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Super Bowl halftime show may be cancelled for 2014
Wash times ^

Posted on 02/04/2013 10:34:31 AM PST by Perdogg

No halftime show at Super Bowl 2014? That’s the word, according to planners who say the weather may prevent appearances at matchup XLVIII, set for New Jersey.

“It’s because of the cold weather,” said one involved with next year’s Super Bowl planning, in a New York Post report. “It’s not only the acts and the singers, but also the crews that have to put the stage together. … You just can’t assemble the stage and break it down fast enough in the cold.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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To: ConorMacNessa; Baynative; ken5050
Sadly, you don't get much of that even when watching college games. You get a bunch of talking heads over-analyzing the game and a wrap-up of nationwide scores.

There's actually a good reason for that: royalties. Marching bands don't often play original music, but rather arrangements of existing songs. The royalty structure is much different for "live performance in a stadium" vs. "broadcast on national TV" -- the networks check with the bands in advance as to their playlist so they can pre-clear the songs and pick the right time(s) to cut back to the stadium.

41 posted on 02/04/2013 11:08:09 AM PST by kevkrom (If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs...)
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To: Perdogg

Imagine all the union thugs who won’t get paid...

I think they should show a televised repeat of the SB halftime show where Prince did his concert in the rain in Miami. It was riveting just to see if the little snot was going to electrocute himself in front of 80,000 people.

Heck, the NE all voted for Obama. Let him sing Karaoke for halftime. Or let him host the “Punt, Pass and Raise Your Taxes” competition.


42 posted on 02/04/2013 11:09:38 AM PST by OrangeHoof (Our economy won't heal until one particular black man is unemployed.)
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To: hoagy62

The official NFL policy is no city with temps below 50 degrees unless they have a dome. Not sure how NJ got selected.


43 posted on 02/04/2013 11:13:19 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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To: Perdogg

Watching the healthy young girl on stage, going by the name Beyonce, she was quite agile. I looked at my future daughter in law and said “ you know when Vince Lombardi was winning Super Bowls...this performance would have been called pornography”.

How things change


44 posted on 02/04/2013 11:16:46 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Portcall24

No, it’s about prime-time ratings.


45 posted on 02/04/2013 11:17:10 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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To: Perdogg

If the alternative is another lip-sync trash-fest, I’ll take no halftime show!


46 posted on 02/04/2013 11:17:41 AM PST by TheBattman (Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
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To: Jim Noble

And?


47 posted on 02/04/2013 11:18:25 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Perdogg
You just can’t assemble the stage and break it down fast enough in the cold.

That's only if you have a huge stage for prancing and dancing on.

If you get an old-time rock-and-roll band (or maybe a country band) that just stands there and plays, then it should not be a problem.

-PJ

48 posted on 02/04/2013 11:19:04 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Half time would be a great time for a drum corps competition or something. I am so sick of the MTV sleaze pops.


49 posted on 02/04/2013 11:19:19 AM PST by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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To: re_nortex

Sorry, FRiend. Both of those girls can “sang.” They have spectacular pipes.

It’s too bad they can’t just shut up and sang.


50 posted on 02/04/2013 11:22:07 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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To: Perdogg

They will find a way to have a half time show, even if it has to be built around fire jugglers to keep things from freezing, they will find a way.


51 posted on 02/04/2013 11:22:39 AM PST by discostu (I recommend a fifth of Jack and a bottle of Prozac)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
There are basically two reason why NY got selected:

1. After 9/11, many people wanted to give NY a SB..but the schedule was set for several years already.

2.The league, if possible, likes to give new stadiums, if in warm weather and/or domed, a SB, soon after they open. About the time that NY would have been eligible for SB consideration, about 2008, the Jets and the Giants had announced plans for a new joint stadium, now MetLife stadium, so it was delayed after it opened.

Remember, the SB is not for the enjoyment of the fans who buy tickets...most don't get a chance..it's for the league, the big hitters, the media, and the sponsors, and since NY is the media capital of the world, these folks like having it there, even if it's freezing outside. They'll all be in the luxury boxes, nice and warm.

There is already a "war" of sorts brewing between NY and NJ over the SB..Look, the stadium is in NJ. BOTH teams have their offices and training complexes in NJ, yet both teams are NY named. Most all the BIG SB week parties and events are going to be held in NYC..Christie is said to be pissed at this..hey, maybe they can have a car-stripping event in Newark..

52 posted on 02/04/2013 11:23:03 AM PST by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: ConorMacNessa

Yeah! Even in college games now, they don’t show the whole half-time show on tv. It would be a real treat to see a great marching band show.


53 posted on 02/04/2013 11:23:33 AM PST by married21
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To: ConorMacNessa

Yeah! Even in college games now, they don’t show the whole half-time show on tv. It would be a real treat to see a great marching band show.


54 posted on 02/04/2013 11:24:00 AM PST by married21
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To: kidd

You don’t remember the Ice Bowl? Well, neither do I, as I wasn’t born yet. I hear it was one hell of a game.


55 posted on 02/04/2013 11:26:01 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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To: married21

Commercials are why..they pay for the broadcast. The networks pay hundreds of millions to the conferences for the broadcast rights..they have to pay for it somehow..


56 posted on 02/04/2013 11:26:41 AM PST by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: hoagy62

Football used to be a manly sport, where bad weather was no problem and even considered a plus by many players and true fans. I think a cold weather Super Bowl, now and then, is a great idea.

I think the cold weather will result in many more real fans in the stands as opposed to elites who don’t really care about football.

Also, for the overall tourism experience, I think there is a whole lot more to do in NYC in February than there is in cities with domes, like Indianapolis or Detroit.


57 posted on 02/04/2013 11:27:30 AM PST by Above My Pay Grade
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To: Perdogg
It was only a matter of time before the northeastern Democrats looked at the revenue brought in by bowls, and then decided they should compete with warm weather cities.

Really was a stupid move by the Superbowl and college bowl committees to have teams play in snowstorms.
58 posted on 02/04/2013 11:29:18 AM PST by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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To: Revolting cat!

Putting the stage together in the cold would certainly affect the singers’ voices and the dancers’ muscles, so then how would they lip-sync?

What about the poor sob players


59 posted on 02/04/2013 11:32:32 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: Perdogg

Fine by me. I’m no prude but that skank fest yesterday was too much that I changed the channel (missed the black out) and didn’t go back until the last couple minutes of the game waiting for Elementary to come on.


60 posted on 02/04/2013 11:37:23 AM PST by bgill
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