1751 Winter is coming

All eyes on the Mets in North America converged on the New York Metropolitans, from fans to the news media, from traffickers to celebrities, from industry insiders to the general public, from the North American continent to the global market...... With all the spotlight on the same field, the heat wave was enough to melt the snow and ice of winter, creating an unparalleled frenzy and heralding the arrival of the year.

At the same time, the two teams that played the top of the Forbidden City also arrived at the Big Apple early, checked into the hotel, and adapted to the venue to prepare for the game step by step.

The venue for this year's Super Bowl was officially decided four years ago and will be held at the Mets in New York!

Opened in 2010, the Mets is the most expensive and largest venue in the NFL, with a capacity of more than 83,000 people, and is the common home of the New York Giants and the New York Jets.

The scope of the Metropolitano Field covers both New York and New Jersey.

Although the names of the teams are New York Giants and New York Jets, in fact, the bases of both teams are no longer in New York City, after all, the city's one-acre three-point field is only the size of a palm, and every inch of land is expensive, and the input cost is too expensive for a football team that needs to build a large stadium, and the city hall is not necessarily willing to approve the proposal to build the stadium, so both teams moved out of New York and to New Jersey across the river.

The two teams teamed up to establish the Metropolitan Field in East Rutherford, which is just eight miles (10 kilometers) from New York Island, a fifteen-minute subway ride away, and "almost" the equivalent of being in New York City.

It will be the first time in the history of the Metropolitans that the Metropolitan will host the Super Bowl, and the first NFL championship game in Greater New York since 1962, which was the pre-Super Bowl era, when the Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants at Yankee Stadium to become the league champion. Half a century later, the greater New York region has finally hosted the NFL's top Super Bowl finals for the first time, and for the first time, there is a battle that may go down in history.

It's worth mentioning that the "home curse" is still not lifted - every year the team in the Super Bowl venue can't make it to the Super Bowl showdown, and it hasn't been able to break that curse for the past 47 years, and in the 48th year, the New York Giants and New York Jets both failed before the playoffs, extending the curse.

The Metropolitano Stadium is an open field, which also means that the impact of the weather may be more pronounced, which is a challenge for the league's Super Bowl arrangements.

Although rugby is an outdoor sport, and there are countless cases of blizzards and rainstorms, the Super Bowl is a special occasion, and the league must take into account how exciting the game is, how difficult it is to spread, etc., and they must avoid the effects of the weather as much as possible - otherwise, all of a sudden blizzard hits and the Super Bowl is interrupted or postponed, and since 1976, the Super Bowl has been held exclusively on indoor courts, with the only exception being in Tamby, Arizona in 1996.

So far, the coldest Super Bowl in history took place in New Orleans in 1972, when Durán Stadium was still an open court and the game temperature was only 39 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius), which was a very unusual year; Last year's Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, it was an indoor court.

Winters in the New York area are already very cold, and now that the Mets are open, the negative effects of cold weather are a factor that must be considered.

When the league was choosing the Super Bowl venue, the owners of the 32 teams went through a heated debate, Miami and Tampa, Florida were both alternate cities, but after four rounds of fierce voting, New York still won with a hard time, in this regard, Roger Goodale said that if the 48th Super Bowl is a success, then the future will continue to consider holding the Super Bowl in cold cities, which is an attempt to change.

After the conclusion of the federation finals, professionals in the league industry began to pay close attention to the trend of weather forecasts, and from all indications, the situation is not optimistic.

A powerful cold snap is gradually approaching the New York area, and as the time approaches, the cooling trend is particularly obvious, and the temperature on February 2 may be between 39 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius) and 20 degrees Fahrenheit (minus seven degrees), accompanied by a blizzard warning.

This is definitely not good news for the Super Bowl.

Now the whole league is watching the weather closely, and they are praying that there will be no snow on the day of the Super Bowl, otherwise it will be a heavy blow to both teams with strong offense.

Not only the league, but both teams are actively preparing for the game, they can't count on the weather to help, but need to be prepared for all potential eventualities, and even if it does snow, the game will continue; And they must not go straight to the pitch without any preparation.

The work of adapting to the site becomes heavy and complex, adapting to the temperature, adapting to the wind direction, adapting to the space, etc., these details will be different.

Although the San Francisco 49ers' wild card game this year has just experienced the lowest temperature in history, the outdoor temperature is only 5 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 15 degrees Celsius), which is a serious test for any team, and they have successfully withstood the test; But Green Bay is Green Bay and New York is New York, which are two very different things, not to mention that the Wild Card Game is not the Super Bowl, and everything is completely new in the next game.

They had to hurry up and get used to the venue.

In fact, this is the second time the San Francisco 49ers have visited Met, which they played against the New York Jets in the fourth week of last season's regular season, and finally won by a score of "0:47"; But it was late summer and early October, and the weather in New York was crisp, and they were going to face a cold February snap, which was a different story entirely, and the error of empiricism was the most unavoidable.

On Wednesday, January 29, with four days left before the Super Bowl, Official Media Day officially arrived! This also announced that the whole of North America has officially entered Super Bowl time, even the Grammys and Oscars, even the other three major sports leagues, all other focus is on the sidelines.

This is the second consecutive year that Lu Ke has stood on the Super Bowl stage, and it is also the second consecutive year that Lu Ke has appeared on the official media day.

It's the Super Bowl!

The entire crowd at the entrance of the Mets Stadium was completely invisible, and the huge crowd of fans spread out in all directions, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000...... Or maybe it's more, it's impossible to tell the difference, and every corner of the field of vision is full of people.

Everybody, everybody.

The dense crowd of people makes the numbers meaningless, in it, just feel the vastness and magnificence, a single individual of a player in front of such a sea of people completely reduced to a drop of water, in front of the ocean is not worth mentioning at all, the kind of majestic momentum that blows in the face makes people become incomparably small, in addition to amazement and shock, there is no sound at all, just the heart is surging into this craze.

"Bambi, is this my delusion, or is it really happening? How do I feel that there are even more fans at this year's Official Media Day than there were last year. Logan blinked, and couldn't help but rub his eyes—childishly wondering if he was dazzled or his brain was in chaos.

Without waiting for Lu Ke to answer, Marcus nodded again and again, "I don't think it's your delusion, I always feel that there seems to be more crowds at the scene." ”

In fact, Lu Ke was also in shock now, and after Marcus interrupted, he came back to his senses a little, "I guess this is the power of New York?" Should it be five or six times more populous than New Orleans? So, the attention should be at least doubled, right? ”

Lu Ke's ridiculous words made all the teammates around him laugh.

On the left is a sea of red and on the right is an orange storm.

San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos fans both chose their home jersey colors, some similar but different, bright and jumping colors completely erased the gray haze over New York, creating a jumping color that instantly brought the whole world to life.

Before the official start of the game, two teams with no grudges and no feuds, gathered together in love with each other, and greeted the arrival of official press day with friendly open arms, and the cheers and cheers released incredible heat like a carnival.

Buzz! Buzz!

The heat wave that was surging around the Mets could be felt rolling around, and then a silvery-gray rushing stream flowed into it, like a clear spring merging into the magma, and then the hot and hot lava slowly diverged into it, forming a beautiful picture.

The players of the two teams, all dressed in silver-gray jackets, marked the icon of Super Bowl 48 on the left chest, and the team logo and player number on the right chest.

Then, the suppressed and suppressed energy on the scene burst out in this way.

"Ahhh

"Ahhh

The rolling heat wave made the adrenaline completely burst out, igniting the blood and igniting the passion/emotion, and couldn't help but jump, roar, and roar with the cheers and shouts of the scene, which made people gear up and eager to try, and couldn't wait to step onto the world stage on the top of Huashan.