INDIANAPOLIS -
Keeping warm during the Super Bowl will be key for fans and it will even be a requirement in some places in downtown Indianapolis.
There are two reasons the tents being set up downtown will be heated. One is comfort, but the primary reason is safety. The tents have to be heated around the clock, as they are not designed to hold snow and ice.
If there is one man hoping for a really cold Super Bowl Sunday, it's Rick Kaestner of Ferrell Gas Company.
"Well, the coldest weather possible. Coldest weather possible," he said.
It is his propane that will be fueling all of the heaters in all of the tents going up across the city. In fact, some of his larger propane tanks have already been set up, which is a requirement of the Office of Code Enforcement.
"What is interesting about these structures is, they are not designed to hold a snow load the way that a house is, but they have a pitch to them and they have to be heated. That is a requirement, they have to be heated 24/7," said Jason Larrison, Office of Code Enforcement.
"It is going to keep all of that off there. Keep the build-up off of there and that is a big part of why they are doing it," said Kaestner.
Mike and Brian are the two guys you will want to thank the most once the Super Bowl tents are in place and heated. They spend most of the day filling the tanks that will power the equipment used to build the tents and the propane tanks that will feed the fires to cook a lot of the food served in those same tents.
"If the temperature were to really drop, then we would be crazy," said one of the workers.
But crazy is good for them.
"It will be non-stop, probably seven days a week, all shifts," said Kaestner.
The reason the Super Bowl committee uses propane is in case the electricity goes out and also because the gas burns clean, with little odor or emissions.
