NFL Has Contingency Plan For Vikings-Rams Wild Card Game Amid Southern California Wild Fires
The wild fires in Southern California has forced the National Football League to put together a contingency plan in case Monday night’s NFC Wild Card Game between the Vikings and Rams is unable to be played at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
The NFL released a statement saying the priority is the safety of the Los Angeles community, while also saying that if it has to, it will move the Vikings-Rams game to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona if necessary.
The NFL won’t be able to postpone the game to make sure it’s still played in Los Angeles because of the fact that the game is scheduled for Monday night so the winner will already be the team playing on the shortest rest of any team in the Divisional Round, so it wouldn’t be fair from a competitive standpoint.
The wildfires in the Palisades-area of Southern California has displaced thousands of people while also tragically taking the lives of five people.
Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this unfortunate situation.