Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall Sunday on the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, with “catastrophic and life-threatening flooding.” The tropical storm is expected to hit many parts of the California area, but that did not stop a preseason game from being played.
The Los Angeles Chargers were set to host the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, and instead of moving the game to another day or canceling it, the league decided to go ahead and allow thousands of people to show up and watch a meaningless game.
Inside SoFi Stadium shows just how bad that decision could be as reports started to come out that rain was leaking badly in the billion-dollar stadium.
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This is outside the stadium:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday declared a state of emergency ahead of Hilary’s expected landing later Sunday. The storm is expected to enter the history books as the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years.
A professional football game is not helping matters if the streets start to flood and thousands of people get stuck.
The Chargers and Saints have been going through joint practices this week in Costa Mesa leading up to their preseason matchup on Sunday night. New Orleans arrived in L.A. on Wednesday for the joint sessions and is currently slated to fly home following the game on Sunday, per NOLA.com.
We can only hope and pray everything goes off without any issues.
