The NFL introduced Thursday {that a} playoff sport between the Vikings and Rams, initially scheduled for Southern California, will likely be performed in Arizona.
The NFL announced the contingency plan Wednesday, and Monday evening’s wild-card contest will likely be performed on the house of the Arizona Cardinals.
This marks the third sport in Los Angeles to be affected this week. A Kings sport and a Lakers sport have been postponed as a result of flames.
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The exterior of SoFi Stadium throughout a sport between the Arizona Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams Jan. 3, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. (Kevin Reece/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
The sport was moved “within the curiosity of public security,” the NFL stated in an announcement. “The determination was made in session with public officers, the taking part golf equipment, and the NFLPA.”
The sport’s time remains to be the identical, kicking off at 8 p.m. ET.
The Rams had a scheduled off day Wednesday, although the Los Angeles Chargers, who share SoFi Stadium and head to Houston for a wild-card sport Saturday, restricted gamers’ time exterior throughout apply on account of poor air high quality.
State Farm Stadium has performed an identical function up to now. In 2003, the Dolphins and Chargers performed in Glendale on account of wildfires in San Diego. During the COVID season in 2020, the 49ers performed three “house” video games there.
State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., with out followers throughout the San Francisco 49ers’ sport towards the Seattle Seahawks. (Kiyoshi Mio/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
Several lively wildfires, together with the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, have devastated communities within the Los Angeles space, together with Pacific Palisades and Altadena. The fires have burned almost 30,000 acres throughout a Santa Ana wind occasion, with at the least 130,000 individuals within the space underneath evacuation orders. At least 5 individuals have been killed within the fires, and greater than 1,000 buildings have been destroyed.
This week’s wildfires introduced new consideration to the difficulty of insurers not taking up new insurance policies or declining to resume earlier insurance policies in California communities at excessive threat of wildfires. And distinguished leisure figures referred to as out the strikes.
Flames from the Palisades Fire burn a constructing on Sunset Boulevard throughout a strong windstorm Jan. 8, 2025, within the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Apu Gomes/Getty Images)
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The Los Angeles Times famous the town has not had at the least one-tenth of an inch of rain since May 5.
Fox News’ Eric Revell and Scott Thompson contributed to this report.
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