Leagueofficialstraditionally have chosenwarm-weathercities for the SuperBowl, althoughDetroitand Minneapolis, which have domed stadiums, have hosted it.
Although no longer justified, the diesel's reputation for being slow, smelly, noisy, unreliable and difficult to start in cold weather has lingered since the 1980s, when Detroit rushed out half-baked designs in response to the oil crisis.