The Buffalo Bills are asking fans to help out ahead of Sunday’s playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
With a snowstorm in the Buffalo area this weekend, the Bills are asking fans to shovel at Highmark Stadium.
The Bills want to clear the excess snow from the stadium to make Sunday’s game a little more enjoyable for spectators.
We may have ugly weather in Buffalo this week with the wild card showdown between the Bills and Steelers, but if you’re a local fan, you might as well take advantage of it.
The Bills are offering fans $20 an hour to shovel snow Saturday night before Sunday’s afternoon game at Highmark Stadium.
According to the statement of the team, food and breaks in hot places will be provided free of charge.
A lake effect could bring more than a foot of snow to the area over the weekend, with several inches of accumulation forecast before Sunday’s game.
The elements will be in full force this weekend, but that might work in your favor if you live near Buffalo and have nothing to do on a cold Saturday night.
Not like the football players who face the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC wild card game on Sunday.
People who want to haul and shovel snow for $20 an hour with free food, drinks and breaks.
If needed, snow shovels will be able to shovel snow overnight Saturday into Sunday morning.
Free food and a break in a warm, comfortable place are provided during the shift.
Grab your snow shovel and head to Buffalo.
The Buffalo Bills announced they will pay $20 an hour to shovel snow inside Highmark Stadium before Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The area could get 7 to 11 inches of snow Saturday night, with winds in excess of 30 mph and gusts to 60 mph, possibly creating blizzard conditions, which according to the National Weather Service.
Rain and snow will continue into Sunday morning.
Large groups of lake-related snow and strong winds will develop east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario Saturday into Sunday evening.
Snow bands will move from north to south, affecting Buffalo and Watertown counties.
Shoveling at the stadium will begin at 10 p.m. on Saturday night and carry into Sunday morning, with kickoff scheduled for 1 p.m.
Those who want their own spoons will also be required to bring their own, but spoons will be provided for those who don’t.
The group announced on its website that it will also offer free meals and rest in a “comfortable and warm place.”
Those wishing to shovel snow at the stadium are also encouraged to pre-register.
The Buffalo Bills are one of those teams. In 1992, they inducted the 12th man into the Wall of Fame.
All of which helps explain why the Bills asked their 12th man to make a rare appearance on the Highmark Stadium field before Sunday afternoon’s wild-card game against Pittsburgh. Steelers.
That’s why the team asked fans who have the time and want to help shovel the dirt.
The Bills announced the news Friday afternoon, notifying interested parties that they intend to start at 10 p.m. Saturday night until morning.
“Complimentary meals and rest breaks in a comfortably warm area will be provided during the shift,”
the team’s announcement also states. At least assuming the Bills win.
The Bills are asking fans to start shoveling snow at 10 p.m. on Saturday night.
The kickoff for Steelers-Bills game is at 1 p.m. ET.
Fans reacted as follows:
How broke must they be not be able to have workers on payroll to do this? Sad.
I think I would offer some tickets might get some more people engaged or a jersey or something.
$20 per hr is not enough to be out there risking your life in those temperatures at that time of night.
Why 10pm.. that’s really crazy
I’m in Louisiana where minimum wage is still $7.50 SO FLY ME OUT AND WATCH ME WORK 