as a team all year, win a trip to Miami or Atlanta.

While cold-weather cities do not seem to have their place in hosting the Big Game on a regular basis, it must be noted that Super Bowl XLI had a rainstorm - throughout the entire game. People paid $700 a pop to get rain dumped on them for four hours.

Thanks, Miami. At least in Minneapolis or Detroit, they have domes.

And, why is it that Saint Louis has not hosted the Big Game? They have a dome, and the NFL has not even given them a second look!

As we have seen, cold-weather cities may have teams walking to the stadium because of a snowstorm; but remember, one of the warm-weather cities had a major rainout last year. The NFL must think that the warm-weather places have the bigger stadiums, i.e. Houston's Reliant Stadium or Miami's Dolphin Stadium.

If it is size the NFL is looking for, why not consider FedEx Field? It is the largest stadium in the NFL (close to 90,000 seats).

Smaller places like the Metrodome or Ford Field (which only seat about 65,000 each) may be small, but they are indoor stadiums. Indoor stadiums can get loud. And, indoor stadiums can prevent those pesky rainouts, like we saw at Super Bowl XLI in a warm-weather city.

Food for thought.

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