TopCat Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I'd prefer St. Louis. The less the Vikings have to play in grubby Detroit, the better. I'd have to imagine this is an extremely huge pain in the ass for the NFL and everyone involved. What a mess.Also a pain for those who had tickets. There's a foreign exchange student in my history class from Germany who was going to go. Now she won't be able to. Only chance for her to get to a pro American football game. facebook | @thebugcollector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Another reason the Vikings won't want to play at TCF Stadium is because they don't sell alcohol there. At least that was a major reason why the Vikings refused to partner with the U of M when the Gophers were planning their new stadium.But why couldn't they serve beer there for Vikings games and not Gophers games?I've only been to two college football stadiums...Beaver Stadium (Penn State) doesn't serve beer, but The Rose Bowl did when I was there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEW.ERA Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 Hey Minnesota government this is a sign. JETS|PACK|JAYS|NUFC|BAMA|BOMBERS|RAPS|ORANJE| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRangersFan Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Now, New Orleans is being mentioned as a possible venue. Perhaps a gift from the NFL, since New Orleans lost the Saints games during Katrina. May God bless you all and fill your hearts with faith, hope, and love! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Now, New Orleans is being mentioned as a possible venue. Perhaps a gift from the NFL, since New Orleans lost the Saints games during Katrina.Not to mention that the most favored venue at this point (Detroit) could be digging out under from the same weather system that hit Minnesota by this time tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRangersFan Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 New England vs. Chicago will be a lot of fun to watch today. Wind chills below zero, 50+ MPH gusts. May God bless you all and fill your hearts with faith, hope, and love! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 But why couldn't they serve beer there for Vikings games and not Gophers games?For this particular game, it's logistics. Even if the U of M were to lift the alcohol ban in the stadium they would still have to get enough beer trucks and beer equipment to the stadium to accommodate 50,000 fans on very short notice, which is hard enough to do under normal traffic conditions when the streets aren't slicked with snow and ice.On a more permanent basis, if the U lifts the ban "only" for Viking games they'll start coming under pressure from a big chunk of their own season-ticket base to lift it completely. In other words, it's a slippery-slope deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSky Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Now, New Orleans is being mentioned as a possible venue. Perhaps a gift from the NFL, since New Orleans lost the Saints games during Katrina.Plus Favre has such fond memories as a Viking at the Superdome...Seems they should do everything possible to keep it local so the fans can go. It'll be weird if they play it somewhere else. Won't the stands be empty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashcarson15 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Play it in Indy! I wanna chance to see an NFL game for under $150! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 New England vs. Chicago will be a lot of fun to watch today. Wind chills below zero, 50+ MPH gusts.Oh yes it is. I am totally jacked, I haven't seen the Bears play a game like this at home I don't think ever. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 NFL Network now says the league has settled on Detroit as the game site, on Monday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Yes...Ford Field, 7:20 Eastern 6:20 Central tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 DirecTV will carry this game on Sunday Ticket for you out-of-marketers...Excellent. Now I'm not stuck with Baltimore - Houston and those horrific all red Texans unis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEW.ERA Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 That hopefully means Sunday Ticket holders in Canada as well. JETS|PACK|JAYS|NUFC|BAMA|BOMBERS|RAPS|ORANJE| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFanBudMan Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I would have thought St. Louis made the most sense since the Giants were already in KC. Surprised Detroit travel is a better option, but who knows what all goes into these decisions. (And thanks to Viper for pointing me to where the conversation is so I stopped talking to myself in the Vikings stadium thread. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFanBudMan Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Oh, forgot this: Inside photohttp://yfrog.com/gzzp1tj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRangersFan Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Fox just showed the footage from inside the Metrodome when the roof collapsed. Amazing footage. A colossal mess. To this uninformed observer, I think the Metrodome will be shut down for weeks. May God bless you all and fill your hearts with faith, hope, and love! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philly97flyer Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Now, New Orleans is being mentioned as a possible venue. Perhaps a gift from the NFL, since New Orleans lost the Saints games during Katrina.Can we please get off Katrina already? It was like 5 years ago. I thought the Saints winning the Super Bowl last year completed the "great" story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I would have thought St. Louis made the most sense since the Giants were already in KC. Surprised Detroit travel is a better option, but who knows what all goes into these decisions.TV logistics were apparently the deciding factor, as Fox already has a crew in Detroit for today's Packers-Lions game.I wonder what kind of crowd they'll have at tomorrow night's game, and how it compares to attendance at the Lions' own games this year.And now they're saying the Dome might not even be good to go in time for next Monday night's game with the Bears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 If Minnesota does not build a new stadium, the Vikings will be in LA. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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