Health & Fitness
Heinz Field, Other NFL Stadiums Could Be Mass Vaccination Sites
The National Football League is offering every NFL venue to be a vaccination supersite.
PITTSBURGH, PA — Heinz Field and every NFL stadium could be used as coronavirus vaccination supersites, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell suggested Friday in a letter to President Joe Biden.
“The NFL and our 32 member clubs are committed to doing our part to ensure that vaccines are as widely available in our communities as possible,” Goodell told the president.
“We can expand our efforts to stadiums 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.
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Goodell added that all NFL teams would coordinate with local, state and national health officials on stadium vaccination efforts.
Seven NFL teams already are hosting coronavirus vaccinations at or near their stadiums.
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The Pirates last month announced they were in talks with the Allegheny Health Network and Highmark to use PNC Park for vaccines.
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