Well, this was kind of inevitable. The NFL voted to go ahead with the first cold weather Super Bowl in history, awarding the 2014 game to the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. That apparently is enough to make the Green Bay Packers intrigued about hosting one. Now, we understand team president Mark Murphy was probably just politely answering a question, and what else is he supposed to say, and blah blah blah. But really? From the AP:

Murphy says Wednesday depending on how the game goes in New York there may be other opportunities. He says hosting a Super Bowl in Green Bay is "very intriguing, but there are a lot of logistical requirements that need to be researched."

Sorry, this just wouldn't work. Logistical requirements would quickly descend into a logistical nightmare. There simply isn't enough hotel space ... infrastructure ... amenities ... anything, really, to host a modern championship game in Green Bay. Yes, we know the city hosted an NFL championship game many times, including 1967. But the difference with a Super Bowl is that 90 percent of the fan base isn't already built into the area. Fans are streaming in from all over the place. They need things to do, places to go. You want data: OK, the quickest thing we could think of is to do an Expedia search of hotels available in the Green Bay Area for Super Bowl week in 2011 (the search won't go any later than next year). Know how many hotels we found (with availability) in Green Bay: 41. For fun, we also tried the same thing with New York City and surrounding areas. We found, with availability, 560 hotels. Wiki says there are 77,000 total hotel rooms in New York City overall.

Also, keep in mind the average temperatures in East Rutherford and Green Bay on Feb. 2 (a rough estimate of when the 2014 Super Bowl will be) is a little different, according to weather.com: 37 high, 22 low for Jersey; 26 high, 9 low for Green Bay. If the game was at night, that would be a pretty big difference between "chilly" and "freezing cold."

The Super Bowl in New Jersey/New York could work in spite of a chilly game because of all the other great things about the New York area. But save your research, Mark Murphy. While we agree it might be fun to see a great field like Lambeau host a Super Bowl, nothing else about it sounds good or even makes sense.