Update: Ravens-Texans Game Postponed due to Reliant Stadium damage
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RAVENS-TEXANS IN NEW ORLEANS?
Posted by Michael David Smith on September 13, 2008, 2:40 p.m.
We’re hearing from league sources that there are discussions going on today about moving this weekend’s Ravens-Texans game to Monday night at the Superdome in New Orleans.
The game was originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Houston but was rescheduled for Monday night because of Hurricane Ike. But after Ike damaged Reliant Stadium, the league is now scrambling to find a new venue for it.
The Superdome, of course, is home to the Saints, who were forced to play their whole 2005 season away from home as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The Saints play at Washington tomorrow. The Superdome’s event calendar says the stadium is hosting a Tulane football game today and another Tulane game on Thursday, but nothing Sunday through Wednesday.
The Houston Chronicle reports that if the damage to Reliant Stadium is so severe that the team can’t return later in the stadium, they could play their games at Rice Stadium on the campus of Rice University.
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The roof of Reliant Stadium was battered by Hurricane Ike in the early hours of Saturday morning
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The aesthetic portions of Reliant Stadium took as much of a beating as the structural portions.
Posted by Michael David Smith on September 13, 2008, 2:40 p.m.
We’re hearing from league sources that there are discussions going on today about moving this weekend’s Ravens-Texans game to Monday night at the Superdome in New Orleans.
The game was originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Houston but was rescheduled for Monday night because of Hurricane Ike. But after Ike damaged Reliant Stadium, the league is now scrambling to find a new venue for it.
The Superdome, of course, is home to the Saints, who were forced to play their whole 2005 season away from home as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The Saints play at Washington tomorrow. The Superdome’s event calendar says the stadium is hosting a Tulane football game today and another Tulane game on Thursday, but nothing Sunday through Wednesday.
The Houston Chronicle reports that if the damage to Reliant Stadium is so severe that the team can’t return later in the stadium, they could play their games at Rice Stadium on the campus of Rice University.
Billy Smith II CHRONICLE
The roof of Reliant Stadium was battered by Hurricane Ike in the early hours of Saturday morning
Billy Smith II CHRONICLE
The aesthetic portions of Reliant Stadium took as much of a beating as the structural portions.
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Rack;2255799 said:
Oh yeah.
:Goodell probably would've made them play every game on the road. Or in New York.
And as long as they fixed whatever is structurally wrong with the roof -- which I can't imagine is much -- why can't they play in the stadium in a couple of weeks? Sure, the A/C won't work, but so what?
I saw where one option was to maybe play at Rice Stadium. That would probably work, as long as they can get the power going.