Temporary Home Stadiums
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Occasionally, a team's home games are moved from their usual site to another location, usually either due to natural disasters, or to the stadium being in use for other events. The list of temporary home stadiums is ordered by the date on which the game using the temporary location was played.
This list does not include stadiums used as part of the NFL International Series since they are planned regular season games.
| Date played | Stadium | Visiting Team | Home Team | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 10, 1921 | Staley Field | Rock Island Independents | Chicago Staleys | Although the Staleys moved from Decatur, Illinois to Chicago prior to the 1921 season, they decided to play a home game in their old city and stadium. |
| December 18, 1932 | Chicago Stadium | Portsmouth Spartans | Chicago Bears | The 1932 NFL playoff game was moved indoors because of severe blizzards in Chicago. |
| October 5, 1969 | Grant Field | Baltimore Colts | Atlanta Falcons | A baseball playoff game hosted by the Atlanta Braves forced the Falcons to move their contest from Fulton County Stadium. |
| Memorial Stadium | Green Bay Packers | Minnesota Vikings | A baseball playoff game hosted by the Minnesota Twins forced the Vikings to move their contest from Metropolitan Stadium. | |
| September 27, 1970 | Dyche Stadium | Philadelphia Eagles | Chicago Bears | As part of a trial run. In 1970, the NFL ruled that all teams must play in stadiums that seated more than 50,000 fans, and the Bears were forced to leave Wrigley Field. Ultimately, a deal to play permanently at Dyche Stadium fell through, forcing the Bears to return to Wrigley for the remainder of the 1970 season. The team moved to Soldier Field in 1971. |
| September 23, 1973 | California Memorial Stadium | Miami Dolphins | Oakland Raiders | The Raiders moved their game from the Oakland Coliseum to accommodate a larger crowd to see the defending Super Bowl VII champion Dolphins. |
| October 22, 1989 | Stanford Stadium | New England Patriots | San Francisco 49ers | Candlestick Park, the then-home of the 49ers, was damaged by the Loma Prieta earthquake. |
| October 27, 2003 | Sun Devil Stadium | Miami Dolphins | San Diego Chargers | Qualcomm Stadium was being used as a major evacuation site during the Cedar Fire. |
| September 19, 2005 | Giants Stadium | New York Giants | New Orleans Saints | Hurricane Katrina forced the Saints out of New Orleans. The NFL decided that the Saints' first regularly scheduled home game against the Giants be played in New Jersey, with the Saints the home team in name only. For the rest of the season, the Saints played three games at the Alamodome and four games at LSU's Tiger Stadium (LSU) (see above). |
| December 13, 2010 | Ford Field | New York Giants | Minnesota Vikings | The Metrodome suffered severe damage on December 12 during a blizzard, in which the weight of the snow accumulated on its Teflon-coated roof tore it open. Because of the short notice, the game between the Giants and the Vikings was moved to Detroit's Ford Field, in part because the Giants did not pack any cold weather gear on their trip, expecting to play indoors. Because it would take longer than a week to repair the Metrodome, the Vikings' next home game against the Bears was instead held locally outdoors at TCF Bank Stadium. |
| December 20, 2010 | TCF Bank Stadium | Chicago Bears |
Read more about this topic: Chronology Of Home Stadiums For Current National Football League Teams
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