It's not every day Monday Night Football is played in Detroit. It's not every day that a team's home field will be dismantled and used for another team's home game. It's also not every day that a blizzard causes a football team's arena's roof to completely collapse.
This has been the case for the Minnesota Vikings. They were scheduled to host the New York Giants, however Mother Nature had different plans. Due to the arena's roof collapsing, the game was cancelled and rescheduled for Monday night at Detroit's Ford Field.
While this is clearly inconvenient for Minnesota and New York fans who were planning on going to the game in Minnesota, it's a unique gift to residents of the Detroit area. The game tonight was free and open to anyone who wanted to come. Since that announcement of free tickets was made yesterday, they have given them all away. Of course Minnesota and New York fans who had tickets for the game get first priority seating.
While this story might not fit in the ballpark of "inspiring" it is certainly unique and can be thought of as a positive for the Detroit football fan base.
In case you missed it: here's the video that captured the whole incident.
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