[dirtboy]

Please... Nothing is happening in Minneapolis that doesn’t / won’t /can’t happen at any other outdoor venue this time of year, in similar climates in the bleeping NFL.

That's not true - outdoor deep-cold stadiums such as Lambeau and Soldier Field have heating systems in the turf. Ever hear of the Ice Bowl? It's when that system failed at Lambeau.

And the players have a point - the NFL is cracking down on hits to the head, but apparently aren't concerned about a player falling on his head onto a hard field.

[DManA]

That is a point. They did not include turf heaters to save money when they built this stadium.

[Keith in Iowa]

Yeah, they have heaters... heaters can fail. Big whoop. Conditions are what they are. They can play, or move it. Just quit bitchin’. :)

[Dan Nunn]

That's not true - outdoor deep-cold stadiums such as Lambeau and Soldier Field have heating systems in the turf. Ever hear of the Ice Bowl? It's when that system failed at Lambeau.

And one of the snowiest stadiums in the NFL, Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, does not have underground heating coils. Count Arrowhead Stadium and New Meadowlands Stadium among them, too.

Source: PFT.