Posted on 01/05/2022 3:21:49 PM PST by God luvs America
The NFL, not surprisingly in the midst of a rise in COVID-19 cases, has looked into other potential sites for next month's Super Bowl.
That's not unusual because the league does so every year. But with Los Angeles the site for this year's title game, and restrictions increasing for attendance at indoor events, it has become more noteworthy.
"We plan on playing Super Bowl 56 as scheduled at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 13," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Wednesday. "As part of our standard contingency planning process that we conduct for all regular and postseason games, we have contacted several clubs to inquire about stadium availability in the event we cannot play the Super Bowl as scheduled due to weather-related issues or unforeseen circumstances.
"Our planning process for the Super Bowl in Los Angeles is ahead of schedule and we look forward to hosting the Super Bowl there to culminate another fantastic NFL season for our fans and clubs."
AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the home of the Dallas Cowboys, reportedly is one of the facilities that was contacted. The stadium hosted the Rose Bowl in 2021 when it was switched from Pasadena because of COVID-19 restrictions in California.
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I was a part of the Super Bowl in Atlanta in 2019. The Dept. of Homeland Security shut EVERYTHING down in November of 2018 and no projects we were working on were allowed to proceed past that point.
I call BS.
Right you are!!!
Beijing is nice this time of year. Hell is even nicer.
Move it to Montreal. I hear the Canadians are pretty mellow about COVID, and the weather is beautiful there in February.
Nah. Hold it at Alabama.100k capacity, and Mac gets his SB debut at his old school!
I will shed no tears if the NFL is forced to cancel the super bowl due to covid.
Guantanamo Bay has a football field…..
Good weather this time of year, too.
Who cares?
What, you mean we might not be able to watch this year’s stable of woke commercials, where every household in America is either mixed race, transgender, or gay?
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