After much concern over frigid weather for Sunday's Super Bowl, a moderate forecast has many thinking that a northern venue isn't so bad after all.
"It's about time," said NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Company CEO Al Kelly in an interview with CNBC on Friday. "I think we're going to show people that this is a great place to do it. Maybe it ought to happen here once a decade."
A man walks along a snow-covered sidewalk in Fort Worth, Texas, in February 2011, days before the Super Bowl.Getty Images
Kelly said that despite football's long history and two major teams in the area, this year is the first time the Northeast region is hosting the Super Bowl.
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Cold weather may have caused fans and media extra stress, but it hasn't deterred everybody.
"Football is meant to be played in the elements," said Joe Ellis, president of the Denver Broncos, in an interview with CNBC. "The players haven't thought about the weather for a minute."
The New England Patriots, winner of three Super Bowls, would have embraced whatever Mother Nature intended for Sunday.
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"I personally like cold weather Super Bowls," team owner Bob Kraft told CNBC in an interview. "I think some of the most memorable games the Patriots have played in have been games where we've had snow."
