You Europeans and your roofs...
:yes: It does not rain in Minneapolis, it SNOWS! American football is played in any weather with the exception of lightning.
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I know this roof debate has been done a million times before and I'm really not attempting to re-heat the argument, but there is an inherent irony to this.
We're talking about a nation where the well-being of the consumer is paramount. If you want a cup holder in your seat, you got it. If you want a Godzillatron screen the width of the pitch, it's there. Internet access? No problem, dude. Consequently, it would appear that the fans are so cosseted that places like the Metrodome just aren't good enough any more (where I suspect anywhere else, they would be perfectly reasonable).
However, suggest that a roof may be an idea because, well, it snows a bit and, you know, as we're all warm-blooded mammals after all, you'd think it would stand to reason that viewer comfort is as big a priority as everything else that a new stadium so expensively assembles, and there's uproar.
I know it's a cultural thing that is seen as part of the whole experience and you may think Europeans are somehow deficient not to share it but even you must appreciate the apparent paradox it belies.
BTW, standing in the Fulwell end of the old Roker Park in Sunderland in February with the wind coming straight off the North Sea wasn't much of a picnic either - and that was under a roof. It makes me cold, just remembering it.
