By
CBS News
January 29, 2014, 7:06 PM
NEW YORK -- Part of Broadway in New York City (click here) was renamed Super Bowl Boulevard on Wednesday for a fan festival leading up to Sunday’s big game in New Jersey.
A million people are expected. Ensuring their safety is a massive operation.
U.S. Customs SWAT officers are flying surveillance missions over MetLife Stadium and Manhattan. Hercules Teams from the New York Police Department are mounting a show of force in Times Square.
New Jersey State Police river patrols are watching from the water and Transportation Security Administration officers armed with radiation detectors are sweeping train platforms at Penn Station,
It's a multi-front security challenge for New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and FBI Assistant Director George Venizelos.
"We worry about this every day here in New York,” Venizelos said. The Super Bowl “puts more focus on it.”
What does the latest intelligence say about potential threats?
"We're not picking up any direct threats against the event itself," Bratton said. "But please, be aware. Notice that backpack someone drops or walks away from."...
Could the Superbowl ever be played in Alaska? Bedsides the fact Alaska has no infrastructure for a SuperBowl, the temperatures may not be prohibitive to that potential.
I find it strange that Alaska has never even competed in holding a Winter Olympics. The state is wealthy. They give money to their citizens every year. So, what gives?
By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Pro Football Writer
January 29, 2014
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — NFL players (click here) rely on all sorts of methods for dealing with the type of
weather the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks are expected to face in
the Super Bowl.
Even if there's no snow or rain on Sunday, which is what the National Weather Service predicts, the high temperature is supposed to be 38 degrees. With the opening kickoff set for about 6:30 p.m., it could be in the 20s by the time the big game comes to an end.
So how will the Broncos and Seahawks thwart the cold?
Depends on who you ask...
CBS News
January 29, 2014, 7:06 PM
NEW YORK -- Part of Broadway in New York City (click here) was renamed Super Bowl Boulevard on Wednesday for a fan festival leading up to Sunday’s big game in New Jersey.
A million people are expected. Ensuring their safety is a massive operation.
U.S. Customs SWAT officers are flying surveillance missions over MetLife Stadium and Manhattan. Hercules Teams from the New York Police Department are mounting a show of force in Times Square.
New Jersey State Police river patrols are watching from the water and Transportation Security Administration officers armed with radiation detectors are sweeping train platforms at Penn Station,
It's a multi-front security challenge for New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and FBI Assistant Director George Venizelos.
"We worry about this every day here in New York,” Venizelos said. The Super Bowl “puts more focus on it.”
What does the latest intelligence say about potential threats?
"We're not picking up any direct threats against the event itself," Bratton said. "But please, be aware. Notice that backpack someone drops or walks away from."...
Could the Superbowl ever be played in Alaska? Bedsides the fact Alaska has no infrastructure for a SuperBowl, the temperatures may not be prohibitive to that potential.
I find it strange that Alaska has never even competed in holding a Winter Olympics. The state is wealthy. They give money to their citizens every year. So, what gives?
AP Pro Football Writer
January 29, 2014
Even if there's no snow or rain on Sunday, which is what the National Weather Service predicts, the high temperature is supposed to be 38 degrees. With the opening kickoff set for about 6:30 p.m., it could be in the 20s by the time the big game comes to an end.
So how will the Broncos and Seahawks thwart the cold?
Depends on who you ask...
