Buffalo Bills vs Cleveland Browns’ showdown in Week 11 has been moved from Buffalo to Detroit’s Ford Field due to a snowstorm scare, which is reported to hit Western New York. With plenty of fanatics already worried about their own safety if they come to watch the encounter, the NFL primarily wants to ensure the safety of its players.
Till when is the snowstorm scare listed in New York? It is being told that it would begin from Thursday night and through Saturday, the entire Buffalo area is expected to be hit with a lake-effect that could upward of four feet of snow.
“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,” NFL stated in a statement on Thursday, on their official website. “The decision to move the game from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, NY was done in consultation with the Buffalo Bills and local and state authorities as the region prepares for the storm.”
With major to extreme impact being expected to be felt in the region, it seems right that the NFL has not postponed but entirely changed the venue. Which should not affect the playing tendency of any respective team involved.
What happened to those who bought the tickets for Bills vs Browns game in Buffalo? Ticket holders for the this mentioned game received emails on Thursday itself regarding their respective refunds.
Tickets for the game in Detroit are set to go on sale Friday, wherein Buffalo Bills season-ticket holders receiving priority (this game being their home game), Bills team executive vice president Ron Raccuia said, per Syracuse.com.
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