Super Bowl...

[Peaches O Malley]

Warning: this is a rant.

Dear Super Bowl organizers,
The next time (if there is one) you think about holding the game in Arizona.....don't. It has become what I like to call a massive cluster fuck. Can someone tell me what jackass decided it was a good idea to erect a giant ferris wheel in the parking lot?? The 101 freeway is now a parking lot within 3 exits...hellooooo people! It's just a fucking ferris wheel ...move on!!:roll:
Oh, and then there's the cheesy trophy replica that looks like a tacky silver inflatable sex toy. Don't get me wrong, I love to watch football, but when the state is looking to cut funds in law enforcement and education, spending a metric butt-load of money on this leaves me asking...what...the...fuck?? As far as the revenue from all of this going anywhere useful, Ill believe it when I see it. :unamused:

[Sorcha Griannon]

My in-laws live a bit up the road from the stadium...I have heard it's a mess, and am REALLY glad that I don't live there now.


Sorcha

[Peaches O Malley]

My in-laws live a bit up the road from the stadium...I have heard it's a mess, and am REALLY glad that I don't live there now.


Sorcha


Yep...Cluster Fuck.:roll:

[Margaret]

I was lucky when they had the SB here in Detroit.

I live far enough outside the city to not be affected by any of the traffic or anything like that. However, a TON of money was spent by individual cities on spiffing up overpasses and things like that. :roll:

It will be over by next weekend - guess it's just a matter of dealing with it until it's over and coming here to vent when you can't take it anymore. {{hugs}}

[Isabelle Warwicke]

Oh, and then there's the cheesy trophy replica that looks like a tacky silver inflatable sex toy. :unamused:

I had never considered the phallic nature of the Superbowl trophy... until now..

http://www.tixx.com/lombardi_trophy.gif

Thanks, Peaches. Can I borrow your brain-spork?

[FairieTink]

Peaches - come hide over here. At least I am FAR away from the whole thing.

SSooooooooooo glad I moved when I did.

[renren]

You're welcome to come hide in Minnesota, if you can take the cold!
Ain't nothin' goin on here! Specially up north where I live!

[Gellis Indigo]

You'd think with hosting the Fiesta Bowl every year, and the BCS National Championship Bowl every four years, they'd have all of this ironed out by now.

[Cyranno DeBoberac]

Warning: this is a rant.

Dear Super Bowl organizers,
The next time (if there is one) you think about holding the game in Arizona.....don't. It has become what I like to call a massive cluster fuck. Can someone tell me what jackass decided it was a good idea to erect a giant ferris wheel in the parking lot?? The 101 freeway is now a parking lot within 3 exits...hellooooo people! It's just a fucking ferris wheel ...move on!!:roll:
I'd say the problem their lies less with the NFL and more with the fact that it isn't yet legal to drag rubberneckers from their cars and summarily beat them to death on the side of the road.

(By the way, I'm running for President and that's the only plank in my platform, summary execution for rubberneckers. I think I have a pretty good shot.)


Don't get me wrong, I love to watch football, but when the state is looking to cut funds in law enforcement and education, spending a metric butt-load of money on this leaves me asking...what...the...fuck??
To the best of my understanding, the state isn't spending any money on this, it's all privately funded (pity the same can't be said for most of the stadiums in this country, but that's a rant for a different day). And it's generally accepted that while it's a massive pain in the ass to the residents; the huge influx of tourists and money is a good contribution to the local economy, both in income for private business and generated tax revenue.


But yeah, I know that it's a big bag of suck to have to live in it. If NYC had won their bid to be an Olympic city (for 2012 I think?), I was ready to start planning my out-of-town vacation right then.

I did the same thing back in 2004 and got the hell outta Dodge back when the fucktards descended upon my city for their RNC. The last thing I needed was to get swept up by a giant net and spend the day in handcuffs in an abandoned bus terminal (http://www.2600.com/rnc2004/index.html) just because I forgot to wear a brownshirt.

[BronxGirl]

If they ever remembered that it's supposed to be a FOOTBALL game first and foremost, then maybe the game could be more evenly distributed.

As it is now, the SB can only be in stadiums where it is warm in January/February or domed. Here in NYC and such other places like Green Bay, now that football is a winter OUTDOOR sport.

[Pathos]

If they ever remembered that it's supposed to be a FOOTBALL game first and foremost, then maybe the game could be more evenly distributed.

As it is now, the SB can only be in stadiums where it is warm in January/February or domed. Here in NYC and such other places like Green Bay, now that football is a winter OUTDOOR sport.
It's not just the weather anymore. It's the actual condition of the stadium. The Super Bowl has become such a massive worldwide event that the demands on the venue are extreme.

There's only a handful of stadiums right now that can handle the needs of the event. I seriously doubt we'll see another Super Bowl in Minnesota, Miami, or New Orleans until they get new stadiums.

They had it in San Diego a few years ago and it was almost a disaster. They had to truck in about a thousand generators at the last minute to handle the power needs.

Now with Dallas and San Fransisco building new stadiums you can probably expect the SB to go there in the future.

[Lady Sarah]

and I get to look forward to it in a few years when it come to Arlington.

Joy. :roll:

Jerry Jones and his god-damned monument to himself.

[RaevynCait]

and I get to look forward to it in a few years when it come to Arlington.

Joy. :roll:

Jerry Jones and his god-damned monument to himself.

Yep, 2 more months and I'm outta jerryland! when the SB comes in 2011 (I think that's right)...we'll just have a week or so long sleepover at my house Sarah!!

[SpeedKnight]

Not only are there requirements as to the condition of the stadium, the NFL has requirements as to how many people can be accomodated by hotels in the host city.
Indy is building a new stadium for the Colts, but it won't help the city land a Super Bowl at all... we don't have enough hotel space.

[Lady Sarah]

Now with Dallas and San Fransisco building new stadiums you can probably expect the SB to go there in the future.


Not to be a nit-picky bitch, but Dallas ain't building shit. And before you come back with "I meant the DALLAS COWBOYS"... Dallas ain't building shit. *I* and the millions of others in Arlington are building that damned eyesore.

Rae, sleepover here I come. Unless I move out of Arlington.

And the SB is already coming to Arlington. 2012, if my memory is correct. Could be 2011...

[Pathos]

And before you come back with "I meant the DALLAS COWBOYS"
I think you could see I just used the names of the city to which the teams belong.

They are the Dallas Cowboys. People refer to the team as the Cowboys but sometimes they refer to them as just Dallas.

8-)

[Lady Sarah]

I think you could see I just used the names of the city to which the teams belong.

They are the Dallas Cowboys. People refer to the team as the Cowboys but sometimes they refer to them as just Dallas.

8-)

Ironically enough, they've never been in Dallas proper. The team's home is in Valley Ranch and the stadium is in Irving, soon to be Arlington.

I just get seriously irritated at the whole shebang over the stadium and people glossing it over as the Cowboys building it or Jones building it.

[Mistress Morigianna]

there is a football game somewhere?::runfore:::runfore:

(i don't pay any attention to sports.....)

[Kae]

As much as I grew up on football, I prefer hockey. What if we just have a huge camp out at somewhere like Dinasour Valley and ignore everything else?
Kae

[RaevynCait]

As much as I grew up on football, I prefer hockey. What if we just have a huge camp out at somewhere like Dinasour Valley and ignore everything else?
Kae

that sounds like a grand plan... who's bringing the winnebago for me to sleep in, since that's as close to camping as anybody's gonna get me, especially in January or February............

[Tinkerwench]

From someone who lives in the heart of Kentucky Derby land - I feel your pain. I won't move to Indianapolis due to the big car race mess. My re-enactment group always tries to hold an event that weekend to get away from the city and the madness. They keep adding to the events in the weeks prior now. It's almost a month full of craptastic stupidity.

[SpeedKnight]

{snip}I won't move to Indianapolis due to the big car race mess. {snip} It's almost a month full of craptastic stupidity.

Y'know... I miss Carburation Day festivities before the Indy 500.

The Brickyard started in 1994... I was already in the Navy and was stationed in Orlando. I've never had the chance to be in Indy for that race. I'm not a big NASCAR fan anyway.

Now... I'm a drag racing kind of guy (my username was based on that fact), so Labor Day Weekend in Indy is my fave, and I cannot wait until I can make it there again! Sadly, it clashes with PARF Labor Day fun.

[Peaches O Malley]

Y'know... I miss Carburation Day festivities before the Indy 500.

The Brickyard started in 1994... I was already in the Navy and was stationed in Orlando. I've never had the chance to be in Indy for that race. I'm not a big NASCAR fan anyway.

Now... I'm a drag racing kind of guy (my username was based on that fact), so Labor Day Weekend in Indy is my fave, and I cannot wait until I can make it there again! Sadly, it clashes with PARF Labor Day fun.

I am a HUGE Nascar fan, which FairieTink can attest to. I have yet to see PIR as bad as the stadium. :roll:

[Pathos]

I just get seriously irritated at the whole shebang over the stadium and people glossing it over as the Cowboys building it or Jones building it.
We can't all have Robert Kraft as our owner.

The Patriots home...Gillette Stadium?

Built at zero cost to the local taxpayers.

8-)

[Lady Sarah]

We can't all have Robert Kraft as our owner.

The Patriots home...Gillette Stadium?

Built at zero cost to the local taxpayers.

8-)

Oh bite me. LOL

[moiradochartaigh]

We can't all have Robert Kraft as our owner.

The Patriots home...Gillette Stadium?

Built at zero cost to the local taxpayers.

8-)

Zero cost to the taxpayers, but still the most expensive ticket in the NFL. Add to that the $25 for parking and the unholy traffic congestion on game day that affects cities and towns miles away.... yikes.

I'd rather watch from the comfort of my living room.

Then again, I'm a Jets fan.... they don't even have their own stadium.

Or a snowball's chance in Hell for a SB appearance anytime soon, for that matter. ;-)

[Peaches O Malley]

We can't all have Robert Kraft as our owner.

The Patriots home...Gillette Stadium?

Built at zero cost to the local taxpayers.

8-)

What Sarah said.;-)
Our stadium was pretty much built on the backs of kids (education). They have yet to see the money promised as part of the package for building the "silver toilet." It was the whole "if you vote to build it, we will give a certain amount to education..blah...blah.".......yeah.....whatever.:unamused:

[Peaches O Malley]

Just a quick update...it's going to rain tomorrow, mwahahahaha (yes the stadium has a roof but still..."No sunshine for you!"

Oh yeah..Mr. Moss, I don't care if you like it in Arizona or not. Your getting paid a metric buttload of money to run around a field and play with a pig. I'm sure you are enjoying the hospitality/facilities, so stop whining and bad mouthing my state. Better yet, to quote a favorite movie, "If I had a dick, this is where I would tell you to suck it."

I hope you lose.

That is all.

[Pathos]

That's coming from where?

[SpeedKnight]

I hope you lose.

That makes two of us. But then, I'm a Colts fan (born and raised in Indianapolis) living in New England. I just think it would be so awesome if the only blemish on the Pats' record this season is the one game that really matters. :)

[Peaches O Malley]

That's coming from where?

The nasty remarks this overpaid asshat has been making in the media. And the fact I'm tired of it taking close to 2 hours to get home when it should take 1/2 an hour, and I'm trying to baby my Beetle... I'm venting and there is no chocolate..:unamused: Hows that? :sigh:

[Pathos]

Calling him overpaid is a stretch. He would've gotten 9.75 million this year if he'd stayed with the Raiders. Instead...he accepted a meager 3 million to go to New England.

Just saying...

::badhair:

[Lady Brigid]

As it is now, the SB can only be in stadiums where it is warm in January/February or domed. Here in NYC and such other places like Green Bay, now that football is a winter OUTDOOR sport.

Two words: Ice Bowl. {grin}
(looong tiime WI resident)

[Lady Sarah]

Two words: Ice Bowl. {grin}
(looong tiime WI resident)

"And another thing - Green Bay Packer Stadium, what's it called? Lambeau Field... Lambeau Field - No roof! Hellooooo...! How many weekends during footbal season is good weather in Green Bay? That would be NONE! Note to self, 'build a frickin' roof!' We have the technology!!

starts at 7:50 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I226Sfgs0s)

[Peaches O Malley]

Calling him overpaid is a stretch. He would've gotten 9.75 million this year if he'd stayed with the Raiders. Instead...he accepted a meager 3 million to go to New England.

Just saying...

::badhair:

Smartass.::kooky::

[Margaret]

"And another thing - Green Bay Packer Stadium, what's it called? Lambeau Field... Lambeau Field - No roof! Hellooooo...! How many weekends during footbal season is good weather in Green Bay? That would be NONE! Note to self, 'build a frickin' roof!' We have the technology!!



Holy cow - there would be a freakin' mutiny in Green Bay if someone even had the audacity to suggest that Lambeau get a roof!

A few years back when they did some upgrades and added some more boxes people were pissed.

Hey Peaches! When the the blimp was flying over the stadium - I saw your ferris wheel in the parking lot. I made a rude gesture at it for you. :-D

[Peaches O Malley]

Hey Peaches! When the the blimp was flying over the stadium - I saw your ferris wheel in the parking lot. I made a rude gesture at it for you. :-D

::hug::

[Jayde]

:augh: my own SB rant.....


I can't wait for this to be over! My rogue doesn't watch football all damned season and both him and his mother are watching it (on 2 different TVs). Glad I found my headphones when I did :roll:

Would you believe that one of my best friends, who works at a liquor store, got accused of being a terrorist? All because she "lives in New England, and doesn't like the patriots" (or football for that matter)?!
Seriously what possesses people to think that because you live in a certain part of our country you HAVE to like the local teams (or their respective sports)?

I don't get the point of everyone going nuts about any of it anyways. It's not like the players are going to go around to everyone's house and personally hand them a large check just for cheering them on.

[Ysobelle]

I don't get the point of everyone going nuts about any of it anyways. It's not like the players are going to go around to everyone's house and personally hand them a large check just for cheering them on.

Shit. You mean I've been waiting around here all day for NOTHING?

[Jayde]

Shit. You mean I've been waiting around here all day for NOTHING?


*rotfl*

hell, if that were the case, I'd be glued to my TV whooping and hollering just as much as Crimson and his mom are!

[rosefaeries]

:augh: my own SB rant.....


I can't wait for this to be over! My rogue doesn't watch football all damned season and both him and his mother are watching it (on 2 different TVs). Glad I found my headphones when I did :roll:

Would you believe that one of my best friends, who works at a liquor store, got accused of being a terrorist? All because she "lives in New England, and doesn't like the patriots" (or football for that matter)?!
Seriously what possesses people to think that because you live in a certain part of our country you HAVE to like the local teams (or their respective sports)?

I don't get the point of everyone going nuts about any of it anyways. It's not like the players are going to go around to everyone's house and personally hand them a large check just for cheering them on.


Oh I know what you mean. Only here it is the Oregon Ducks. I was verbally jumped all over at Saint Vincent de Paul's by another co-worker because I am not a Duck fan. (Gets even better, I was written up for the incident because I was not "community spirited". All I said was in response to the co-worker's question was that I didn't care for the Ducks.)

[Jayde]

Oh I know what you mean. Only here it is the Oregon Ducks. I was verbally jumped all over at Saint Vincent de Paul's by another co-worker because I am not a Duck fan. (Gets even better, I was written up for the incident because I was not "community spirited". All I said was in response to the co-worker's question was that I didn't care for the Ducks.)


That's why when someone asks me a question regarding one of the local teams (Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins, Celtics) I don't say it's the team I don't like, I cut to the chase and specify that it's the sport I don't like *rotfl*

[rosefaeries]

lol But I really don't like the Ducks. They make for lousy neighbors (long story of the stunts the college has pulled. And they got too big for their britches ever since they made it to the Rose Bowl). Besides, it was the thought that I might be , gasp, a Beaver fan that sent the woman over the edge.

[Jayde]

lol But I really don't like the Ducks. They make for lousy neighbors (long story of the stunts the college has pulled. And they got too big for their britches ever since they made it to the Rose Bowl). Besides, it was the thought that I might be , gasp, a Beaver fan that sent the woman over the edge.


*rotfl*

[SilverMirth]

a Beaver fan that sent the woman over the edge.
While I know what you mean.....

:snarf:*rotfl*::whistle::

[rosefaeries]

Ooops. Forgot about that. Everyone just refers to them as the Ducks and Beavers here. Sigh. *rotfl*U of O Ducks and the OSU Beavers.

[SilverMirth]

Was anyone else left scratching their heads about the choice for half time shows? Tom Petty-- c'mon you mean there was no one else available for it?

Maybe the Super Bowl Organizers were looking for someone safe and austere (and practically dead) as compared to half times of the past.... Janet's "Nipplegate" and Prince's Phallic overload.


It was sad because when I heard it was Tom Petty I knew which songs he would do. Yup predictable and safe ....how exciting.

[Buxom Wench]

Just a bit of a late update:

"Winning" Super Bowl shirts end up in Nicaragua (http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN1416353120080215?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews)

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MANAGUA (Reuters) - Shirts and caps proclaiming the victory of the New England Patriots -- when the American football team actually lost the latest Super Bowl -- have ended up in the hands of poor Nicaraguan children.

Hundreds of shirts and caps, which had been manufactured in advance to celebrate the Patriots' expected victory over the New York Giants, were handed over to children in the southern city of Diriamba.

"The children are the winners," said Miriam Diaz, of World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization.

World Vision has links with the National Football League, or NFL, and every year helps out poor children in Latin America and Africa with the unwanted "winners" shirts of the team that actually loses the Super Bowl.

Winners' shirts and other garments are produced in advance so players and fans can put them on to celebrate immediately after the final whistle of the game. Garments of the losing team are obviously unwanted.

The Giants stunned the previously undefeated Patriots 17-14 in this year's Super Bowl.

[Perin]

"Winning" Super Bowl shirts end up in Nicaragua

They do that for all of the big sporting events. Heard a joke the other day that there are kids in Africa who think the Bills had a great dynasty in the 90s. :-)

Of course, with a few more resources these kids could put these shirts on eBay and make tons of money from fans of 31 of the 32 NFL teams.

[Buxom Wench]

...Heard a joke the other day that there are kids in Africa who think the Bills had a great dynasty in the 90s. :-)...

And I have ALL the shirts leading up to those 4 Superbowls. :roll:

Yeah, the family are Bills fans.
Me, I hate football.