Bears game 14: Monday Dec 20, at MIN (TCF)

[Jon]

this stadium sounds like a total disaster. who designed this thing?

Consensus is that it's a pretty great stadium. Opposite end of the spectrum from having to play in the dome for the Gophers.

 

great in September and October, maybe. Seems completely inadequate in cold weather

That's kind of like saying they botched Madison Square Garden because it's not suited for international soccer competitions.

 

Or it's not like that at all considering it's an outdoor football stadium in freaking Minnesota. It gets cold up there pretty early. I was up there at the end of October and was pretty well bundled up when I went running and it got much colder a couple weeks after that when the Gophers were still playing. There's no reason for them not to have made some kind of plans to be prepared for cold or snowy weather.

It's perfectly suited for cold weather through the college football season. Do you really expect Minnesota to spend more money because some day the MetroDome's roof might collapse in December and the Vikings will have to play there?

 

It's a very nice college football stadium that works really well for college football. It's not like they were vying for a Super Bowl.

[minnesotacubsfan]

this stadium sounds like a total disaster. who designed this thing?

Consensus is that it's a pretty great stadium. Opposite end of the spectrum from having to play in the dome for the Gophers.

 

great in September and October, maybe. Seems completely inadequate in cold weather

 

yea because they designed it for late January

 

Is it January? Does it never get below freezing during college football season in Minneapolis?

 

what part of "they shut the stadium down after the college season" dont you get?

[minnesotacubsfan]

It's a very nice college football stadium that works really well for college football. It's not like they were vying for a Super Bowl.

 

exactly

[Guest]

It's also not like these are typical conditions, even for Minnesota. It snowed so much the Metrodome's roof caved in, for crying out loud. The outdoor stadium not being in top condition when it's being prepared on short notice shouldn't be considered a huge failure.

[jersey cubs fan]

this stadium sounds like a total disaster. who designed this thing?

Consensus is that it's a pretty great stadium. Opposite end of the spectrum from having to play in the dome for the Gophers.

 

great in September and October, maybe. Seems completely inadequate in cold weather

That's kind of like saying they botched Madison Square Garden because it's not suited for international soccer competitions.

Ecept not at all. It's a football field in Minnesota not designed for weather you can easily get in college football season. And there was talk of the Vikings sharing it at one point. Just makes no sense.

[jersey cubs fan]

It's also not like these are typical conditions, even for Minnesota. It snowed so much the Metrodome's roof caved in, for crying out loud. The outdoor stadium not being in top condition when it's being prepared on short notice shouldn't be considered a huge failure.

It's not even close to the first time that happened, plus the snow helped more than anything.

[minnesotacubsfan]

this stadium sounds like a total disaster. who designed this thing?

Consensus is that it's a pretty great stadium. Opposite end of the spectrum from having to play in the dome for the Gophers.

 

great in September and October, maybe. Seems completely inadequate in cold weather

That's kind of like saying they botched Madison Square Garden because it's not suited for international soccer competitions.

Ecept not at all. It's a football field in Minnesota not designed for weather you can easily get in college football season. And there was talk of the Vikings sharing it at one point. Just makes no sense.

 

at which time the Vikings were to foot the bill for the heating coils, concession stands (for NFL games) etc. but, the vikings kind of backed out of that.

 

yea, those stupid designers and University people. you should have planned for EVERYTHING with out wasting the taxpayers money. DUH

[minnesotacubsfan]

It's also not like these are typical conditions, even for Minnesota. It snowed so much the Metrodome's roof caved in, for crying out loud. The outdoor stadium not being in top condition when it's being prepared on short notice shouldn't be considered a huge failure.

It's not even close to the first time that happened, plus the snow helped more than anything.

 

AGAIN, the Vikings gave no money to the stadium to prepare for such an event.

[minnesotacubsfan]

hey, I have an idea. Why didnt the Stadium designers just pay for the whole damn stadium out of their pockets? and all the needs of the NFL too? stupid designers.

[Jon]

this stadium sounds like a total disaster. who designed this thing?

Consensus is that it's a pretty great stadium. Opposite end of the spectrum from having to play in the dome for the Gophers.

 

great in September and October, maybe. Seems completely inadequate in cold weather

That's kind of like saying they botched Madison Square Garden because it's not suited for international soccer competitions.

Ecept not at all. It's a football field in Minnesota not designed for weather you can easily get in college football season. And there was talk of the Vikings sharing it at one point. Just makes no sense.

There has been absolutely nothing to suggest that the Minneapolis weather will ever create such problems on the field during the college football season. Minneapolis Novembers are too warm for that and although sub-freezing weather certainly occurs, just like it does at lots of places, it doesn't happen for such an extended period of time during the college football season to create these conditions.

[minnesotacubsfan]

I think people have Minneapolis and Tower MN completely confused

[Guest]

Consensus is that it's a pretty great stadium. Opposite end of the spectrum from having to play in the dome for the Gophers.

 

great in September and October, maybe. Seems completely inadequate in cold weather

 

yea because they designed it for late January

 

Is it January? Does it never get below freezing during college football season in Minneapolis?

 

Of course it does. I will agree it seems poorly designed for cold weather but at the same time it seems like the biggest issue they are having is because they took no precaution to all the snow falling on the field because they had no reason to expect to use the field until spring practice. I'm sure if they had thrown a tarp on the field and/or shoveled the snow up before it had a chance to ice over, there would be little issue preparing for a game.

 

I say all that and remember that the consession stands weren't designed to work under freezing temps. So yeah that part of it is poorly designed.

 

The first paragraph seems like the obvious response.

[UMFan83]

Consensus is that it's a pretty great stadium. Opposite end of the spectrum from having to play in the dome for the Gophers.

 

great in September and October, maybe. Seems completely inadequate in cold weather

That's kind of like saying they botched Madison Square Garden because it's not suited for international soccer competitions.

Ecept not at all. It's a football field in Minnesota not designed for weather you can easily get in college football season. And there was talk of the Vikings sharing it at one point. Just makes no sense.

There has been absolutely nothing to suggest that the Minneapolis weather will ever create such problems on the field during the college football season. Minneapolis Novembers are too warm for that and although sub-freezing weather certainly occurs, just like it does at lots of places, it doesn't happen for such an extended period of time during the college football season to create these conditions.

 

Agreed. As I said on the last page, if they had planning to host this game a long time in advance, they would have taken precautions to prevent the snow from collecting on the field and the field wouldnt have iced over creating this issue. A simple tarp and some timely shoveling does wonders.

[UMFan83]

So I'm looking at the weather right now. Its 9 degrees out right now. The good news is that the high will get up to 28 tomorrow. The bad news is, it looks like theres snow in the forecast. Id rather it be 9 degrees out than play another snow game. Then again maybe a little snow will soften the ground a little bit

[minnesotacubsfan]

yea guys, I mean the University of Minnesota should always prepare (and likely pay) for any of the issues the Minnesota Vikings could possibly have.

[mul21]

yea guys, I mean the University of Minnesota should always prepare (and likely pay) for any of the issues the Minnesota Vikings could possibly have.

 

Are you done yet?

 

Anyway, because of the costs associated with making the field cold weather tolerant I can understand, but it can't be that much more expensive to have concession stands that can operate in cold temps. That just seems weird to me.

 

Are they sticking with the no alcohol policy that I think I heard earlier this week?

[minnesotacubsfan]

yea guys, I mean the University of Minnesota should always prepare (and likely pay) for any of the issues the Minnesota Vikings could possibly have.

 

Are you done yet?

 

Anyway, because of the costs associated with making the field cold weather tolerant I can understand, but it can't be that much more expensive to have concession stands that can operate in cold temps. That just seems weird to me.

 

Are they sticking with the no alcohol policy that I think I heard earlier this week?

 

I'm never done when I see moronic arguments on an issue someone has no f-in clue about.

 

but yes, the Vikings have stated there will be no alcohol sales, although the University gave them that option. Don't know why, but its Ziggy Wilf and his clown posse.

[Magnetic Curses]

can we just agree that it's moronic to make us play there.

[hawkeyecub]

can we just agree that it's moronic to make us play there.

 

Meh, the Bears are used to playing on the worst surface in the league every year.

[UMFan83]

can we just agree that it's moronic to make us play there.

 

Meh, the Bears are used to playing on the worst surface in the league every year.

 

Worst surface yeah. But the field never becomes solid like a rock. So while there is a danger to tear an ACL, which is a legit concern, at least players don't have to worry about becoming brain damaged by playing in Soldier Field's turf (at least any more than any other stadium in the league)

[Soul]

This game might be even more important if the Pats don't start playing like the Pats.

[Magnetic Curses]

this season has ended tonight. this is the beginning of the end. we won't win another game and the packers won't lose another game.

[minnesotacubsfan]

I blame TCF Stadium and its frozen field.

[Derwood]

yea guys, I mean the University of Minnesota should always prepare (and likely pay) for any of the issues the Minnesota Vikings could possibly have.

 

Are you done yet?

 

Anyway, because of the costs associated with making the field cold weather tolerant I can understand, but it can't be that much more expensive to have concession stands that can operate in cold temps. That just seems weird to me.

 

Are they sticking with the no alcohol policy that I think I heard earlier this week?

 

I'm never done when I see moronic arguments on an issue someone has no f-in clue about.

 

but yes, the Vikings have stated there will be no alcohol sales, although the University gave them that option. Don't know why, but its Ziggy Wilf and his clown posse.

 

What's moronic is that a stadium that is incapable of properly hosting an NFL game is hosting an NFL game

[Magnetic Curses]

packers still win the division