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02.03
Super Bowl XLV, North Texas Gets Cold Reception
Been outside to enjoy the Super Bowl festivities?
What about the coldest weather North Texas has experienced in more than two decades?
Yeah, somewhere I heard this primal scream that turned out to be Jerry Jones on top of his ode to Capitalism cursing baby Jesus for the weather.
Well, that and threatening to take Old Man Winter out for a street fight.
It's atrocious outside, and the world has noticed:
Yahoo! Sports stated the obvious musings of the great Bill Lively:
A layer of ice and temperatures in the teens present a major mess for any metropolitan area, but with Super Bowl XLV scheduled to be played on Sunday at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, the weather could ruin years of preparation and spoil the experience for over a hundred thousand visitors.
No need to worry there. Been to any local eateries for the festivities? Neither has anyone else.
NBC Sports blog ProFootballTalk.com had a classic point of view. The weather doesn't suck half as bad as the response to it:
The Dallas indifference to the extensive presence of ice creates a sense that North Texas simply doesn’t care much about the fact that the Super Bowl is in town, possibly an accurate observation since the local team won’t be playing in the game.
He goes on to slam the city and what we know as "Ice Force One," and ostensibly says D/FW's chances for another Super Bowl have gone slip-slidding-away.
Perhaps the most poignant article on how the Icepocalypse is killing North Texas came from the Miami Herald. Why them? Let them tell you:
Dallas will likely join South Florida as a finalist for the 2015 Super Bowl, which the league expects to award this fall, according to an official involved in South Florida's bid.
And with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' lavish new stadium, Dallas wants to join Miami, Tampa, Phoenix and New Orleans on the unofficial circuit of the NFL's regular Super Bowl venues.
"The conventional wisdom is they're going to want to be in the rotation,'' said Rodney Barreto, a partner in a Coral Gables lobbying firm and head of South Florida's Super Bowl Host Committee. "I think it all depends on what kind of bad experiences come out of this Super Bowl in Dallas.''
And memories can be frozen in time.
It seems the ostentatious planning committee put their best foot forward, and Mother Nature put her best foot forward in their behind. So party on, North Texas. Relish the fake tiaras and hangovers, because Super Bowl XLV could be our last.And then we can all enjoy when the big game hits New York/New Jersey in two years for an outside Winter Wonderland.
There, Jerry. That should remove the sting. You can come on down now.
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