Sunday’s Browns-Bills game moved from New York to Michigan due to weather emergency in Buffalo
Yesterday, the NFL announced that, due to public safety concerns and out of an abundance of caution in light of the ongoing weather emergency in western New York, Sunday’s Cleveland Browns-Buffalo Bills game will be moved to Ford Field in Detroit at 1 p.m. ET.
The decision to move the game from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, was done in consultation with the Buffalo Bills and local and state authorities as the region prepares for the storm.
The Bills were scheduled to host the game in Buffalo, but forecasters are predicting up to 6 feet of lake-effect snow in Orchard Park, New York.
It makes sense to shift the game from the drifts to the dome. Ford Field is the second closest NFL stadium to both Cleveland and Buffalo. The only other neutral site closer is Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburg, but the Steelers are playing at home that same afternoon. ~ CBS News
Details on tickets and other game day information for Sunday’s game in Detroit will be announced shortly. The Bills will provide information for those fans with tickets to the game originally scheduled for Orchard Park.
The game will be televised on CBS as part of its regularly scheduled broadcast.
And speaking of the blizzardy Empire State, also see:
Extreme lake-effect snow freezes Northern New York – Five feet possible
(Source: NFL) / (Cover photo – Browns-Bills Logos / Facebook)
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