Super Bowl XLV Weather Not Good For Future Games

DALLAS (105.3 THE FAN) - Let's all admit it.  The Super Bowl arctic freeze is possibly the worst thing that could have happened for North Texas and Super Bowl XLV. You simply cannot put lipstick on this pig of a weather forecast so far.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is trying his best to put a good spin on it."Let's start with these icy streets and end with beautiful days at the end." said Jones.   The Cowboys owner is going to get his wish by Sunday, which is forecast as the best weather day of the next five days.  The high is supposed to creep up into the mid 50's.

But the out-of-town media is obviously not happy.  Not when the high temperatures today in other popular Super Bowl cities are: Los Angeles  66, Miami 80, Phoenix 47, and New Orleans 43.   Not great in Phoenix and the Big Easy, but better than this.

Jarrett Bell of USA Today said he was, "surprised at the lack of preparedness for the game, because I have not seen one snowplow since I've been here."   Maybe that is impractical for North Texas, but it is the media perception from those longing for South Florida of a year ago.

Throw in the rolling power outages that have hit today and this is a disaster from a PR standpoint.  Hard to admit when you are in the middle of it, but there is no question this will affect future decisions as North Texas is gearing up for another run at the 2016 game (Super Bowl 50).

Yes, the Cowboys Stadium is a gem, but when you add in people asking $500 for parking spaces around the stadium and gouging at an all-time high, and you wonder about whether this will be the first and last Super Bowl here.

Next year is Indianapolis' turn.  The weather could be just as bad or worse.

Give me the good old days of California, Florida, and New Orleans and let's end this cold weather idea once and for all.

Stay tuned.