Saints-Chargers video game on as historical storm looms, source states

LOS ANGELES– Sunday’s preseason video game in between the Saints and Chargers will be played as initially set up in the middle of the hazard of a hurricane striking the location this weekend, a source informed ESPN on Saturday.

The NFL held a teleconference with the 2 groups Friday afternoon relating to choices for the video game, which is set to be dipped into SoFi Arena at 7:05 p.m. ET.

Cyclone Hilary is anticipated to strike the Los Angeles location this weekend as a hurricane, with rain possibly starting Sunday night.

A number of other expert video games have currently been rescheduled 3 Big league Baseball video games were relocated to Saturday as part of split doubleheaders, and 2 Big league Soccer video games set up for Sunday night were altered to brand-new dates.

” Undoubtedly, with the weather condition, the most essential thing is that everyone remains safe, so whatever it considers everyone to remain safe, that’s what we have actually got to do,” Saints coach Dennis Allen stated Friday afternoon.

This is an extraordinary occasion for the location, as no hurricane has actually made landfall in Southern California because Sept. 25, 1939, according to the National Weather Condition Service. That storm triggered a minimum of 90 casualties at sea and in the location due to flooding.