Romo: 'Vikings would give New England trouble in the Super Bowl'

There's also this:

https://www.fieldgulls.com/2018/1/3/16846166/2018-nfl-playoffs-prediction-super-bowl-lii-minnesota-vikings

I do believe, in all my years watching this team, that this is our best shot to not only get to the Super Bowl, but to win it. Hearing Romo, who knows what he's talking about more than the other commentators, say stuff like this is interesting. 

If we can somehow get past a road Eagles team (I still think they'd have our number and would rise to the challenge), we MIGHT be competent against NE, but only because it's a "home game." We've got a MAJOR gift having the Super Bowl here this year.

... AGH this is gonna hurt so bad at some point haha

@"KingBash" said: I do believe, in all my years watching this team, that this is our best shot to not only get to the Super Bowl, but to win it. Hearing Romo, who knows what he's talking about more than the other commentators, say stuff like this is interesting. 

If we can somehow get past a road Eagles team (I still think they'd have our number and would rise to the challenge), we MIGHT be competent against NE, but only because it's a "home game." We've got a MAJOR gift having the Super Bowl here this year.

... AGH this is gonna hurt so bad at some point haha

Be still...and know that we are good. :-) The Eagles won't get past divisional round. I could be wrong, but I truly believe with Nick Foles they're the worst team in the NFC field right now. And I think the Vikings would beat the Pats. I think a Steelers match up might scare me a little more. Especially if they get Antonio back. 

@"KingBash" said: I do believe, in all my years watching this team, that this is our best shot to not only get to the Super Bowl, but to win it. Hearing Romo, who knows what he's talking about more than the other commentators, say stuff like this is interesting. 

If we can somehow get past a road Eagles team (I still think they'd have our number and would rise to the challenge), we MIGHT be competent against NE, but only because it's a "home game." We've got a MAJOR gift having the Super Bowl here this year.

... AGH this is gonna hurt so bad at some point haha

On a related note, would this even be a home field advantage? Yes, we'd be playing on a surface we're familiar with, don't have to travel, etc. And I'm guessing we'd pull in more fans from MN, SD, IA, etc., than the other team, but probably not by much. I'm not even sure how Super Bowl tickets work. How are they distributed? And I'm pretty positive the Vikings wouldn't be able to blow the big horn, or use any of their "get loud" graphics. I'm genuinely curious how this would work if it comes to pass. 

out of curiosity,  how much of a home game will the SB be if the Vikes get to it,  yes they have their locker room and the field, but how much of the corporate crowd will be screaming their heads off for the Vikes?  How many die hards that blow the roof off that place will be able to shell out the $4000 bucks per seat and make it a real home game?

@"JimmyinSD" said: out of curiosity,  how much of a home game will the SB be if the Vikes get to it,  yes they have their locker room and the field, but how much of the corporate crowd will be screaming their heads off for the Vikes?  How many die hards that blow the roof off that place will be able to shell out the $4000 bucks per seat and make it a real home game?

Same brain. I just found the answer: http://www.startribune.com/even-with-nfc-as-the-super-bowl-road-team-vikings-would-be-afforded-all-of-the-advantages-of-home/467938353/

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: out of curiosity,  how much of a home game will the SB be if the Vikes get to it,  yes they have their locker room and the field, but how much of the corporate crowd will be screaming their heads off for the Vikes?  How many die hards that blow the roof off that place will be able to shell out the $4000 bucks per seat and make it a real home game?

Same brain. I just found the answer: http://www.startribune.com/even-with-nfc-as-the-super-bowl-road-team-vikings-would-be-afforded-all-of-the-advantages-of-home/467938353/

This is my opinion - but If we go to the SB - I want our team to treat this as a road game - no staying at home, stay at a Hotel. Too much going on during the two week build up to the game, and I want them to stay as a TEAM together and razor focused as possible with all the SB distractions going on!  I think I would also go as far as to have our team practice at the College facility and have the AFC team use our Edan Prairie facility.

No G. Horn / Dragon / Coming out through the Bar etc. - I don't want to hear any shit from people saying we only won the game cuz we had some unfair advantage. I don't want to hear any excuses from, say, Packer Fans IF we WIN the game!! All that stuff would bring bad MOJO!

As a team and player - I think Its MORE than enough to have the following gifts for hosting the SB on our home turf - you don't have to travel, your able to play on your home field and have your actual home locker room and the normal side of the field you use during games. AND you likely will have the majority of the Fan base in the stadium during the game.

Im sure ALL Viking Ring of Honor jerseys will be gone for the game - It will be interesting if they change the Viking History museum to an NFL Super Bowl museum, and what else will change as far as decor in the stadium goes.

Anyways, just my two cents

@"JimmyinSD" said: out of curiosity,  how much of a home game will the SB be if the Vikes get to it,  yes they have their locker room and the field, but how much of the corporate crowd will be screaming their heads off for the Vikes?  How many die hards that blow the roof off that place will be able to shell out the $4000 bucks per seat and make it a real home game?

I wonder how ticket prices will be impacted. They were debating it this morning on the radio and the opinion was that prices will go UP instead of down. If this all came together, I'd love to go. But that won't be the case if tix are even more expensive.

@"Nichelle" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: out of curiosity,  how much of a home game will the SB be if the Vikes get to it,  yes they have their locker room and the field, but how much of the corporate crowd will be screaming their heads off for the Vikes?  How many die hards that blow the roof off that place will be able to shell out the $4000 bucks per seat and make it a real home game?

I wonder how ticket prices will be impacted. They were debating it this morning on the radio and the opinion was that prices will go UP instead of down. If this all came together, I'd love to go. But that won't be the case if tix are even more expensive.

I believe   every team gets for  the season ticket holders 7.5%of the tickets   but the hosting team gets another  30%for  ofthe tickets for  the  season ticket holders    if this is  true   that  is why I  heard prices  could rise if the Vikings  r in the superb owl to over 6000 each  .since the price to the season ticket holders is the normal price . Very few of those would be  expected to be available

@"Viking1987" said: I believe   every team gets for  the season ticket holders 7.5%of the tickets   but the hosting team gets another  30%for  ofthe tickets for  the  season ticket holders    if this is  true   that  is why I  heard prices  could rise if the Vikings  r in the superb owl to over 6000 each  .since the price to the season ticket holders is the normal price . Very few of those would be  expected to be available

its up to the teams to decide how they allocate their tickets.

breakdown for the game is

participating teams each get 17.5% of stadium capacity
host team gets 5% ( if the host team is playing that 5% is split with other participating team)
the other 29 teams each get 1.2%
and the NFL retains 25.2% for their own distribution to league sponsors and VIPS.

interestingly enough,  USBank holds 66,665 for Vikings games,  but they claim that they will have seating for 73,000 for the superbowl.... where the hell they going to stack the extra 6000 plus people?  i can see setting up some extra bleachers here and there,  but we are talking about in increase of nearly 10%!

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Viking1987" said: I believe   every team gets for  the season ticket holders 7.5%of the tickets   but the hosting team gets another  30%for  ofthe tickets for  the  season ticket holders    if this is  true   that  is why I  heard prices  could rise if the Vikings  r in the superb owl to over 6000 each  .since the price to the season ticket holders is the normal price . Very few of those would be  expected to be available

its up to the teams to decide how they allocate their tickets.

breakdown for the game is

participating teams each get 17.5% of stadium capacity
host team gets 5% ( if the host team is playing that 5% is split with other participating team)
the other 29 teams each get 1.2%
and the NFL retains 25.2% for their own distribution to league sponsors and VIPS.

Bottom line is that it's going to be an unusual crowd for the Vikings (fat cats and casual fans who "know someone" don't scream their heads off), and it might be a little disorienting to the team. Yeah, I know, we have to get there first, but I'm not superstitious. 

@"JimmyinSD" said: interestingly enough,  USBank holds 66,665 for Vikings games,  but they claim that they will have seating for 73,000 for the superbowl.... where the hell they going to stack the extra 6000 plus people?  i can see setting up some extra bleachers here and there,  but we are talking about in increase of nearly 10%!

 I can't speak for all areas of the stadium. But the seats in my regular sections are attached to rails. There is space between the seats and they can be moved closer together. We were guessing they would do this in order to add seats for the Super Bowl. I'm not sure where the rest will come from but there is room within at least some of the sections.

Should read: “Patriots may give the Vikings trouble in the SuperBowl” ...  ;) 

Being in the city watching the game would be awesome.  If we win.