The NFL has said that there is a possibility that Super Bowl XLVIII could be played on an alternative day should bad weather be scheduled to hit the area on game day.
However, any decision to play the Super Bowl on a day other than Superbowl Sunday would have to be made 36 hours in advance.
NFL Executive Vice President Eric Grubman has said a time frame has been worked out if bad weather forces a change in the Super Bowl schedule.
Long-range forecasts call for the possibility of snow on that date, but the NFL has decided the game could be played on any day from Friday, January 31st to Monday, February 3rd - or it could be moved back even further.
If there is an unexpected storm that brings the metropolitan area to a halt, then the league has contingency plans to reschedule the game for a different date.
'We would need 24 hours to move the game time,' Mr Grubman said. 'We need 36 hours to move the day.'