Saints vs. Packers Week 1 matchup to be performed in Jacksonville at TIAA Financial institution Discipline

The New Orleans Saints and Inexperienced Bay Packers will open up their 2021 common season at TIAA Financial institution Discipline in Jacksonville, the NFL introduced on Wednesday. Amie Simply and Jeff Duncan of NOLA.com had been the primary to report the venue change. This recreation will stay in the identical time slot on Sept. 12 with kickoff occurring at 4:25 ET. The Saints additionally introduced on Wednesday evening that pre-sale tickets for his or her recreation vs. Inexperienced Bay in Jacksonville will go on sale Thursday.

Initially, this recreation was to be held on the Saints’ Caesars Superdome, however the aftermath of Hurricane Ida has compelled the league to transfer the sport out of New Orleans and will doubtlessly preserve the workforce out of New Orleans for a month as Louisiana continues to get well from the storm. The Superdome didn’t maintain any structural injury throughout Hurricane Ida, per NOLA.com, however the metropolis of New Orleans stays with out energy, making it primarily inconceivable to host an NFL recreation given the circumstances. 

TIAA Financial institution Discipline — the house of the Jacksonville Jaguars —  was the closest stadium to New Orleans that was out there. Different close by websites like Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and NRG Stadium in Houston have NFL video games happening that day. In the meantime, Dallas’ AT&T Stadium was unavailable that day as a consequence of a beforehand scheduled live performance. 

As for the Jaguars, they’re going to be in Houston to face the Texans on that Sunday, and TIAA Financial institution Discipline had no different conflicting concert events or occasions, opening the window for the Saints and Packers to start the season on time. 

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