Cowboys, Texans to open stadiums as vaccination sites

Ahead of the Super Bowl LV matchup between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell sent a letter to President Joe Biden declaring that all NFL stadiums are available as future COVID-19 vaccination sites. 

According to Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News, the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans are ready to help. 

Beginning the week of Feb. 22, Dallas' AT&T Stadium and the Texans' NRG Stadium will be converted into mass vaccination sites. "Together, these sites will be capable of administering more than 10,000 shots in arms a day," said the White House COVID-19 task force.

As of the time that Goodell sent his letter to President Biden, seven NFL stadiums were already among public vaccination sites. 

"We can expand our efforts to stadiums across the nation more effectively because many of our clubs have offered their facilities previously as COVID testing centers as well as election sites over the past several months," Goodell wrote. "We look forward to further discussion with your administration as well as your partners in state and local governments to advance this effort." 

Goodell has not yet said if spectators, players, coaches and other personnel will have to prove they are vaccinated to attend future league events. The 2021 NFL Draft is scheduled to occur in downtown Cleveland, Ohio from April 29-May 1 and is on track to include fans.