The shitty of ... city of Dallas It was about getting the 2011, 2016 and 2021 Super Bowls. It was about Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington being in the regular Super Bowl city rotation.
New Orleans. Miami. San Diego. Tampa.
Dallas.
With that said, Dallas-Fort Worth and all the cities in between, on top and in bottom (and ... that's what she said) need to absolutely nail this Super Bowl. (and ...)
This next week will be a mix of a house showing, meeting your girlfriend's parents for the first time, interviewing a counselor for potential adoption and preparing to meet with Child Protective Services.
For the record, I said last week I didn't feel the Super Bowl is real. I feel this way because there was almost zero infrastructure changes made. Aside from some new, expanded or changed roadways around the Cowboys Stadium, there's been little changes to our infrastructure. And I think a lot of our infrastructure is flawed for welcoming thousands of outsiders for a week.
Here are four things Jones, Roger Staubach and others do not want to happen.
Bad Weather
Last year, it fucking snowed during the NBA All-Star Weekend. The NFL loves warm, comfortable weather -- dome or no. Indianapolis will not get a second Super Bowl. Neither will New York/New Jersey. Rotation cities are warm-weather cities. Dallas needs mid-60s or low-70s, no precipitation or "Texas" weather ("Don't like the weather in Texas? Just wait 15 minutes!) (The forecast has us at high-50s.)
Dallas vs. Fort Worth
I attended a girls' high school basketball tournament in Parker County. I organizers I was from Dallas. The dude said, "You know you're west of 360. That's Fort Worth territory." Literally. Note: Fort Worth is in Tarrant County and Hwy. 360 is a slab of asphalt that allegedly means something.
I saw Dallas Cowboys great Walt Garrison taking a dump on Dallas on TV the other day. I've lived in this area for a long, long time (like, 26 years) and I never truly realized the alleged anonmosity between these cities. Actually, I htink it's like Texas vs. Texas A&M. A&M (Fort Worth) really cares a lot. Texas (Dallas) doesn't care. Dallas appreciates and likes to contrast itself from Fort Worth. Meanwhile, Fort Worth goes out of its way to trash Dallas' traffic, crime, attitude and fast-paced lifestyle. Nevermind Fort Worth's traffic and ... um ... crime. Just hope the bickering and bullshit doesn't bleed over to our visitors who just want to know where to get some barbecue.
Traffic
I have a long commute. I drive a lot in and around the Metroplex. Traffic has been pretty good as of late. However, this is without the thousands of rental cars that will come with the media, fans, visitors, corporate jackwagons, NFL folk and team people this weekend. Dallas-Fort Worth has no real public transportation so these people will no choice but to get on the roads. And none of them will know alternate routes or the various other highways available for traffic. Good luck if you're on 360, I-35, I-20 and I-30.
People Get Bored
Fort Worth is fine. It has a downtown. I wouldn't get out of downtown becuase you might get stabbed in the face. However, the Stockyards, Sundance Square and the bulk of downtown Fort Worth will provide visitors plenty of shit to do.
Dallas and Arlington? Yikes. The thing with Dallas is that it has more actual areas for strip clubs, bars and restaurants, but you can't find them unless you know where they're at. There's Greenville, Knox-Henderson, Uptown, Northwest Highway and the like should be popular places to frequent. Explain that to the guy from Chicago, Seattle, Norfolk and Miami. It might become too much and they get bored and restless. Journalists need their strip clubs and alcohol.
