NFL Announces Rams vs. Vikings Wild Card Game Moved to Arizona amid LA Wildfires

The NFL has announced that the Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Rams NFC Wild Card playoff game has been moved to State Farm Stadium (home of the Arizona Cardinals) due to the ongoing Los Angeles area wildfires.

The game will remain on its same scheduled day and time of Monday at 8 p.m. ET.

On Wednesday, the NFL announced its contingency plan to move the game to Glendale, Arizona if needed.

The Los Angeles Chargers are also scheduled to play a Wild Card Weekend game and will do so on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET against the AFC South champion Houston Texans.

The Rams and Chargers both play in SoFi Stadium, located in Inglewood, California. Fires have not reached that area, but the air quality has been severely impacted and is considered very unhealthy at this time.

Per CNN, fire officials are fighting at least five Los Angeles area wildfires (Eaton, Hurst, Kenneth, Lidia and Palisades). At least six people have died, but the official death toll is unknown. Tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate. The Palisades Fire is the most destructive fire in the history of Los Angeles County.