Viewers watching the NFL RedZone broadcast on Sunday were confused when alarms started going off during the live transmission as they showed live footage of the Bills and Eagles game.
The NFL RedZone channel was interrupted by an alarm as employees were told to evacuate the building. Scott Hanson was on the air when they were told to evacuate the studio as the live broadcast went on and they broke into the feed.
“This is a first in my twenty-something-year broadcasting career,” Hanson said. “We have an alarm going off in the studios of NFL RedZone right now, in our studios here in Inglewood, California. We are being told we need to evacuate the building. We do not know the nature of the emergency.”
The beloved studio host later provided an update on the situation:
“Well, that was…. interesting,” Hanson said. “Alarm has stopped. Apparently all clear. Still waiting on details. Thanks for watching NFL RedZone week 12 ! One to remember.”
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It took a few hours but we finally found out what happened.
The Athletic reported NFL RedZone offices were forced to evacuate Sunday due to a false alarm.
“Thankfully there was no fire,” the NFL spokesperson said. “No business functions, including NFL RedZone, were interrupted.”
Everyone in the building was safe, and he started powering through the rest of the broadcast despite the alarm still going off in the background.
Hanson has been the host of NFL RedZone since it first launched in 2009. He remained the host of the channel when NFL Sunday Ticket went over to YouTube TV this season.
For the people with DirecTV, which was the home of Sunday Ticket for years, they had a separate Red Zone channel that was hosted by Andrew Siciliano.
