Which NFL Stadiums actually NEED a roof?

[@rayspooner1982]

Im on the nobody needs a roof team. Football in the snow is awesome.

[@Avelyn_Band]

Arizona , texas , Cali , Nevada need roofs anyway its too hot

[@whatlol_e]

this is why college stadiums are nice. no roofs, just weather

[@TylerA52903]

Agreed

[@overtimenfl]

Only the warm weather places need one

[@cheesy1111]

Football is meant to be an outdoor sport, im even saying this after I almost lost a toe to frostbite at a Nebraska Football game

[@91_C4_FL]

Raymond James Stadium needs a canopy like Miami. Games until mid October are BRUTAL. Especially in the upper deck at 1pm.

[@darryljorden9177]

I can't remember the last time Chicago had a major snowstorm during a game. In fact, the most famous weather event at Soldier Field was probably the Fog Bowl.

[@davidlafleche1142]

The 1982 Grey Cup was played at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, during a pounding rainstorm. Only one side of the stadium had a roof; everyone else was soaked. They had to go under the stands and watch the game on TV! The sellout crowd of 54,000 screamed, "WE WANT A DOME! WE WANT A DOME!"

[@sylvainbeaulieu6300]

Week 14 in 2010 between the Bears and the Patriots at Soldier Field. The game was played in a blizzard.

[@andy7376]

Week 16 2017

[@whatlol_e]

i wish no stadiums had roofs

[@ronkali5365]

You will never see a dome in Pittsburgh, ever since the Vikings went inside they became soft.You think any NFC teams beside the Bears,Packers,Eagles,Giants would wanna go to Minnesota playoff time without a roof.Vikings lost a big advantage going inside

[@fadercreek]

lions and Colts too

[@rynelodermeier956]

you're not the one running around in the snow for 2 hours straight, so I would stop calling them soft and look at it from the player's and fan's perspective.

[@PredatorKingdom]

Not really because domes are super loud and can be difficult to play in.

[@mattharper588]

@@rynelodermeier956The players are not running around in the snow for 2hours straight once their series of play is complete they put on heavy insulated knee length over coats and go sit on heated seats and put their helmets on heaters for the money they make they can suck it up

[@thedominatior39]

As someone who has had Buffalo Bills Season tickets since 2018 I will say most of the people who argue that Buffalo needs a dome have never experienced a snow game in person. The two best games I’ve ever been to were the Blizzard game against the Colts in 2017 and the Perfect Game against New England in the playoffs those games are not as fun without the weather.

[@manuelgrothe608]

10:48 The USFL New Orleans Breakers as Caesars Superdome is perfect

[@ZDoko602]

Sometimes the Weather is what makes a team iconic. It becomes part of a team's brand.

[@andrewkeenan2750]

3:58 it’s always gonna be Heinz Field to me.

[@Hschlick84]

Outside of football season, the stadiums are used for concerts, events, business venues. That's the main reason to have domes or retractable roofs.

[@darbyhawk]

Arrowhead nearly got a rolling roof but it got rejected. Playoff games in january especially in KC are something else

[@Zach-mw5so]

The Vikings didn’t have a roof and went to 4 Super Bowls. Granted they lost all 4 but they were a great team that won consistently. What happens? They move in to a dome, are occasionally good but have not even sniffed a Super Bowl appearance since then. I don’t think that’s a coincidence.

[@selfdo]

It's NOT. The late Rush Limbaugh remarked as such in both versions of his "35 'undeniable' truths of life".

[@jpmnky]

A topic I’d love to see you cover. I’ve always wanted to see every team have a Super Bowl hosting. Not the same 5-6 cities all the time. Was amazed they held XLVIII in a cold weather city outdoors. Gotta believe if the game itself wasn’t a blowout (rare these days) it’d be at least considered. Sure it’ll take three decades to get everyone an appearance but it would be awesome as a fan to see. At least that’s how I think about it. EDIT: grammatical errors

[@javianjohnson8746]

In my opinion the advantage for these stadium are the horrible weather patterns during the December/January for the playoffs. Grimmy, slowed-down football is great to see how strategy changes specifically because of the weather

[@jacobwolff5597]

You really said New Orleans doesn’t need a dome while directly comparing it to LSU’s “Death Valley”. September and October games would be absolutely sweltering with a high chance of thunderstorms popping up.

[@EpicSlug]

Football is a winter sport by design, it was always supposed to be played in mud and snow. Bears season ticket holder here and I love the freezing cold games. Want your warm corporate club seat? Get stuffed. Leave it for the real fans. It's the desert teams (Vegas, Arizona) that need the domes for cooling, as otherwise the players can't actually play.

[@Mullerology]

The one thing I never liked about the Louisiana Superdome is that it gets no natural light at all. It's like every game is being played in the middle of the night. It's also nearly 50 years old now. You can renovate and re-renovate as much as you want, but the core facilities must be pretty dated by now.

[@Grievous_]

No Stadium should have a roof, I want as much snow games as possible!

[@MrUnsolvedMystery]

My family had season tickets at old met stadium for the Vikings. Yeah, it was a definite homefield advantage for the Vikings with the wind and cold. it was brutal even for the fans. But I understand you can use the covered stadium year round which makes sense for some cities

[@davidlafleche1142]

I agree with the Twins' owner who said, "The only way to save Metropolitan Stadium is to tear it down and rebuild it, one section at a time." If I had owned the Twins, I would have said to the Vikings, "Sayonara! You can have your dome!" I would have rebuilt Metropolitan Stadium, one section at a time.

[@ChristopherDiGiovanni-o3j]

Green Bay, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Boston (New England) need their stadiums to be added to roofs because of very cold and snowy conditions.

[@DoctorEw220]

It can be snowing in Pittsburgh one day, and 60 degrees the next.

[@grantpoulin5404]

Ravens game against the jags last yr rained before game but not during thankfully

[@timothymoroney9100]

I went to MetLife Stadium last Friday and it was freezing…the biggest problem is that the stadium is a wind tunnel. The exterior walls are hallow. Wind enters the stadium unobstructed. When it is cold outside, the added wind makes it feel like a polar bear exhibit at the zoo. The old Giant Stadium had solid walls and the wind problem was this bad. The aluminum exterior seems to draw air into the concourses with their many holes and empties into the stands. Also, if you look closely, you can see the upper deck is separated from the rest of the structure…the can see the outside through the end zones. After traveling to other NFL stadiums, I can say that there is no saving this billion-dollar fail.

[@retroguyretail1976]

I went there when the giants had a celebration after sb 46 that wind will go thru you in there

[@j-willy4137]

I was there last Friday, the wind got brutal before the end of the game!!

[@michaelmilitello5644]

Football is an outdoor sport. That’s it. That’s all.

[@chadrowland4670]

Green Bay isn't a big enough city to host a Super Bowl

[@tjsingh4132]

Can we get a video on stadiums in video games? Like Lumen field in the last of us part 2

[@fushetti]

Bills fan here and season ticket holder. Obviously everyone sees the snow we get but realistically, the Bills only use their stadium 8-12x a year (the building only gets used maybe 5x more per year) so the cost of doming a stadium that isn't used that often makes the cost too much. Plus, its a pretty big advantage for the Bills to play a playoff home game in the elements esp against a southern team. (Miami). Honestly, the worst part is the wind. Apparently the new stadium will have some sort of wind screen. Without wind, a really cold game, isn't that bad. The playoff game against NE a few years back, i think the temperature was like 3 degrees Fahrenheit. No wind so it could have been much worse.

[@ronpeacock9939]

Buffalo and Green Bay consider the elements in December to be a 12th man. They love seeing the southern/dome teams come to town and freeze their cajonies off… while the Bills fans cheer in the stands shirtless…. Personally, Phoenix needs the dome in the late summer (120 degrees is cooking people).. Miami swealters in teh summer.. but again, weather can be your friend too.. Met Life needs a roof just to keep the field from becoming a swamp with 2 host teams… but for the most part.. NFL should not need a roof.. they don’t stop play because of the elements.. (Unlike MLB)… Hell, I think a few NFL teams should be playing in non-texas HS stadiums.. (sorry, Allen HS in Allen TX is better than some pro and college stadiums)… sick of pro-teams holding their fan base hostage for the fans to beuild them their sweetheart homes… Need to go back to the days when pro-teams either rented what the city had or build it themselves..

[@chriskay1449]

Packers fans go shirtless too.

[@ronpeacock9939]

@@chriskay1449 which is why I included them mostly.. I grew up in Buffalo so I know them better.. but was pretty sure GB fans were just as crazy.. just about a different team.

[@danimalman3]

None of the need domes. Bigger over hanging roofs? Probably some. Especially the ones with extreme heat like SF. Also green bay Probably cant host the SB because of the lack of hotel space and infrastructure in small town green bay.

[@chriskay1449]

There is no problaby. They cannot because of the lack of infrastructure.

[@frankie4467]

I'm surprised that Cincinnati wasn't talked about. To me that's the line where a dome stadium makes sense. I've been to many Bengals games and once it gets to single digits with the wind coming off the river. I always end up hiding out at the team store by halftime. Plus tickets are so much cheaper in the winter.

[@randywarren7101]

I'm a Packers fan and remember "The IceBowl" game and that's the way football should be played in the winter!

[@richh650]

As someone who is in the NFC South, I do hate how dark both the Falcons and Saints domes are inside. Neither dome has much outside lighting that comes in and are both very depressing inside environments.

[@FranBushardt]

I think Stadiums In the Hot Steamy Weather need Domes More than the Cold Weather Venues!

[@alexandrecampos9904]

What about Chicago's Soldier Field?

[@redwingfanchris9420]

I guess he's assumng that their new stadium in Arlington Park, if and when it gets built, will have a roof

[@realandrewcinque22]

I Agree with you regarding metlife it gets so cold there in winter and sweaty in summer hopefully the jets move out of nj and get an enclosed place on long island or build an enclosed stadium near citi field after all they did practice at hofstra for decades

[@tommymood3725]

None of them. Snow weather is an awesome element to football

[@larsonawitz]

Can you teach me how to make 20 videos a day? Depressed upload machine should be the name of this channel.

[@Gabriel_Rojas_Arena]

What about Seattle??

[@Hodaggium]

I knew as soon as I saw the thumbnail how I'd feel about this video. At least you acknowledge that Lambeau Field will never be domed. That place isn't a cathedral as you mention, it's a shrine.

[@darrinbyers1785]

I remember when the Packers wanted a dome but the voters didnt want it

[@ModernCowboy78]

El Ninio this year so expect the NE to get hammered with snow this year.

[@kevinstanley904]

My jags needing a roof from 1-10 is 10 lol most of our games are at 1pm and the games get super hot it’s been an issue as well cause people be needing medical attention because of how hot it is

[@jonstefanik9400]

Weather plays an important factor in football. Usually teams who are used to playing in inclinmite weather have the advantage and that was sure as shit true for the New England Patriots. No need for a dome in Foxboro but the Northern Midwest is another story. If the Green Bay Packers and their fans are fine with it more power to them.

[@rangerboy7877]

with our winters warmer and less snow in 20 or 30 years nobody will need a roof. i agree met life stadium was a lost opportunity, by putting some sort of roof on it think of the events they could host all year long. that was a terrible decision not to do it.

[@PredatorKingdom]

I think Seattle needs to move back into a dome and build a new Kingdome. It just rains too much up there to be playing outdoors. Miami should get one, ever since they redid their stadium it feels almost like a dome anyways when it's not super hot outside. I would consider one for one of the two New York teams in the future as well to host Super Bowls and other major events. I do like the elements and outdoor football, but some teams need domes.

[@davidchodds]

Depressed Ginger. Love your content! You did make a big issue earlier about how NFL will not come to cold weather cities despite a roof because the fans want to come where there is golf and warm weather during their stay. Case in point: Minnesota. So your reason for Lambeau Field getting a roof and drawing the Super Bowl goes against your own argument.

[@rentslave]

I went past Jet Life Stadium. That place needs the Larry Silverstein Solution.

[@edmolash3401]

Factoid: Seattle is further north than either Green Bay or Minneapolis.

[@packerbrewerbuck]

Yes but the climate is so much more harsh in the upper Midwest. Check out similar latitudes and climates in the US compared to Europe! That's even crazier

[@jkarlin412]

"Every cold weather city should build a roof" I fixed the title for you.

[@steviehandsome4712]

A Super Bowl in Green Bay!? Hahaha I can’t believe I ever watched these videos. Green Bay doesn’t have anywhere near the infrastructure to support a Super Bowl. There’s barely 100k people there.There’s no hotels or restaurants, or major airports. Good god, you are clueless.

[@andykillsu]

And yet they are hosting the Draft…

[@jasongza4153]

Nice work

[@ddddirge]

All need roof ON SPECTATOR SEATS on the field itself? I don't think so But if the stadium is used SOLELY for football

[@wark389]

No Chicago... ???

[@primeva7579]

Any city that gets snow needs a dome 😂

[@davidslife989]

My thought exactly. Thanks for reading my mind.

[@everythingcollectibles]

“New Orleans doesn’t need a dome.” Umm… sir, they have had a Domed stadium for almost 50 years! 🧐

[@joshheitman6832]

I am in the group that believes almost all stadiums should have a roof. I also may be in the minority but I think it’s way past time to make snow games a thing of the past. That is one tradition I do not care for at all and needs to completely fade into history. Traditions change and they sometimes come to an end and new ones can always be created. It’s happened many times in the past. Some good and others not so. I think this would actually be a good change although not everyone will agree with me and I am completely aware of that. Not only should this change be done in the NFL. It should also be done in college as well. The reason why is because during the winter, even though the players don’t actually feel despite wearing short sleeves in the cold, they’re still not safe from getting frostbite. Those could be very dangerous. During the summer, we have the opposite problem. It gets real hot in the summer and everyone is at risk of a heatstroke whenever we have 100 degree weather. That too can be dangerous. Both problems can have a negative impact on the games. That’s why I’m a proponent of all stadiums having a roof dome or retractable whether it’s football, baseball, or any other sport that’s played outdoors. Regardless if a roof is retractable or a dome, there should be someway to allow plenty of natural light to come in during the day so it doesn’t always appear to be midnight like it does in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans and this video also mention that (and that really should change too). I may be asking for too much and yeah this change obviously unlikely to happen mainly because a lot football fans are what I like to call purists

[@bigsav1984]

There is no way Green Bay could host a Super Bowl, that city is just to small to support such an event.

[@mattharper588]

Yes we all know that but the Draft next year will be awesome

[@georgeawestjr.9087]

Forget the roof at MetLife Stadium. Just change the team names to the New Jersey Jets and the New Jersey Giants. 😁👌

[@filanfyretracker]

I think SoFi is an interesting compromise on roof and open, You keep a roof on the field but its basically still open to whatever the outside air temperature is. That said snow football is fantastic.

[@selfdo]

That really makes it a CANOPY. Then again, you're talking SoCal. In December and January, damned PLEASANT most of the time, temperature-wise. NFL venues in places like Green Bay, Chicago, Buffalo, or New England made possible a "Nanook of the North Bowl" game.

[@johnnguyen270]

New England WILL NEVER NEED A ROOF!!! Foxboro and New England loves the cold, snowing, windy games. Plus we NEED OUR Snow Plows, and a DRIVER named Henderson (say a Gerald, or Dave will do. But a Mark is helpful)!!!!

[@detoxx03]

Huge disagree with New Orleans. Lived there for over 20 years and it absolutely needs a roof. It’s way too hot, humid, and unpredictable to not have one. It could use more natural light though.

[@KittyPurrfect100]

AT&T Stadium is nothing compared to Texas Stadium, 1993 Thanksgiving in the snow.

[@scottymo8597]

Avery one fear to go to Minnesota back when they didn't have a roof. Js.

[@ModernCowboy78]

As a Broncos fan and I have been to many games the only reason you would need a roof is for the Benjamins.

[@sylvainbeaulieu6300]

Please knock it off with NFL football stadiums that need a roof. As the late great John Madden said : ''Football is meant to be played in a pigsty. Outdoors on natural grass, mud, snow, rain''.

[@michaelleroy9281]

I was at a Vikings game on December 3, 1978 against the Eagles it was the coldest I've ever been why the hell does everyone want football to be played in the mud and the muck and the snow this is not the 1960's or 1970's anymore

[@packisbetter90]

Rain and snow games are the best so no roofs

[@SayCheeseM3dia]

Lambeau will never get a dome

[@JessieMarie74]

Seems unfair that your talking about Metlife in NJ when you have the Eagles, the Ravens, and the commanders/red skins that absolutely need a dome stadium from mid November on, teams like the panthers, falcons, jags, don’t need dome there in warm weather conditions 95% of the season

[@joestetson192]

In my opinion football fields shouldn’t be aloud to have domes. You can have roof over the fans but the game is made to play in the elements

[@ronniesouthern7829]

The bigger question is who they expect to pay for the roof?

[@bradleybiggers1926]

Jacksonville is really hot tho year round

[@NW255]

It’s hilarious to me that the bills new stadium DOESNT HAVE A ROOF. The lions have hosted bills home games at ford field because of snow back in buffalo

[@lionsfan7500]

New Orleans has a dome so they can host other events

[@mattdc02]

Firmly believe football should be played on natural grass outside no exceptions. Snow/rain/heat/sun/mud/ice all part of the game. Shades or roofing covering fans OK but not the field.

[@Mr.Ed_Wayner]

Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland.

[@jesusm2159]

Bills belief the weather favors them ?

[@jbtornado]

None. In fact if it ever occurs where most or all stadiums are domes I’m done with it.

[@retroguyretail1976]

cleveland dont need it they played in frigid municipal stadium they can play there in the cold along lake erie. met life shoulda had one but the giants didn't want the roof it woulda been epic they could be more super bowls, final fours guess not making more revenue is strange in NJ

[@mikesmith9318]

What about Cincinnati!??!!

[@fadercreek]

vikings got soft when they got a dome they would have a ring in the randy moss era

[@scottymo8597]

Not really soft. Just help out visitor team.

[@fadercreek]

@@scottymo8597 both

[@dawsonnance4407]

This video felt unamerican 🤣. Snow is football weather

[@ModernCowboy78]

Met Life didn't even need a roof for a Superbowl lol

[@brotherjohnwaynecausey]

All of them

[@oddoyle]

Why would Buffalo take away their biggest and most important advantage?

[@MWB18]

Unless you're from the north and have been to a snow game, you will never appreciate it. The NFL should ban roofs in northern cities.

[@frankoglesby1977]

They all need one.

[@strongbad635]

Denver could really use a roof for those frigid games. Remember the Mile High Miracle in 2013 vs the Ravens? The game started at 17°f and ended in the low single digits. The frozen ground caused the Broncos kicker to miss a field goal, costing them the game. It happens in Denver more than a lot of people care to admit, I lived there from 2006-2012. And those weather problems will sometimes fall on a Sunday. So they would get some use out of a closed roof, especially if they want to host a Super Bowl in February, when the average low there is in the teens.

[@fadercreek]

lions would have won in the barry sanders era and stafford-johnson era

[@Laenroc83]

A bunch of narrow minded comments. The roof is for the fans and financial purposes. Most people dont want to pay to sit outside in uncomfortable cold weather games for 2-3 hours. Covered/roofed stadiums mean more events (Super Bowl, bowl games, Final Four and concerts) for the city which equals more money. It has zero to do with the rich players

[@Laenroc83]

Same for hot climate cities, hot games are uncomfortable

[@MegaBrendan16]

Philadelphia needs a roof or something

[@heathrunyon4036]

Really a roof for football. This country had really fallen. We played football in the 70’s on frozen grounds as kids and loved it.

[@damianpresha9833]

It's not the 70s no more

[@fadercreek]

peyton manning would have won more if teams had to play him outside in november and december

[@kjorlaug1]

None. It's football. They play in all manner of weather.

[@bjorge1896]

What is your obsession with roofs? The game of football is meant to be played outdoors on grass. I guess you want to sterilize everything. SMDH.

[@kamalporter706]

Nobody