Fans showed up to SoFi Stadium before sunrise this morning even though the Rams and Vikings don’t play until 5 p.m. PT tonight – and despite the game being played in Arizona. They started lining up before 5:30 a.

Everything seemed pretty normal for the Los Angeles Rams during practice at their temporary home on a beautiful afternoon in suburban Phoenix.

Rams president Kevin Demoff was optimistic early Thursday that the game could be held at SoFi Stadium, but it became clear there were many reasons to move the game.