Weather hold-ups Bills and Steelers video game, N.Y. guv reveals

The Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers championship game has actually been held off up until Monday afternoon due to winter season weather condition, New YorkGov Kathy Hochul stated Saturday.

The video game was initially set up for Sunday at 1 p.m. ET. at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York.

“I’ve been in communication with @NFL commissioner Roger Goodell regarding the dangerous conditions in Buffalo this weekend. In consultation with our emergency response teams, @BuffaloBills leadership, and the NFL, the Bills game will be postponed to 4:30 pm Monday,” she stated in a post on X

The NFL and the Bills stated in a declaration that the post ponement remained in the “best interest of public safety.”

Western New York is anticipated to be struck with a winter season storm starting around 6 p.m.Saturday Hochul stated it would be extreme and stated it might be the most “dangerous weather conditions in this area since the catastrophic blizzard of one year ago.”

Forecasters stated the storm will be at its “fiercest” Sunday afternoon, the guv informed press reporters at a news instruction.

“And that is why I am pleased to announce that in the interest of keeping both Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh fans safe … the NFL has agreed with our assessment that we need to postpone tomorrow’s playoff game,” Hochul stated.

“It’s all a part of our critical effort to keep New Yorkers, motorists and fans safe from this widely unpredictable storm,” she included.

In a post on X, the guv alerted that travel will be “extremely dangerous” and a complete travel restriction was carried out in Erie County, where Buffalo lies, beginning at 9 p.m. Saturday.

The video game marks the preliminary of the NFL playoffs and is the greatest video game of the season for both groups with the winner being one action more detailed to playing in the SuperBowl

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