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Why would anyone want to go to the Super Bowl?
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Author:  Scorehead [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Why would anyone want to go to the Super Bowl?
Well this sounds like fun.

The Super Bowl's mandatory traffic regulations are ridiculous
Jay Busbee
By Jay Busbee 3 hours ago Shutdown Corner

Every year, the Super Bowl moves farther away from "football game" and closer toward "trip through airport security." This year's model features some of the most restrictive regulations on transportation in the game's history. To wit:

• You cannot take a cab to the game.

• You cannot take a limo to the game.

• You cannot, we presume, ride a horse to the game.

• You cannot walk to the game.

• No tailgating, unless you're inside your own car.

• You can risk driving your own car for said tailgate, at a cost of $150 per pass, but if you don't leave now, you're going to get caught in traffic.

Here's what you can do:

• Pack onto New Jersey Transit shuttle buses from Secaucus, N.J., which is every bit as inviting as it sounds.

• Shell out $51 per person for the NFL-approved shuttle system.

Yep, that's right. As part of what the NFL is calling the "first mass-transit Super Bowl," you get the distinct honor of being one of the first people to pay $51 (why $51? why not $50? or $48?) to leave from one of nine designated pickup locations throughout the greater New York-New Jersey area to get to the Meadowlands. Lucky you!

Why the no-taxis, no-walking, our-way-or-sit-and-wait-on-the-highway approach? As Sports Illustrated notes, the NFL initially cited "logistical concerns," which would make a lot of sense if, in fact, MetLife Stadium didn't have experience hosting football games 20 or so weeks a year. The NFL then fell back on the unassailable "security concerns," but as Sports Illustrated's Sean Conboy sees it, there's something more mundane at work here: a straight cash grab.

"The NFL thinks of you not as a human being whose loyalty and wallet contribute to its preposterous franchise valuations," he writes, "but rather as a number on an Excel spreadsheet, and the league is determined to wring as much guaranteed profit out of Super Bowl XLVIII as possible."

Sitting at home and watching the game on a big screen looks better all the time.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/the-super-bowl-s-mandatory-traffic-regulations-are-ridiculous-180318115.html

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Author:  lipidquadcab [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why would anyone want to go to the Super Bowl?
To answer the question in the subject title:

To say they went.
Author:  Hawg Ass [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why would anyone want to go to the Super Bowl?
I went and had a great time when the Packers played the Broncos in San Diego. It was a lot different back then than it is now though.
Author:  billypootons [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:25 pm ]
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some people have lots of money... even a superbowl in jacksonville sold out.
Author:  Hank Scorpio [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:28 pm ]
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Hawg Ass wrote:
I went and had a great time when the Packers played the Broncos in San Diego. It was a lot different back then than it is now though.


That was glorious. Watching the best of all time taking care of business.

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Author:  Hawg Ass [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:34 pm ]
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:evil:

JERK!!
Author:  Hawg Ass [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why would anyone want to go to the Super Bowl?
Hank Scorpio wrote:
Hawg Ass wrote:
I went and had a great time when the Packers played the Broncos in San Diego. It was a lot different back then than it is now though.


That was glorious. Watching the best of all time taking care of business.

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:evil: :evil: :evil:
Author:  Hawg Ass [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:37 pm ]
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See what you caused Hank, I made a double post.

:evil:
Author:  Colonel Angus [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:39 pm ]
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Could you imagine how fucked up it would be if there was one here? There'd be checkpoints on every block.
Author:  Frank Coztansa [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:08 pm ]
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Hank Scorpio wrote:
That was glorious. Watching the best of all time taking care of business.
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Author:  Peoria Matt [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why would anyone want to go to the Super Bowl?
Colonel Angus wrote:
Could you imagine how fucked up it would be if there was one here? There'd be checkpoints on every block.


That's one thing you won't have to worry about.
Author:  Brick [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:47 pm ]
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We are going to Super Bowl Boulevard on Saturday. I bet it sucks too and I hate it.
Author:  pittmike [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why would anyone want to go to the Super Bowl?
I will believe when I see that the rich jet set will not be able to limo or helicopter in.
Author:  KDdidit [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:22 pm ]
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pittmike wrote:
I will believe when I see that the rich jet set will not be able to limo or helicopter in.

They're let them take a limo next door to the Super Bowl.
Author:  Colonel Angus [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:25 pm ]
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If they can't Limo, how's Jerry Jones getting there?
Author:  good dolphin [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:35 pm ]
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I get pissed standing in line to get into Soldier Field 45 minutes before game time. This would TRULY suck for me.
Author:  W_Z [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 7:25 pm ]
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Scorehead wrote:

• You cannot, we presume, ride a horse to the game.



damn, ES is gonna be disappointed. he had this vacation planned with his wife for months.
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