Is Soldier Field Too Small To Host A Big Ten Championship Game?

Green Bay a terrible city? Green Bay isn't a cultured metropolis but I think it can handle two Big Ten fanbases, many of which would drive. They could stay in Milwaukee if they don't like the local airport. Traveling fans are going to be looking for three things: football, beer, and food. Green Bay does all of those things very, very well.

The beauty of Green Bay is its central location in the conference and incredible stadium. A championship game at Lambeau once every few years would be incredibly exciting. I also think a trip to the country would be a welcome change up from the Indy/Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland industrial depression tour. 

As far as the stadium goes, Lambeau would be a much more exciting option than any other venue. No other potential stadium has the history and magic of the frozen tundra. No other stadium on the list is a shrine to midwestern football like Lambeau. It has a college atmosphere to it and the new luxury boxes to generate the big bucks. The new Soldier Field might look good on the inside, but on the outside it's an embarassment. It looks like a monument to bad science fiction movie UFOs. Play championship games in a stadium that has a real championship history. Can you imagine Michigan winning a Big Ten title in a snowy game at Lambeau Field? Epic.

I think that a 4 City rotation would be good as well, and I do tend to forget that Chicago feels like "Big City Hassle" to a lot of people unfamiliar with the area. 

Something not many people know about the weather and new solider field though is that it was designed to help the defenses. Chicago (football especially) is a defense town, and if you look at the end zone/score board you'll see it was designed to allow winds to whip through.

I think the weather/wind definitely won us 2 games... there was a MNF game against atlanta a few years ago where the falcons looked miserable, and the NFC Champ game when the saints/reggie bush were shut down by the weather and the Tampa 2

I'm not saying don't go to Chicago, I just don't want to see the biggest cities monopolize it. Also, I don't want to see Green Bay excluded because it can't compete with the big boys in terms of size and amenities when their stadium would add something special to the rotation, logistical problems be damned. There are things I like about Chicago and things I don't, just like any other place, and it would be a perfectly fine host once every few years. I guess the sentence "Green Bay is a terrible city" forced me (as somebody who used to live in Wisconsin) to respond in typical Wisconsin vs. Illinois fashion. The one city I'd really like to see shut out is Cleveland, but I guess we could throw them a bone (no pun intended).

Those stadium improvements are interesting. I remember the Packers game at Soldier in Favre's last year with the team. He called it the worst conditions he'd ever played in. Even the rockets he was throwing that day were dancing like whiffleballs in that insane wind. That's why I don't understand the Bears going all out after a quarterback like Cutler. They're supposed to be all about running and defense. Kinda left me scratching my head, and now Martz is going to try to bring some high octane offense to the Windy City? Strange times.