With all the talk about how cool retractable roof stadiums are for the NFL... did you guys realize that the roof hasn't been open one time this year for a Texans game? (and won't be open today, per latest report).
I don't live in Dallas. But you act like Dallas is the only sports team that plays its games in the burbs. 1. Patriots = Foxborough 2. NY Jets/Giants = East Rutherford, NJ 3. Buffalo = Orchard Park 4. Redskins = Landover, MD 5. Cardinals = Glendale Kind of defeats the purpose of calling a team by a burb.
1. "New England" Patriots 5. "Arizona" Cardinals So yeah it is pretty lame when you are 1 of 4 teams that calls itself (insert city name) when they actually play elsewhere.
Veeeery possible. We'll see how it plays out. The posts made by others about cities with better attractions for this type of event have gotten me thinking, though. Interesting. When the SB comes to Dallas again, it'll give me all the more opportunities to call them names! (All in good fun, of course.)
houston had its super bowl after its new stadium and issues have risen after to hamper a second i can guarantee that the same will happen with dallas. miami ( with no rain) , la, and no are best in the eyes of the nfl
You have got to be kidding me. I really hope you are. I live in DFW and during their little Super Bowl bid process, and they barely won. They had to re-vote four times between Indianapolis and Dallas. Dallas ended up winning, but only by two votes. Indy's new stadium capacity is the same as Reliant's. Another funny thing was all of the Metroplexers dancing around saying "we finally get to showcase Texas to the NFL". Uh...Houston hosted the SB twice before. Next, I hope the NFL really enjoys shopping at the big ass Walmart Supercenter right next door to the new stadium in Arlington. Walmart has already stated that they aren't leaving. It is funny how in the stadium renderings, they don't show that Walmart Supercenter that was just recently built. Next, Arlington has no public transportation, which will make it harder to move people around. Then, Dallas, Fort Worth, Grapevine, Irving, Grand Prairie, and Arlington all want a piece of the Super Bowl action. They all are trying to have their own little parties and things. The Super Bowl events are spread out all over the place (some as many as 30-40 miles apart). In Houston, everything was centralized. After the (flood) Super Bowl in Miami last year, I think the NFL will be a little hesitant in the future. Dallas also freezes over around Super Bowl time. It gets all icy on the roads and people are slippin' and slidin'. Cars are always flipped over someplace and it isn't a pretty site. Having a 100,000 seat stadium doesn't mean anything because if that was the case, Washington D.C. or New York City would have the Super Bowl every year. Much more goes into it than that. And about the Olympic comment. You do know that Houston was one of only five U.S. cities invited back to submit a bid to host the 2016 Olympics right (this was in 2006)? The only other cities were San Fran, Chicago, Philly, and Los Angeles. If they really wanted to have Dallas, then they would have chosen Dallas. Dallas just as a stupid layout and bad city leaders.
That sure is alot of fluff. How many superbowls has Dallas had in their history? Why? I bet if they would have just put a damn rag top on that hole in the roof they would have gotten a superbowl by now. I even bet they would have had a superbowl in New York or D.C. except for 1 problem, they don't have a damn domed stadium.
I have no love for Dallas, but I can't believe anybody actually cares as to whether a stadium technically lies within the city limits or believes that that lends some form of legitimacy.
