Due to the devastating wildfires impacting Southern California, the NFL has relocated the Vikings vs. Rams Wild Card game from SoFi Stadium to State Farm Stadium in Arizona. The game will proceed as scheduled on Monday at 5 p.m. PT, broadcast on ESPN and ABC.
The wild card game, originally scheduled for Monday at SoFi Stadium in California, will now be played at State Farm Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals. In the interest of public safety, Monday's Vikings vs. Rams Wild Card game has been moved to Arizona .The game will start at its originally scheduled time of 5 p.m. PT and air on ESPN and ABC. Tickets for the game will go on sale through Seatgeek.com Friday at 10 a.m. PT for Rams season-ticket holders and at 12 p.m. PT to the general public.
Rams head coach Sean McVay told reporters Thursday that some of the team's staff members' homes were affected by the fires. 'Obviously our thoughts and prayers are with everybody that's been affected by these fires,' McVay said.'It's one of those deals that almost doesn't seem real, but it certainly is real to the people that are affected.'playing on the road against the Houston Texans. The Chargers altered their practice schedule this week to limit players' time outdoors amid poor air quality in Southern California, The winner of the Rams-Vikings matchup will advance to the divisional round on Saturday, Jan. 18 and Sunday, Jan. 19. If the Rams advance, they would only host their divisional matchup if both the No. 2 seed team in the NFC and the No. 3 seed team advance to the divisional round. 'Every time we suit up, we're the Los Angeles Rams,' quarterback Matthew Stafford told reporters Thursday.'We play for the people in this community, the people that support us, and this week will be another example of that, obviously. It's, I'm sure, hopefully, a great escape for people who have been going through a lot of tough times here the last couple of days.'-- with Lakers head coach J.J. Redick reportedly losing his home in the fires. The Los Angeles Kings' matchup against the Calgary Flames originally set for WednesdayThe NFL announced Wednesday that it had a contingency plan in place to move the Rams-Vikings game to Arizona if necessary. The last time the NFL changed a game's location due to Southern California wildfires was in 2003 when a matchup between the then San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins was shifted to Arizona because of poor air quality
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