[Keith in Iowa]

Please... Nothing is happening in Minneapolis that doesn’t / won’t /can’t happen at any other outdoor venue this time of year, in similar climates in the bleeping NFL. Bunch of pansies.

[WOBBLY BOB]

I don’t think there will be any booze(unless you sneak your own in)

[Lurker]

There's a perfectly good venue available for an outdoor football game which will hold all of the ticket holders. It was designed expressly for the purpose.

It's called "Soldier Field".

[dirtboy]

Please... Nothing is happening in Minneapolis that doesn’t / won’t /can’t happen at any other outdoor venue this time of year, in similar climates in the bleeping NFL.

That's not true - outdoor deep-cold stadiums such as Lambeau and Soldier Field have heating systems in the turf. Ever hear of the Ice Bowl? It's when that system failed at Lambeau.

And the players have a point - the NFL is cracking down on hits to the head, but apparently aren't concerned about a player falling on his head onto a hard field.

[Mr. Silverback]

Exactly. Looked pretty cold in Foxborro when the Pats edged out my Packers last night. You can bet the field will be just as brutal in Green Bay in a couple of weeks when the Bears come up to Lambeau. As Michael Strahan said yesterday, “Frozen Tundra” is truth in advertising, and not just in Lambeau Field. He went so far as to say that heating systems on the field make no difference worth mentioning.