Now it’s official. The 2014 Super Bowl is going to New Jersey, aka New York for such occasions.
This despite an NFL-mandated 50-degree temperature limit for Super Bowl-designated outdoor stadiums. So much for precedent and common sense. The weather-suitable-for-a-centerpiece-marquee-Roman-numeraled-game rule is now superseded by another rule. This one says: If you build a new ($1.6 billion) facility, even one without a roof, but it’s pretty close to New York, the Commissioner will put the fix in, and you’ll get the big winter game in the New Meadowlands Stadium.
So, Super Bowl XLVIII. Feb 2, 2014. In East Rutherford, N.J. Enjoy.