(CNN) The Rose Bowl will no longer host of one of this season's College Football Playoff semifinals on New Year's Day due to Covid-19 restrictions in Southern California, the College Football Playoff and the Tournament of Roses announced Saturday. The game will be relocated to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, because families of the football teams would not be able to attend a game at the Rose Bowl. It is not yet determined what the name of this semifinal game will be, according to the Tournament of Roses website . The other semifinal game is the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana. In a statement, College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill Hancock said this was a mutual agreement by the College Football Playoff Management Committee and Tournament of Roses "given the growing number of COVID-19 cases in Southern California."
Source: CNN December 20, 2020 04:52 UTC