In a whirlwind few days, the Cardinals went from wrapping up their season, finishing football and business items to prepare for the offseason, to turning their stadium around to host a playoff game.
It started with a call from NFL executive Dawn Aponte, who asked Bidwill, “Could you be ready?”
State Farm Stadium often serves as the contingency plan in the event of an emergency, and by making that phone call, it was clear it was probable not possible. Even before the “Go” call from the league, Bidwill’s organization spun into action.
“I spoke to the team later that morning and said, ‘Look if this is gonna happen, let’s get ahead of it,'” Bidwill said. “Let’s get prepared and start thinking about everything that we’ll need to be doing to make this happen.”
From preparing the stadium to figuring out the ticket situation (Rams use Ticketmaster, Cardinals use SeatGeek) to going over logistics, they examined it all. Bidwill said he spoke to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell several times to go over speci …
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