Posted on 01/14/2024 2:23:54 AM PST by Red Badger
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- With at least a foot of snow expected in Orchard Park, the Buffalo Bills are looking for assistance in shoveling Highmark Stadium ahead of their wild-card round game vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers from anyone who can safely reach the stadium.
When there is heavy snow before games, the team often reaches out to the community for help in getting the stadium ready for a game, considering the snow is able to impact a significant amount of the open-air stadium. The team is offering a rate of $20 an hour, and "complimentary food and breaks will be provided throughout the shifts in a comfortable warm area."
There are multiple shifts available for snow shovelers to help get Highmark Stadium ready for our Super Wild Card game! ❄️
Everything you need to know: https://t.co/qid6QX6S66 pic.twitter.com/wKPxeMT5dj
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 13, 2024 The time and date of the game were moved from Sunday at 1 p.m. EST to Monday at 4:30 p.m. EST due to the snowstorm in the region, with public safety the priority and resources used in games also needed in other places.
Shoveling shifts were also rescheduled from beginning Saturday night to Sunday morning. Shovelers can arrive at 8 a.m., noon and 4 p.m. on Sunday. Shoveling will continue into Monday if needed. A travel ban will go into place in the region from 9 p.m. on Saturday until at least 6 a.m. on Sunday.
Anyone under the age of 18 interested in helping must have working papers, and everyone must have proper photo identification. The team encourages anyone interested in participating to dress warmly and to bring a shovel if possible. Shovels will be provided for people who don't have one.
Current scene at Highmark Stadium.
Stay safe tonight, Bills Mafia. ❄️ pic.twitter.com/FSJvNht1ri
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 13, 2024 A winter storm warning is in effect for Buffalo and surrounding areas, including Orchard Park, until 7 a.m. Monday. More than a foot of snow -- and as much as three feet -- is expected in the Buffalo area, according to AccuWeather, with winds potentially as strong as 65 mph. Snowfall at rates of two to three inches per hour is expected to begin around 6 p.m. Saturday, creating challenges to clear the roads, part of the reason the game was pushed back.
Given the difficulty of getting to the stadium and the cold working conditions, that seems a bit low. It would be interesting to see how many people show up.
Anyway, I’m out. But my dog can use the money. She’s on the way now.
Doesn't that discriminate against the global warming-fleeing illegal aliens? Smells like a lawsuit.
Why can’t they use a Bobcat?.................
Potential damage to the turf?
The question I have is where are they going to put the snow? Can they bring in dump trucks?
I’d sure like to watch that game tho. I love football in the snow.
There must be an access way thru for vehicles. How do they bring in the sod?
The ground is frozen so a Bobcat wouldn’t do much damage................
“And everyone must have proper photo identification” So you need photo i.d. to shovel snow, but photo i.d. to vote is racist?
They need people to clear snow from the stadium seating area. That’s got to be done by hand even if there are machines for everything else.
Maybe they will use bobcats, there’s nothing in the article that says they won’t. Anyway, Sunday’s game was postponed till Monday
Just saw a video, bobcats and dump trucks are being used
In regular circumstances, that would be low.
My guess is they have their base of fanatics properly pegged—and know that their offer will bring out sufficient shovelers.
From the year 2000:
Snow is starting to disappear from our lives. Sledges, snowmen, snowballs and the excitement of waking to find that the stuff has settled outside are all a rapidly diminishing part of Britain's culture, as warmer winters – which scientists are attributing to global climate change – produce not only fewer white Christmases, but fewer white Januaries and Februaries … Global warming, the heating of the atmosphere by increased amounts of industrial gases, is now accepted as a reality by the international community … According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit of the University of East Anglia, within a few years winter snowfall will become "a very rare and exciting event". "Children just aren't going to know what snow is," he said.
IIRC the Patriots have called upon such shovelers in the past to shovel out the stadium seats, not the playing field.
I thought they moved the game
It was offered to be played in Cleveland but they turned it down................
Good dog!
The governor canceling the game hampers the winner by shortening the prep time for the next game.
https://www.stma.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Snow-Removal-Athletic-Fields-STMAInstitute-logo.pdf
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