As a lifelong Bears fan, I gotta say I respect the Packers for not building a dome. It seems like it takes away the personality of a team when they go from outdoors to a dome. Football was meant to be played in the elements. That makes it more unpredictable and exciting. It makes me sick to my stomach thinking about the Bears playjng in a dome. Wont be the same😞
As a Packers fan I agree 100%. The games that are played in snow, sleet, rain and mud are unpredictable and exciting. I love it. Grass is the way to go and the teams that continue to use grass and have open stadiums are doing the fans and the players a service. We all know what turf does to players.
But if you’re a lifelong Bears fan, you probably didn’t have to deal with the weather like the football players. Snuggled up in front of the big screen. 😂
The problem is, domes seem to be a trend in the NFL now. The Rams and Chargers play under a dome despite of being in sunny Southern California. The Arizona Cardinals and Las Vegas Raiders play under domes despite of the fantastic weather they’re based in. Same with the Atlanta Falcons and even the Tennessee Titans are considering a dome stadium and it’s a given that the Chicago Bears will be building a dome stadium. I personally hate domed stadiums as teams lose their identity when they play in domed stadiums. But the reality of the matter is that money is the driving force here. Football can be played in all elements but warm, dry weather is needed for Taylor Swift or Justin Bieber concerts and when these concerts are cancelled or not scheduled due to weather, that much needed revenue falls by the wayside.
In mid-September it regularly hits 95 in Vegas and 98 in Phoenix. And tapers off in the 80s for weeks, in Phoenix's case highs in the 70's usually won't come until November. And the Florida stadiums happened to be built pre-00's dome boom but Miami was retrofitted with a canopy and Jacksonville is fixing to conopy-ize their stadium. I know I'd rather see a game in Lambeau or Buffalo in January than Tampa in September. Though now with these stadium costs outpacing inflation we may have reached peak dome in the NFL with the less expensive canopies seeming to be the next trend.
I believe the 49ers Levi stadium is the newest non-dome stadium in the NFL. (Even if the only reason it doesn't have one is height restrictions from the nearby airport)
@@apollo4619 , since 2002 14 stadiums have been built, 9 of which are domes. Seattle moved out of a dome to open air, Arizona, Dallas, and the Chargers moved from open air to domes, and the rest moved from an old dome to a new one.
A European football style roof would be ok, it helps blocks the fans from the elements, while keeping the playing field the same as it would be. Plus it would help add to the crowd noise
If every team ends up playing in a dome, all NFL games are going to look the same. Which makes the game less dynamic. Before domes, all teams knew that Winter is Coming. And that the high octane pass heavy offenses were going to need to either be perfect or have a backup plan. The cold and the wind had a way of serving humble pie if they didnt.
This is the best stadium and organization in the NFL. A little over 20 years ago without being a Packers fan I decided to drive up to the playoff game against the Seahawks knowing I could only tailgate and get a tour of the stadium. I drove back to Atlanta with about 4 different hoodies and as a newly minted Packers fan. A special place🏈
All this betting/nation anthem controversy/official reviews of plays/kick off rule changes and now trying to get rid of all these teams Icons have ruined the NFL for me.
It's a passing league now, so I wouldn't be surprised if a roof was put on it at some point. It was great when running had more influence in the game during colder weather. But the game has changed.
I think it’s more than just team identity. There is a true home field advantage when a warm weather team comes to town late in the year. Or a dome team. There’s a physiological advantage to being conditioned to cold. Ask Wim Hof. It’s why Bud Grant didn’t allow warmers on the Vikings sidelines. Part of that advantage has already been mitigated with the under-field snow melting system at Lambeau.
Was the eighties proposed stadium similar to the Metrodome and Silverdome where as opposed to a fixed structure, the roof was made of fabric inflated by an air support system? The draft image looks similar to those domes along the top, and those cities had similar geography dealing with excessive heavy snow.
Why would anybody have pride playing in harsh conditions? It’s kind of like a dream that doesn’t make sense. Letting weather dictate the outcome of a game. 🤷♂️ and not the skills of the two teams playing 🤷♂️
Why would you like a dome? More enjoyable? I thought weather wasn’t a factor? Look at favres and Rodgers record at home in December and get back to me.
Sheesh, about half of the Packers games I went to was when it was effing cold outside. Plus, I could get the tickets for a far more reasonable price than during the regular season.
Let’s play in the cold but have a team comprised of players that are mostly born and raised in the south that don’t perform well in the cold. Makes total sense🙈
You mean like Bart Starr - Alabama; Don Hutson - Alabama; Brett Favre - Louisiana; Jim Tayler - Louisiana; Aaron Rogers - California; Paul Hornung - Kentucky, etc.
They won't get rid of them because the capacity would go way down and the stadium revenue is the only revenue that teams dont have to share with the rest of the league. Until the packers can't sellout lambeau field, the packers will always have bleachers
@@-BUGZ- NO he isn't. It is laughable to say they didn't make the Super Bowl becuase the weather was lousy. The defense was terrible. IT is going to be terrible indors or outdoors.
All of the opponents had to play in the same exact weather as the Packers, and the Packers have the advantage of being acclimated to said weather. It should be an advantage for the Packers.
I have been to a snow game in Buffalo and it was freezing cold. That was the last time I went to a cold weather game. No thanks it is just not fun watching a game in the snow freezing your nuts off. I am glad the Bears are finally thinking about getting a new domed stadium.
Makes no sense playing in -10 degrees. I bet the Packers are thankful for a late season game with the Vikings in Mpls, rather than freeze in GB. Indoors in MN is the only way to go.
@@don7680 If that's the case, you are clueless about football. The Steelers, Browns, Patriots, Packers, Eagles, Bengals, Giants, Jets etc etc use it to their advantage
The new domes look terrible. The SuperDome is the only cool dome left with the total lack of natural light and the echos. The new domes are a bunch of cheap gazebos
I never understood the thought process of let's be absolutely miserable while watching a game i paid hundreds of dollars for. You aren't a player. You get no cool points. Reminds me of dudes that wear shorts during negative 15 days and claim, no I'm not cold. Okay, killer. Just because a few of you want to freeze for no reason doesn't mean everyone else wants to. I guarantee if you took a secret poll, 90% would agree with me. Name one benefit. Please. Players hate it too.
As Society gets softer and softer and softer it wouldn't surprise me if 100 years from now there's a roof over Lambeau. It actually wouldn't be that hard either based on the stadiums current design. I would personally hate it because football should be played outside but like I said. As people get softer and the NFL gets more about luxuries and money. It wouldn't surprise me. I'm being sarcastic here.. The league will probably come up with some stupid requirement, in lets say, 2045 for teams to have roofs by 2052 or face the threat of relocation or fines. I know the Packers can't be relocated but the league could attempt to abandon them. The league would attempt to sue every single Packer shareholder and put extensive pressure on them. It would be tied up in the court system for years but with how wealthy the NFL is vs the Packers shareholders. Either give up your stock or be fined more money than what you have for not agreeing to put a roof on the stadium. Instead of trying to move the Pack, the NFL could just collude with all the franchises in the league and just not play there until they get a roof on Lambeau. Like I said, my imagination is running amuck here and I'm just being sarcastic about how horribly greedy and vain the NFL as a whole is.
Hey that's them not wanting a dome over their field, they the Packers are gonna be the ones sick with the flu 🤧 and wonder why they never win a single game
So the Packers like playing at a DISADVANTAGE every home game due to weather!?!??? THAT'S ALL YOU CHEESE HEADS!! HANDLE IT!!!! 😒DON'T COMPLAIN WHY YOU CAN'T WIN ANY MORE SUPERBOWLS THOUGH!!!!!!!
