THE Arizona Cardinals have made some changes to their home to accommodate their guests during wild card weekend.
State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona will host Monday’s playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings.
The Arizona Cardinals have made changes to State Farm Stadium to accommodate the Los Angeles Rams[/caption]
State Farm Stadium will host a playoff game which was moved from LA[/caption]
The Rams were due to play the game at their SoFi Stadium home in Inglewood, California.
But the NFL took the decision last week to shift it to Arizona due to the deadly wildfires.
The Rams boarded a plane to Phoenix to be prepare for the game at their new home for the week.
And they shared a clip of State Farm Stadium in it’s new trim ready for Monday night.
The short video showed the field being rolled in from outside.
And rather than having Cardinals branding, it featured Rams logos instead.
“Los Angeles” was written in yellow in both end zones while the LA crest was painted on the 50-yard line.
The Rams said, “Thanks for opening your doors to us, Arizona Cardinals.”
Fans loved the gesture from the Cardinals to help their NFC West division rivals.
One wrote on X, “Division rivals helping each other in a time of need, hell yeah brother.”
Another commented, “High class. Humanity over division rivalries.”
A third posted, “That is awesome.”
While a fourth said, “What a wonderful gesture. Looks good!”
The Rams are the No. 4 seed having won the NFC West with a 10-7 record.
The Vikings, meanwhile, are the fifth seed and the top wild card team after their 14-3 season.
NFL division round schedule
Sat 18 Jan, 4.30 pm ET (ESPN/ABC) – Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs
Sat 18 Jan, 8 pm ET (Fox) – Washington Commanders at Detroit Lions
Sun 19 Jan, 3 pm ET (NBC) – TBC at Philadelphia Eagles
Sun 19 Jan, 6.30 pm ET (CBS) – Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills
Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell grew up in California and experienced wildfire devastation first hand.
“Southern California is near and dear to my heart,” O’Connell told select UK reporters this week.
“Having lived it, there were a couple of times in my early childhood there were some pretty significant fires in my home town.
“In my senior year at San Diego State we had a game postponed for 10 days maybe even two weeks because of fires.
“For many people that watch the news and see the clips, this is hard to imagine.
“But for people in Southern California it’s something they’ve experienced before and a tragedy.”
