The Wembley Joke

To further screw your analogy, Fog, the Falcons play in a domed stadium (which is stupid, and even more stupid on a nice day in the fall in Atlanta).

If there were a domed stadium in London, possibility perhaps. How about the Bernabeau?

 

Requirements to host a Super Bowl, based on articles from the Indianapolis Star and the A stadium that hosts at least 70,000 people
For a 70,000 seat stadium, at least 24,500 "quality" hotel rooms within a 30 minute drive of the stadium
850,000 square feet of space for the "NFL Experience" interactive theme park
10,000 rental cars, 750 buses, 500 limousines, 1,000 taxis in the area
A hotel with 900 or more rooms to serve as the NFL's Super Bowl headquarters

The bid specifications document totals 244 pages, according to these sources, so I'm sure there's a lot more to it. San Diego published a version of the document (PDF) that went into a recent hosting bid they made.

I'd imagine many of Europe's biggest cities can meet a lot of the requirements, but as far as sheer stadium seating capacity goes, your options would include Barcelona, London, Milan, Moscow, Kiev, Dublin, Rome, Istanbul, Dortmund, Madrid, Paris, Naples and Manchester.

 

I would hate to see the Superbowl come to London or anywhere outside of the US, in the same way I hated the FA cup going to Cardiff, they are national competitions and if I was lucky enough to go to a superbowl I would want to do it in the US where the hype and experience would be unforgettable. I think I would feel cheated if I did it in Manchester or Kiev.

Is a domed stadium as stadium with a roof? If so then Wembley has a sliding roof, with undersoil heating to keep the pitch warm. Still a bad idea though.

 

GBFC; Does the new Wembly have a retractable roof? If so why in the world didn't they close it?? Would've saved the groundskeepers a ton of work, and may be given the fans a better game. Of course the Dolphins having their worst ever season in franchise history didn't help matters.

Interesting how a New York based team playing an another traditional east coast team (this year excepted) game on European soil has been a big story. While two west coast teams playing in Mexico City last year was barely a blip on the radar.