Weather delays Bills and Steelers game, N.Y. governor announces

The
Buffalo
Bills
and
Pittsburgh
Steelers
playoff
game
has
been
postponed
until
Monday
afternoon
due
to
winter
weather,
New
York
Gov.
Kathy
Hochul
said
Saturday.

The
game
was
originally
scheduled
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
said
in
a
post
on X.

The
NFL
and
the
Bills
said
in
a statement that
the
postponement
was
in
the
“best
interest
of
public
safety.”

Western
New
York
is
expected
to
be
hit
with
a
winter
storm
beginning
around
6
p.m.
Saturday.
Hochul
said
it
would
be
intense
and
said
it
could
be
the
most
“dangerous
weather
conditions
in
this
area
since
the
catastrophic
blizzard
of
one
year
ago.”

Forecasters
said
the
storm
will
be
at
its
“fiercest”
Sunday
afternoon,
the
governor
told
reporters
at
a
news
briefing.

“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
said.

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

In
a
post
on
X,
the
governor
warned
that
travel
will
be
“extremely
dangerous”
and
a
full
travel
ban
was
implemented
in
Erie
County,
where
Buffalo
is
located,
starting
at
9
p.m.
Saturday.

The
game
marks
the
first
round
of
the
NFL
playoffs
and
is
the
biggest
game
of
the
season
for
both
teams
with
the
winner
being
one
step
closer
to
playing
in
the
Super
Bowl. 

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story.
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