The NFL has decided to relocate the Los Angeles Rams–Minnesota Vikings Wild Card Weekend game to State Farm Stadium amid the horrifying wildfires across Southern California.
On Thursday evening, the NFL announced that the Rams-Vikings Wild Card Round game has been relocated from SoFi Stadium to State Farm Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals.
The league previously announced that the Cardinals’ stadium would be used as plan B if SoFi Stadium wasn’t safe. The Southern California Wildfires started on Tuesday and have destroyed over 5,000 structures and caused the deaths of at least six people.
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NFL Announces Massive Schedule Change For Rams-Vikings Wild Card Game As Devastating Fires Continue To Spread Across California
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State Farm Stadium Will Host First NFC Playoff Game In Nine Years
Aside from Super Bowl 57, State Farm Stadium hasn’t hosted an NFL playoff game since 2015. That was when Carson Palmer and Larry Fitzgerald led the Arizona Cardinals to a thrilling overtime win over Aaron Rodgers’ Green Bay Packers in the Divisional Round.
