A Neutral Site For AFC Championship Game Has Been Selected

If the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs meet in the AFC Championship Game, the game will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on January 29th at 6:30 P.M.

As part of standard NFL contingency planning, Atlanta was designated a possible backup host site for postseason games prior to the start of the 2022 season and is almost equidistant from both potential participating teams' cities. It'd be played at 6:30 pm ET on Sunday, Jan. 29.

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 12, 2023

The NFL put forth these guidelines after Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest in Week 17. The Bills-Bengals game was called off and cancelled due to the tragic incident. Following that, the NFL decided that if the Bills and Chiefs met in the AFC Championship Game, it would be at a neutral site.

Atlanta it is!