Chiefs moving to….

[jethreauxdawg]

I'll upset some people and give my opinion: Every NFL team should be required to have a dome. Rainy and snowy games are fun on TV for a few minutes, but they decrease the quality of the football and are bad for players and in-person fans.

There are 285 NFL games per year, counting the playoffs. Let's have all 285 played under the exact same conditions so that it doesn't come down to luck of the weather.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

I'll upset some people and give my opinion: Every NFL team should be required to have a dome. Rainy and snowy games are fun on TV for a few minutes, but they decrease the quality of the football and are bad for players and in-person fans.

There are 285 NFL games per year, counting the playoffs. Let's have all 285 played under the exact same conditions so that it doesn't come down to luck of the weather.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

 

[SixPackSpeak]

Testing for @Lettuce

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

I hated playing football in freezing weather. It should not be apart of the game. JMO.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

I'll upset some people and give my opinion: Every NFL team should be required to have a dome. Rainy and snowy games are fun on TV for a few minutes, but they decrease the quality of the football and are bad for players and in-person fans.

There are 285 NFL games per year, counting the playoffs. Let's have all 285 played under the exact same conditions so that it doesn't come down to luck of the weather.

Retractable dome is the answer for most cities. Football should be played in the elements, but the cities have to use them for other things like fights, concerts, and monster trucks to get their money back. In places like Kansas City and Dallas, the severe weather is just too common so a roof is necessary to attract the really big events.

Buffalo and Green Bay should just build open air football stadiums because that's all they really are. The big super fights and concerts are skipping those rinky dink towns anyway. The extra half billion for a roof isn't going to matter. You live in Green Bay or Buffalo you go to Chicago or Toronto respectively to see your Taylor Swifts and such.

Buffalo is unique because that whole city shuts down at times in the winter so nobody wants to schedule events there in the winter. I know Jerry World has something like 300+ events a year and a lot of them would not happen due to weather if there wasn't a roof. Probably not a lot of added value to add a roof in Buffalo that would be capable of handling the snow loads.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Football should be played in the elements

Why? I say it "should" be played completely outside of the elements. Why is a good thing if, say, the NFC title game is played in a snowstorm and all the work that both teams did all season comes down to who lucks out the most in terrible weather? Just let the teams play it out on a normal, climate-controlled field.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Why? I say it "should" be played completely outside of the elements. Why is a good thing if, say, the NFC title game is played in a snowstorm and all the work that both teams did all season comes down to who lucks out the most in terrible weather? Just let the teams play it out on a normal, climate-controlled field.

Both teams are playing in the same conditions. Also the chances for drastic game altering poor weather are probably less than 10 percent.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Both teams are playing in the same conditions. Also the chances for drastic game altering poor weather are probably less than 10 percent.

I'd rather all 32 teams play in the same conditions, with a 0% chance of "drastic game altering poor weather."

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

I'd rather all 32 teams play in the same conditions, with a 0% chance of "drastic game altering poor weather."

I’ll just agree to disagree.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

I generally agree with this, but it’s hard to argue the “what ifs” for either side. So everyone brags they made the smart decision. Will Kansas’ $3B gift to the Hunt family generate $10B in new tax revenue in the developments around the new stadium? If it does, does that actually benefit the tax payers?
I think the only people who benefit from this are the Hunt family and the politicians.

It'll be much more than $3B. There will be ongoing infrastructure improvements/repairs, plus millions each year in additional law enforcement expenses.