For Non-Fans, an Open Field Good morning. It's 16 degrees, and the temperature is struggling back up to normal for this time of year. Meanwhile, Manhattan has been converted into a Super Bowl fan zone. But we found ourselves wondering: As millions in the New York region are riveted to their screens on Sunday for the Super Bowl, will other local settings be empty? In fact, yes. Roads: "Once the game is about to start, it is about as light as you can imagine," the former transit commissioner, Samuel I. Schwartz, now known as Gridlock Sam, told us. So if you need to get somewhere, do it while the game is on. Late Sunday night will be terrible. Only New Year's Eve is more deadly, Mr. Schwartz said. And Saturday night may be the sleeper wave of horrible traffic nights because of all the parties. Emergency rooms: If you've been putting off that appendectomy, no more excuses. Shorter waits during the game. Churches: Yes, and no. Some see lower numbers. But many churches, like Abyssinian Baptist in Harlem, have Super Bowl Fellowships. Cheeto pie for the Lord! Gyms: Tommy Chin, who works at New York Sports Club on the Upper East Side, said attendance slumps, only to increase "super duper a lot" on Monday night. Spin class of shame. Have suggestions on how to take advantage of Super Bowl Sunday? Let us know in the comments, or on Twitter with #NYToday. Halcyon days have come. It'll be sunny again, and dry, with a high of 29. But wait until tomorrow to wear actual shoes. We're expecting an even warmer day. This weekend we shall graciously treat our guests to nice days, with temperatures in the mid-40s. Alternate-side parking is in effect OR SUSPENDED all week. Mayor Bill de Blasio makes an announcement at the Brownsville Recreation Center in Brooklyn. Noon. Federal authorities announce the results of a sweep on counterfeit Super Bowl merchandise at the Times Square Sheraton. Then the state attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, announces the takedown of a crime ring at his office in Lower Manhattan. Today is the deadline for employers to comply with the city's Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, and post this notice in the office. City Council members mark the occasion at the Red Room in City Hall. State officials call for the passage of legislation that would close New York City schools in observance of the Asian Lunar New Year at the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in Chinatown. 11:30 a.m. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, gives a talk on Protecting Scholars and the Right to Free Inquiry at the New School's University Center on Fifth Avenue. Free, with livestream Weird pairing of the day: Outdoor cat shelters for feral cats go on display at a cocktail reception benefiting the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals. Steelcase Inc. Showroom at Columbus Circle. A discussion, called "Journalism After Snowden," features The Times's executive editor, Jill Abramson, The Guardian's U.S. editor in chief, Janine Gibson, and the Harvard University professor Cass R. Sunstein, at Columbia Journalism School. Registration is closed, but there is a livestream An exhibition of work by the artist Shirin Neshat exploring grief and mourning in Egypt opens at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Project Space in Chelsea. The author E. L. Doctorow reads from his latest book, "Andrew's Brain," at N.Y.U. School of Law on Washington Square. The mezzo soprano Hai-Ting Chinn sings about the phases of the moon, the evolution of whales and more in "Science Fair," an opera that sets the words of scientists to music. HERE Art Space in SoHo.