00:00I will admit, I couldn't have been more wrong about the World Cup coming to Boston.
00:06How freaking great was the last month living in this city?
00:11It has absolutely been not only from just seeing the Scots all around, which truly was amazing.
00:19I want to give a little bit of credit to the Norwegians as well.
00:23They were badass.
00:24The Iraqi fans were here.
00:26They were killing it.
00:27Morocco.
00:28It just, France, and all the people outside of the hotel trying to get Mbappe's signature.
00:34But it was more than that.
00:35It was the streets.
00:36They had these street parties where not only do they have, like, the giant screens out there,
00:40but you were allowed to walk around with a beer in your hand in certain parts of the city.
00:45They allowed bars to stay open later.
00:49It wasn't a requirement, but they allowed a lot of them to do it.
00:52I thought so much of this stuff was going to backfire.
00:54It was going to be a joke.
00:55But, man, was I wrong.
00:57If you look at some of the numbers that have come out since then, I guess, like, the bars saw,
01:01like, an almost 30% spike.
01:04I mean, places were running out of beer, as we knew.
01:06Airbnbs and hotel rates, they absolutely killed it.
01:11I mean, the T said it set ridership records, but it's like, I don't know if that's it.
01:15I think the first game, I think, was somewhat of a nightmare.
01:18But after that, I think they figured it out.
01:21But, you know, it makes me think, Ted, you know, why can't Gillette get a Super Bowl?
01:28Like, if you take a look at what this team has done.
01:31Whoa, that's a big leap.
01:31Whoa.
01:32Well, here's why.
01:33It's because, first of all, I have said, like, when they had the Super Bowl in the Meadowlands a couple
01:38years ago,
01:40I was praying that it would snow because I would love to see a Super Bowl in the snow.
01:45To me, wouldn't you guys like to see that?
01:47Admit you'd love to see a Super Bowl in the elements.
01:49No, I wouldn't.
01:51You're the wrong guy.
01:52What are you talking about?
01:53I'm the wrong guy on that.
01:54Nope, nope, nope.
01:56Especially when you've got, like, a New England team that would thrive in a Super Bowl that's in the elements.
02:03You already have that edge.
02:06I'll push back on you on this.
02:08It's surprising because I played the game, and I love playing in the elements.
02:11For the Super Bowl, I want it to be 72 and sunny.
02:13I kind of want to know what the elements are going to be.
02:15I don't want there to be, you know, just because of what the elements are.
02:19It favors a certain team over the other.
02:21And I just sometimes, like, if it's such bad conditions and it's cold and it's wet and it's,
02:27then, you know, you can't throw the ball.
02:30It's got to be aesthetically kind of, to me, the weather cannot be a storyline in the Super Bowl,
02:36if you can help it.
02:37And the reason there's not a Super Bowl here is obviously because the weather could play a huge factor
02:41in impacting that game.
02:44And I just don't think it's fair for that game to be played where the elements can favor one team
02:51or the other.
02:51Why did they give it to New York then?
02:52That's how I feel about it.
02:53Like, why did they give it to New York?
02:54I know it was a new stadium.
02:55Because they just built a new stadium, and it was a big stadium, and they used to have,
02:59I don't know if it's a rule anymore, but any team.
03:01That's why I played a Super Bowl in Jacksonville, of all places,
03:04because they just built a new stadium and they rewarded them a Super Bowl.
03:07So it was to encourage teams to build new stadiums.
03:10They would award you a Super Bowl.
03:13I don't know what the rules are.
03:14Well, I thought, well, Gillette's a new stadium.
03:16They were going to do that.
03:16Well, they never did, but I thought they would.
03:18Do you want one in Buffalo, in the new Buffalo Stadium?
03:21Yes, yes.
03:22That would be amazing.
03:23A Super Bowl in Buffalo?
03:24But you also have to consider all the people that come in for that,
03:27all the big money people and all the endorsements,
03:29they want golf courses to be there.
03:31They want entertainment.
03:32They want it to be a good time.
03:34Ted, I mean, the bar goes early here.
03:36I will give you Minnesota.
03:38That Super Bowl was awesome, and that was the one where it couldn't have been
03:41any colder, and that was one of the cooler Super Bowls that we've been.
03:46I was there covering it.
03:47I loved that Super Bowl because, you know, it's like instead of golfing and stuff,
03:52there was like ice fishing.
03:53Like I remember I went out and did ice fishing when I was out there.
03:56I went and saw Prince and where he lived.
03:59What was the name of the Purple Palace?
04:01I forget the name of the place where Prince lived.
04:03But, I mean, it was – see, there is a track record of them having Super Bowls
04:08in cold cities and having them, I know, just recently in New York
04:11in a place where the elements could have affected them.
04:13Minnesota is indoors.
04:14Minnesota is an indoor stadium as opposed to Gillette.
04:16It's an outdoor.
04:17They'll never have it back in New York.
04:18Do you think they'll ever have it back in New York City?
04:20No, I do not.
04:20That was a disaster.
04:21Well, it was a disaster afterwards.
04:22Suck after the game trying to get out of there?
04:24Yeah.
04:24Yeah.
04:25But I just – this is one of your most shocking takes ever.
04:28Is the new Buffalo Stadium – is it – it's a retractable roof, right?
04:31So they could play –
04:31No, I don't think so.
04:32Oh, it's an outdoor –
04:33I think it's like – it's more covered than it used to be,
04:35but I don't think it's retractable.
04:36Okay.
04:36I could be wrong.
04:37I just think – and the thing is, too, is – and, Ted, you've gone to so many
04:40Super Bowls, not only played in them, but, I mean, from the outside,
04:43covering the Super Bowls.
04:44When a Super Bowl is in your town, the city is fun as hell for, like, that week.
04:49That week leading up to it, it's a blast.
04:50You know, they come down there, and, like, you know, everyone from around the
04:54country is visiting, so they put up, like, that world of the NFL stuff.
04:57There's all, like – you know, downtown comes alive.
05:00And I know that –
05:01NFL experience is big.
05:01Yep.
05:02Yeah.
05:03It's awesome.
05:03And, like, it's not – it doesn't – it's not going to be out at Gillette,
05:06the fun stuff.
05:07It's going to be in the city, so you don't have to travel.
05:10Like, you know, there's – it was the same way that it was in Dallas.
05:13Like, Dallas had all of the downtown stuff, like the world of the NFL
05:17and, like, the convention center and media row.
05:19But Arlington is where the stadium was.
05:21So, it's not like you have to go all the way out to Foxborough to enjoy all of that.
05:27I just think that it's about time that, A, there was another cold-weather Super Bowl.
05:31I have no problem with that whatsoever.
05:33And I also think that this city – man, you look at all the reports of people
05:39who liked this – like, the World Cup, like, what their favorite place to go was.
05:42It was Boston.
05:43Yeah, but that's because the Tartan Army saved it.
05:45I mean, are they going to be here for your Super Bowl?
05:46Do you have to invite them back?
05:49I'm not sure.
05:50I just think that – I can't believe you guys wouldn't like to see a cold-weather Super Bowl.
05:54Like, one of the elements.
05:55No, not at all.
05:57I love their current track.
05:58They've got L.A., they're back to Atlanta, and then Vegas in a couple years.
06:01That's good.
06:01That's where it should be.
06:03You know, I just – shocking.
06:05I mean, do you think if the Tartan Army was not here, Rich,
06:07we would still be saying the World Cup was a success?
06:09Yeah.
06:10That's like just – that healed everything.
06:11The whole region.
06:12They were a big part of it, but, I mean, you know, because I live in the city,
06:16and so everything around it – like, I mean, you would go out on, like, a Tuesday night
06:20when there was a random game, and there would be streets that were shut down
06:24and, like, thousands of people outside watching a huge screen,
06:27and that was after Scotland had already been bounced.
06:30Yeah, it was awesome, and it definitely helped all the businesses.
06:36I thought it was just – it couldn't have been better,
06:38even if the Tartan Army wasn't there, even though they were a huge part of it
06:41and truly, you know, made it special.
06:43I just think it's time to have – and you know what?
06:45Change some of these rules.
06:46Keep the bars open until 3 if you want to be.
06:49That's what it is.
06:50Everything would have to close at 1130 if it was the New England Super Bowl.
06:53Yeah, yeah.
06:53I just – I can't imagine it being even close to the experience.
06:56I mean, you had games midweek that made it fun.
06:58The weather here – I mean, I think the weather here in the summer
07:01is some of the best that you can ever find in the world,
07:04where here in February, it just looks and feels miserable in February.
07:11I just – I think that's a big part of it, right?
07:13I just can't imagine the NFL wants to have a host city, you know,
07:16where the weather plays – that's the storyline is the cold weather,
07:22and that's a risk you take by having it in Boston.
07:25Because – and the other thing, too, is that if they did get the Super Bowl,
07:28I know that there was talk about the Crafts wanting to build a bunch of stuff
07:31around there, like a casino.
07:33You know, wasn't there, like, talk that they were going to build, like,
07:34a second casino out towards there?
07:36You know, then that would help the infrastructure.
07:38You know, I think that more people would boost the things around –
07:42I am one of those people that I've seen it.
07:44There's almost no excuse now.
07:45It's been in cold weather towns.
07:46It's been in an open place like in New York in the Meadowlands.
07:52So, I mean, there's a track record.
07:54I think the Crafts have been getting screwed, and the city's ready for it.
07:57So – but I'm also saying this.
07:59I don't know if that's something he's pushed.
08:00Have you heard that Robert's pushed for that?
08:02I mean, is that something – I feel like I remember him saying that a long time ago.
08:06I have yet – I haven't heard him say that he has the desire to have a football –
08:10excuse me, the Super Bowl hosted here in a long time.
08:12But maybe he has, and I haven't heard it.
08:14I mean, to me, the most obvious next big sporting event, to me,
08:17should be the All-Star game for baseball.
08:20That, to me, seems to be the obvious one.
08:22Yeah, no question.
08:22No question.
08:23No question.
08:23No question.
