Detroit meant Fox already had a crew and equipment in place to show the game, that’s why. The Golden Rule applies to the NFL too.
The basketball stadium at the University of Florida also used to have an inflatable roof, but the engineers built it in such a way that it never collapsed under the weight of snow.
By building it in Gainesville, Florida, no doubt. 
I live in Minneapolis.
The bar i went to to watch the Steelers game was full of Giants fans that had flown in just to see the game. I feel pretty bad for them… except for the guy wearing a Yankees jersey… he can go to hell.
I’m sure the folks in Syracuse have to be a little proud of their dome. Same design, about the same age as the Metrodome, and despite all the lake effect snow Syracuse gets (more than MSP, I’m sure), I don’t believe the Carrier Dome has ever been deflated by a storm.
It is a conspiracy to help move the team to Los Angeles. It would take too long to build a new stadium that could last in cold weather. The L.A; Packers has a nice ring to it.
What’s the point of taking any football team to LA? How many teams have moved there and then ended up moving away? Give it up. LA just isn’t a football town.
Two, although the Rams were there for nearly 50 years, so I think they must’ve had at least a modicum of success in attracting fans.
Parenthetically, the Chargers also moved from L.A., though they were only there for one season (their first).
Of all the teams that might relocate to Los Angeles, the Packers, due to their ownership structure, wouldn’t even be on the list.
Since the Giants couldn’t get into Minneapolis, what about the Fox crew (or CBS crew)? What would happen if they got stranded somewhere via the weather. Would they postpone the game? The fact that the Fox Crew was already in Detroit was a contributing factor on why they relocated the game to Detroit.
I really wonder how feasible that would be. Can a stadium, which has been closed down for a few weeks and presumably winterized, get ready to host an NFL game within 24 hours or so?
I would think that there is a lot of work in the infra-structure that the public never sees. The concessions would have to be set up, the field prepared. Fox would have to get cameras set up. Instant Replay.
I doubt that the stadium at the Univ Of Minnesota could be set up, withing 24 hours. In inclement weather no less.
I strongly suspect that the Fox crew (at least the production crew, if not the announcers) was already there. It takes a lot of time to set up for a broadcast. The video of the roof’s collapse had a “Fox Exclusive” logo on it – I suspect that they’d already placed their cameras inside the Metrodome in preparation for the game, and someone on the production crew had the foresight to have them on and taping at that time.
I’ve been doing a lot of reading up on the football/LA situation, and it really comes down to an NFL-suitable stadium. That sounds funny, but the Coliseum isn’t really suitable, even from a fan standpoint. It simply holds too many people, and NFL blackout rules would mean that a team had to sell 93,607 seats every week. No team can do that today. Virtually every new stadium built today is smaller in capacity than the one that preceded it. Thus we have a situation where the team that inevitably fails can use that and the NFL’s blackout policy to “prove” that LA cannot support a team, when they almost certainly can in a smaller stadium. Of course the owners want luxury boxes and the like, but that doesn’t really change the essential math of the situation.
That’s a tough sell, but it’s the economics of the modern NFL. They could cover the whole upper deck, but then they’re stuck with that arrangement all year. They could buy the 25,000 remaining seats, but that would kill their income. Instead, a nice 60,000-seat stadium would sell out regularly, and that’s what will probably ultimately be required for an NFL team to succeed.
The truth, I believe, is somewhat cynical and sinister: the NFL doesn’t want a team in LA because they can use that as a whip on other cities. “Give us a new stadium or we’re off to LA”… how many times have we heard that in the last 15 years? It’s the ultimate threat to a city with an NFL team. Once they follow through it’s no longer a weapon. As a result, I doubt there will be football in LA for a long time to come unless the Chargers move back there. The Vikings almost certainly won’t be moving, and I have my doubts about Jacksonville as well.
Indeed - From an AP report: “…but the school says it couldn’t be ready in time.”
Well that was kind of the point of the other thing I said. How long do you think it would have taken to set up a broadcast at the Univ of Minnesota. Presumably, production is experienced at the Metrodome, Fox has been broadcasting games there for years. They can probably do it with their eyes closed.
However, the University of Minnesota stadium is probably relatively unfamiliar. Could they get ready and do a broadcast within 24 hours?
This is bunk.
The only reason there’s no team in LA is because there’s no stadium. The tax situation and political climate in LA and California in general is such that getting a publicly funded new stadium built is extremely, extremely difficult. The moment that a financial plan is in place to build a stadium, with or without tax dollars, there will be a team there.
The NFL is largely indifferent. Adding a team to LA wouldn’t do much to improve the NFLs bottom line since the shared league revenues aren’t tied to local broadcasting or ticket sales, that’s mostly the domain of the individual owners. Once there’s a team in LA there will be a new boogieman city right behind it. If Minnesota moves to LA, Minneapolis/St Paul immediately becomes the new city that will compete with existing cities to steal a team. Chicago wants a second team. Portland wants a team. Toronto might want a team, maybe Vegas, Salt Lake City and who knows who else will pop up 5 to 10 years down the road.
How about San Fernando Valley Vikings? That sounds real good.
The Oakland Olafs?
The new roof rises.
This is a six month old thread revised only because of recent news about the Metrodome’s new roof, but I’ve got to tell you, the NFL’s story is horse manure. The LA area has a population of over 10M. They could sell out the LA Coliseum with that size of fan base. Or more realistically, they could do what the USC Trojans do and block off and not sell the seats that are too far from the field.
Maybe - hell very probably - the Coliseum needs updating in terms of cushioned seats, restrooms that need new plumbing, lockerrooms that have more than nails hammered into the walls for hooks, etc. but the size of the venue is fine.