The biggest thing standing between New York and a Super Bowl is cold weather and the possibility of snow.
The Super Bowl bid, co-sponsored by the Jets and Giants, embraced the idea of bad weather with a “Make Some History” campaign for Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014. But Jonathan Tisch — the Giants treasurer and co-chairman of the New Jersey/New York bid committee — told NJ.com that even if there were a worst-case scenario in the forecast, they would be able to handle it.
“If we get the bid and we find that as the gameday approaches, there is inclement weather, we’ll deal with it,” Tisch said today at the NFL spring meetings in suburban Dallas. “There is no better area to deal with any problem thrown our way than the New York City/New Jersey area. We don’t consider the weather to be a problem.”
After the NFL waived its warm-weather requirement, the New York are is considered the heavy favorite to land the Super Bowl over Tampa and Miami when the site is announced Tuesday. However, some already are complaining about what the weather could be.
“Our bid is compelling in that we talk about the brands — the brands of New York City and the brands of the NFL,” Tisch said. “They’re two great recognizable brands, and they need to come together for a Super Bowl in 2014.”