The NFL is exploring contingencies if COVID-19 restrictions within the Los Angeles space seem they are going to be too onerous to carry the Tremendous Bowl.
WFAA, citing a Dallas Cowboys front-office supply, stories the league has had “preliminary discussions” about shifting the Large Sport from SoFi Stadium to AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy confirmed to WFAA that the contingency has been explored, although he talked about it’s not an uncommon train.
“We plan on taking part in Tremendous Bowl LVI as scheduled at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 13,” McCarthy mentioned. “As a part of our normal contingency planning course of that we conduct for all common and postseason video games, we now have contacted a number of golf equipment to inquire about stadium availability within the occasion we can't play the Tremendous Bowl as scheduled because of weather-related points or unexpected circumstances. Our planning course of for the Tremendous Bowl in Los Angeles is forward of schedule and we sit up for internet hosting the Tremendous Bowl there to culminate one other implausible NFL season for our followers and golf equipment.”
WFAA says the Metropolis of Arlington “proactively” contacted the NFL and supplied AT&T Stadium — which final hosted the Tremendous Bowl in early 2011, when the Packers defeated the Steelers — as a vacation spot if Los Angeles grew to become un-feasible. Final yr’s Rose Bowl moved from Pasadena to AT&T Stadium.
Proper now, Los Angeles County doesn't have COVID-19 restrictions which might preclude the Tremendous Bowl from being performed in a full stadium. SoFi Stadium had over 70,000 followers for Chargers vs. Broncos this previous week.
Nevertheless, with instances escalating within the area amid the Omicron variant outbreak, it's unknown whether or not Los Angeles County and/or the state of California would possibly revert to stricter early pandemic restrictions.
It's a secure guess that Texas, which has fought vaccine mandates, wouldn't impose any sort of capability restrictions between now and the Tremendous Bowl, slated for Feb. 13.
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