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Monday, February 7, 2011
Super Bowl week in North Texas has come and gone and hopefully everything returns to normal, including the weather. The week was an eventful one, but for all the wrong reasons. The worst possible scenario played out right before our eyes, which is why Super Bowl XLV in North Texas gets a D.
Let’s start with the weather. Now I know that wasn’t in anyone’s control, but the weather was terrible. It could have been worse, but not by much. The fact that it iced is what made it so bad. I can handle cold, rain, and even some snow, but ice? I can’t deal with ice. Add in that the road crews use sand instead of salt, and it made for a disaster. Thankfully Saturday and Sunday were a little better, but the stadium did the fans no favors.
Which leads us the seating fiasco…1,250 fans did not have their assigned seat when they entered the stadium. The NFL had issues with the temporary seating areas and was not able to use the seats. They were able to find seats for about 850 of the 1,250, but 400 were left without a place to sit. Those fans got reimbursed with money, tickets to next year’s Super Bowl in Indianapolis, and other memorabilia, but in my opinion, that doesn’t make up for the inconvenience. I am interested to see if any lawsuits come about because of this situation.
Once you got inside the stadium (after standing in massive security lines) you got to enjoy a terrible national anthem and mediocre half time show. I had always thought Christina Aguilera had a nice voice until I heard her sing the Star-Spangled Banner. Not only was it bad, she messed it up.
Then you had the Black Eyed Peas for half time…I will give them that the production and choreography was well done, but I can’t get into their music. I still think they could have got someone better. And what is up with Usher being involved? Did they really need him?
The only thing that saved this week was the game itself, which is what it should be about. The Packers and Steelers played a pretty good game, and it was hard not be entertained. The commercials were fairly weak though.
On a positive note, major props to the city of Ft. Worth. They were the home of the Steelers and ESPN for the week, and the city looked great. As I said it would be, Sundance Square was the place to be, and it was popping a lot more than Dallas due to everything being within walking distance. ESPN’s Chris Mortensen said Sundance Square is one of the best setups ESPN has ever had for the Super Bowl. I had never seen that area as crowded as it was on Saturday. Sundance Square was packed with people!
Hopefully the Super Bowl comes back, and I think it will. Jerry Jones has too much pull with the NFL and the weather was somewhat of a fluke. Everyone should learn from this experience to make the next go around that much better.
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