2013 WC - No. 5 San Francisco 49ers at No. 4 Green Bay Packers, Sun. 4:30 p.m. ET (Fox)

I Don't think either team can hang with it.the packers reinsallated the bathrooms and the places they sell concessions cause they did not want the bathrooms or the pipes to freeze.but that field is gonna be hard as concrete when you get tackled on it.still,some damn idiots will be there with his shirt off to get on tv obviously.

 

The field actually is one of the warmer fields in the league...

 

Last night, I saw a picture of some Eagles fan in a hot tub. In the outdoors.

 

it is supposed to be warmed or something going back to the lombardi days is'nt it?

 

Lambeau surface kept safe and soft through technology

Green Bay - The playing surface at Lambeau Field is like your backyard except that it has a hydronic heating system underneath it, a sand base, synthetic fibers woven into the grass and growing lights above it 24 hours a day during the growing season.

Other than that, it's the same.

At least that's the opinion of Allen Johnson, the Packers' field manager for more than a decade.

"It should be a great surface," Johnson said. "It is a great surface. I think it is anyway. Especially January in this climate, it's a very good surface. I'm really pleased with it. Hopefully, the players are, too."

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/pack...oft-through-technology-763p13j-137327223.html



Here's How Lambeau Field Keeps Its Grass Green in the Dead of Winter

Built by Stadium Grow Lights (SGL), a Dutch firm that services a number of professional soccer pitches throughout Europe, these mobile grow lamps are designed to illuminate the sections of a field that receive little or no natural light due to the construction of the stadium. Packers Stadium was the first pro stadium in North America to use the system when trials began in October 2010. The lights worked so well that the Packers organization ordered another nine units ahead of the 2011 season. They now run nearly constantly from October to the first week in December.

The lighting rig itself is made from a grid of retractable metal, housing hundreds of 1000 watt light bulbs. And when combined with the stadium's sub-soil heating system—a network of antifreeze filled pipes running under the turf to keep it from freezing solid during Green Bay's wicked cold winters—the SGL lighting system is even more effective. “The grass is great looking, it’s thicker and healthier, mature, and fuller,” field manager Allen Johnson told the New York Times. “We try to get the grass as healthy as we can before the start of the season. The lights and heat from the coils underneath the field are a good combination and complement each other. By the start of December we have a pretty full canopy.” Ground crews monitor the light output and record a variety of data points on the field's condition daily.

http://gizmodo.com/heres-how-lambeau-field-keeps-its-grass-green-in-the-d-1442008641

 

yep, i think a lot of the cold weather stadiums have those underground heating elements

 

Youve clearly never been to Reno during football season then.

 

THere's no such thing as the "Frozen Tundra" any more...lol.

 

Perhaps not but it's still going to be cold as crap even if the field is warm, and it's stupid to think that one team is going to have the weather advantage when neither has ever played in anything approaching these temperatures. It's going to be freaking brutal for everyone involved. It hurts to freaking breathe normally, without exertion, in temps like that...I can't imagine how bad it's got to feel to be gasping in huge lungfuls when you're tired as crap.

 

I seriously doubt that it gets as cold in Reno as it does in GB. Nor do they have the wind chill that GB does.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reno,_Nevada#Climate



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay,_Wisconsin#Climate

 

I agree with sir nuts. When it gets to a certain temp, the advantage goes away and both teams are hecked.

 

At that point cold is cold for everyone. Now who can bang the ball on the ground? That's who's going to win this game IMO. The 49ers' athleticism on offense is going to be the difference. Throwing the ball in this kind of cold sucks. Frank Gore has a big game and the 49ers move on.

 

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No Rogers doesn't hurt much.

 

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Pete Prisco = Walnuts? That explains A LOT!

 

like wally said,that cold butt weather is gonna be brutal on everybody that plays.this is the one time i will feel sorry for the officials running around in that crap!

 

Ok, the Bengals/Chargers game is over (barring an all-time fantastic comeback). Time for this weekend's marquee matchup!