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Next up, Super Bowl XL--as in extra-large coats.(Really Big Game)(Brief Article)
Super Bowl XL is less than a year away. Make your plans, and pack your mittens.
The XL Bowl (that's 40, for the Roman-numerically impaired) will leave the cities known for sun and warmth and head to Detroit. Of course, the game will be in a dome--Ford Field--but that just covers game night (and media day). The rest of the time, media, fans and other football types must brave the elements.
For the city of Detroit, the Super Bowl means a new 5-mile RiverWalk and renovated riverfront. After all, it's always nice to take a stroll by the water in the wind of a Michigan winter. And who doesn't love the view across the Detroit River of Windsor, Ontario?
Fans will be treated to the Motown Winter Blast, touted as a festival of "hip and fun entertainment zones." And it'll be outdoors. Yes, outdoors, you wimp. Go to Detroit for the NFL's annual week of excess, and you'll be able to snowshoe or watch dog sledding or head down a 200-foot ...