A lot of lucky Patriots fans are leaving town before the snowflakes even start falling this weekend.
They’ll be in Denver for the AFC Championship while the rest of us are getting buried by a significant winter storm — though getting back home could be tricky.
“It’s exciting to see what’s about to hit Boston, but we’ll be watching from afar,” said Paul English, who was before boarding a plane to Denver with his family Friday.
It’s the AFC Championship or bust for droves of fans heading west before New England gets clobbered with a classic winter wallop.
“It seems like there’s a lot of hype this week for it. I’m kind of expecting that our plane is going to be like 100% Patriots fans,” Mike English said.
With the Patriots in Denver to face the Broncos in the AFC Championship, we’re checking out the city and gauging the impact of the city’s high altitude on football performance.
The popular Boston-to-Denver flights are even more so this weekend. The Foxboro faithful are trying to get to and from the Mile High City, where the Patriots and Broncos will compete for the chance to play in the Super Bowl, as a massive winter storm rips across the country.
“Air travel is going to have a lot of problems this weekend, if anything close to the forecast comes to fruition,” said Seth Miller, an airline industry analyst.
At Logan Airport in Boston, the height of the storm is set to coincide with the playoff game, so returning home is the real concern.
“Folks who are booking a red eye home from Denver Sunday night after the game, or trying to come back Monday morning, there is a very good chance some of those flights are going be delayed or canceled,” Miller said.
Not everyone in Terminal C Friday was flying to Denver. One woman said she loves the Patriots, but is going someplace warmer.
“I want to get away from the cold weather. I don’t want to jump back into it,” she said. “We’re getting ready to have a big storm this weekend here, why would I want to go to Denver?”
John Moroney
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