The Arizona Cardinals, while they are not in the NFL playoffs this year, are on display giving a helping hand for the postseason.
The wild card game between the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams, scheduled originally to be played at SoFi Stadium in California, was moved to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ, the home stadium of the Cardinals, as wildfires ravage southern California.
The Cardinals have offered more help to the Rams.
They have lent their team facility in Tempe to the Rams to use before the game.
Our guests have arrived .. pic.twitter.com/dCVtd27Ddw
— Mark Dalton (@CardsMarkD) January 11, 2025
Not only that, as reported by many but first by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Cardinals sent two of its team planes to L.A. on Friday to transport Rams players, staff and even a few animals to Arizona.
The Cardinals are sending two of the team’s 777 planes to Los Angeles this afternoon, picking up the Rams team, its staff, their families, six dogs and two cats — yes, six dogs and two cats, per an official — and bringing them to Arizona tonight.
Cardinals are turning over their… pic.twitter.com/pdCeBFVHuN
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 10, 2025
The work to begin preparing State Farm Stadium to look like a home stadium for the Rams has begun. That means painting the end zones.
This truck arrived at State Farm Stadium this morning after a 1,500-mile trek from Leland, MS
It brought 200 gallons worth of paint – mostly Blue (Pantone2736) & Yellow (Pantone 109) – to paint the field in Rams colors. pic.twitter.com/oz9tJq0tfD
— Mark Dalton (@CardsMarkD) January 11, 2025
What a good showing by the Cardinals to act as good hosts to a division rival.
The game between the Vikings and Rams kicks off Monday at 8 p.m. ET from State Farm Stadium on ABC, ESPN and ESPN+.
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