New York prepares for Super Bowl party... just as a new blast of icy weather sweeps in
By Travelmail Reporter|
Shoppers and sightseers heading to New York to soak up the Super Bowl atmosphere will face arctic conditions as freezing weather that has blighted parts of the country shows no signs of abating.
Temperatures in New York are expected to plummet to up to -12 next week with little chance of more clement weather arriving before New Jersey hosts the tourist-magnet Super Bowl at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on February 2.
Big thaw required: A snow-covered MetLife
Stadium, the venue for this year's Super Bowl. The Broncos will play the
Seahawks there a week on Sunday
Times Square in Manhattan is set to mark the event with four days of celebration on Super Bowl Boulevard. The city's tourism authority, NYC & Company, is also trying, in spite of the weather, to encourage tourists to venture into New York's 'day-trip' boroughs with Times Square visitors being offered a travel guide called the 'NYC 5-Borough Playbook'.
Elsewhere, 'Big-Game Deals', which offer discounts at participating restaurants and retailers will also be on offer.
Frozen over: Workers shovel out snow. Another winter
storm is scheduled to hit just one or two days before the big game takes place
Hardy soul: Robert Burck, also known as the
original 'Naked Cowboy', performs in a snow storm on the streets of
Times Square, New York on Tuesday
Residents of upstate New York, New York city, Philadelphia and New England will wake up this morning to bone-chilling temperatures, with lows in the single digits in some areas.
The Northeast was under attack from brutally cold weather yesterday as a winter storm swirled up the coast, creating blizzard conditions on Cape Cod, disrupting government work in Washington and leaving New York City under a foot of snow.
If the rest of the month plays out as forecasters are predicting, it could be the coldest month for the US recorded so far this century.
According to flight tracking website, flightaware.com, 444 flights within, into or out of the US were cancelled yesterday with more expected over the coming days. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic flights to New York's JFK from London Heathrow are currently operating as normal.
And snow from an unexpected storm earlier in the week won't have a chance to melt before the northeast is hit with yet another blast early next week.
The first 'Alberta Clipper' storm is expected to arrive on the East Coast Monday with snow in the central Appalachians and New England a day before.
Temperatures have already hit record lows, at times making parts of the country colder than the North Pole, and are expected to plunge in the coming days, according to forecasters.
Even Texas and Tennessee - states known for their usually mild climate – are feeling the bitter cold; Houston and San Antonio were expecting ice by tonight.
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