NFL moves Vikings-Rams game to Arizona due to wildfires

The NFL has relocated Monday's Wild Card Playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings to Arizona due to wildfires.

BY FIELD LEVEL MEDIA

Jan 10, 2025, 10:18 AM

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Monday’s NFC wild-card playoff game between the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams will be moved from Inglewood, Calif., to the Arizona Cardinals’ stadium in Glendale, Ariz., the NFL said Thursday.

The game was moved out of the Los Angeles area as wildfires continued to ravage Southern California. The league said in its news release it was “in the interest of public safety” to make the move.

The game is still slated for 5 p.m. PT on Monday. The league had revealed Wednesday that its contingency plan for the game would be to move it to Arizona’s State Farm Stadium.

VIKINGS-RAMS RELOCATION: In the interest of public safety, Monday’s Vikings vs. Rams Wild Card game has been moved to Arizona.

The game will be televised on ESPN/ABC/ESPN+ at its scheduled 8pm ET time. pic.twitter.com/VVJcRZrSYM

— NFL (@NFL) January 10, 2025

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The Rams took off from practice Wednesday and returned Thursday, but they headed home early and canceled post-practice media availability as a new fire had broken out in the West Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Both the Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers are preparing for playoff games this weekend. The Chargers, the fifth seed in the AFC, will face the fourth-seeded Texans in Houston on Saturday.

It isn’t the first time a high-profile NFL game has been relocated due to wildfires in Southern California. The Chargers, based in San Diego at the time, had a “Monday Night Football” game against the Miami Dolphins in 2003 moved the Cardinals’ home stadium at the time.

–Field Level Media

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