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Backup Plan: Super Bowl Would Move To AT&T Stadium In Texas In Event Of New Lockdown Or Bad Weather
If new restrictions are enacted that prevent the game from being played in Inglewood, the NFL has identified another option.
INGLEWOOD (CBSLA) — The Super Bowl is coming! Or is it?
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The Super Bowl is scheduled to take place at SoFi Stadium on Feb. 13. But with California experiencing a major surge of COVID-19 infections and reporting a staggering 21.3% positivity rate on Wednesday, backup plans are being made in the event the state goes into a new lockdown.
If new restrictions are enacted in California that prevent the game from being played in Inglewood, the NFL has identified AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas as a backup for the big game. In an unprecedented pandemic, there happens to be precedent for such a move – last year, the stadium hosted the Rose Bowl when it was switched from Pasadena due to regional stay-at-home order.
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