Al Michaels Got His Philadelphia Stadiums Confused In Awkward Moment During Vikings-Eagles Game

Michaels referenced Veterans Stadium, which was demolished in 2004, instead of Lincoln Financial Field.

Andy Nesbitt | Sep 15, 2023

Al Michaels Got His Philadelphia Stadiums Confused In Awkward Moment During Vikings-Eagles Game /

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Al Michaels is one of the best play-by-play announcers in sports history, and he continues to do a great job each week on Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime.

But he’s also human, and he’s going to make mistakes—just like we all do. Michaels did just that at the start of the third quarter of this week’s Vikings-Eagles game when he got his stadiums confused and welcomed fans back to Veterans Stadium. That legendary former home of the Eagles was closed in 2003 and demolished in 2004.

Michaels called a bunch of games at that legendary venue back in the day, and for a second, he took all of us back there:

Whoops!

Published Sep 15, 2023

ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.