Vikings-Rams N.F.L. Wild Card Game Moved to Arizona Due to Los Angeles Wildfires

By Jourdan Rodrigue, Alex Andrejev and Rebecca Tauber

The wild-card playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings on Monday will be moved from SoFi Stadium to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., after multiple wildfires ravaged the Los Angeles County area this week, the NFL announced Thursday. The game remains scheduled for 8 p.m. ET.

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The NFC’s No. 4 Rams were previously slated to host the matchup against the No. 5 Vikings at their Inglewood, Calif., venue, but the league pivoted to its contingency plan after the deadly fires burned tens of thousands of acres around Los Angeles, displacing residents under evacuation orders and destroying more than 5,000

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