Regarding: "New scoreboard could aid Super Bowl bid" (Tuesday Sports), if Houston hopes to host a second Superbowl, they better commit to that scoreboard, and it better be soon. Prior to the modern era, if you wanted to land a Super Bowl, you needed one thing: A vacationland setting. However, 8 of the last 12 awards have gone to teams with new stadiums; the others have gone to Tampa, New Orleans and Miami (2). Miami, by the way, has hosted the big game 10 times.
By those measures, San Francisco should be a shoo-in to win the 2016 award, since they're the only finalist with a brand new stadium and a vacationland venue. That leaves Houston competing with the aged Sun Life stadium in Miami for 2017, and while we ain't Miami, we offer a vastly superior venue.
With 34 teams in the NFL and the average lifespan of an NFL stadium trending less than 34 years, in the future, new stadiums will monopolize the selection process. Hopefully Houston scores one more shot in 2017.
Pete Smith
Cypress
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If Houston hopes to host a second Super Bowl, we better commit to that scoreboard, and it better be soon. Prior to the modern era, if you wanted to land a Super Bowl, you needed one thing: a vacationland setting. However, eight of the last 12 awards have gone to teams with new stadiums; the others have gone to Tampa, New Orleans and Miami (twice). Miami, by the way, has hosted the big game 10 times.
By those measures, San Francisco should be a shoo-in to win the 2016 award, since it is the only finalist with a brand-new stadium and a vacationland venue. That leaves Houston competing with the aged Sun Life stadium in Miami for 2017, and while we ain't Miami, we offer a vastly superior venue.
With 34 teams in the NFL and the average lifespan of an NFL stadium trending less than 34 years, in the future, new stadiums will monopolize the selection process. Let's hope Houston scores one more shot in 2017.
Pete Smith, Cypress
If Houston hopes to host a second Super Bowl, we better commit to that scoreboard, and it better be soon. Prior to the modern era, if you wanted to land a Super Bowl, you needed one thing: a vacationland setting. However, eight of the last 12 awards have gone to teams with new stadiums; the others have gone to Tampa, New Orleans and Miami (twice). Miami, by the way, has hosted the big game 10 times.
By those measures, San Francisco should be a shoo-in to win the 2016 award, since it is the only finalist with a brand-new stadium and a vacationland venue. That leaves Houston competing with the aged Sun Life stadium in Miami for 2017, and while we ain't Miami, we offer a vastly superior venue.
With 34 teams in the NFL and the average lifespan of an NFL stadium trending less than 34 years, in the future, new stadiums will monopolize the selection process. Let's hope Houston scores one more shot in 2017.
Pete Smith, Cypress
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