(Bloomberg) -- The Buffalo Bills are offering $10 per hour andtickets to this weekend’s game against the New York Jets to anyonewilling to help shovel 220,000 tons of snow.

That is, of course, if they can make it to the National FootballLeague team’s stadium with their shovels.

The Nov. 23 game at the Bills’ Ralph Wilson Stadium is stillscheduled for a 1 p.m. kickoff, even though some areas near Buffalohave already received at least 5 feet of snow and a lake effectsnow warning is in effect until tomorrow morning, according to theWeather Channel. Another 2 inches to 4 inches of snow per hour isexpected in some areas today.

The Bills’ stadium is in Orchard Park, about 10 miles southeastof Buffalo, and shovelers will have to wait for a driving ban to belifted before helping to clear the field.

“We estimate there are about 220,000 tons of snow that have tobe moved between now and game day, and that’s with 4 feet,” AndyMajor, the team’s vice president of operations, said yesterday on aconference call with reporters.

The Bills have been in communication with the NFL, which has thefinal say over whether to postpone or move the game, according toteam spokesman Scott Berchtold.

“We’re preparing to play this game at the stadium for Sunday at1 o’clock,” Berchtold said yesterday. “If things change because ofsnow, we’ll have to look at that.”

The Bills declined to discuss any possible scenarios other thanthe contest going off as scheduled. The Jets share MetLife Stadiumwith the New York Giants, who host the Dallas Cowboys on Sundaynight, which means holding the game in East Rutherford, New Jersey,probably isn’t an option.

There’s no timeline for making a decision, Michael Signora, anNFL spokesman, said yesterday in a telephone interview. If there isa change to the schedule it would be made along with the team andlocal authorities, Signora said.

Warmer Temperatures

Freezing temperatures in Orchard Park are expected to riseduring the weekend, with the forecast calling for a high of 46degrees (8 degrees Celsius) at the scheduled kickoff time.

At least seven people have died in the storm, the New YorkTimes reported last night.

The city is on the shore of Lake Erie and near Lake Ontario. Thesnow has been caused by lake-effect storms, which occur when coldair passes over relatively warm water.

Major said the team’s first priority, from a stadium operationsstandpoint, is to clear the field of snow, followed by the parkinglots, concourses and seats.

“A foot of snow, you can probably clear the whole place in athree-day period,” Major said. “We have 4 feet now and another 3coming.”

--With assistance from Brian K. Sullivan in Boston and ErikMatuszewski in New York.

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