- Fans at the subfreezing Chiefs-Dolphins playoff game in January suffered frostbite.
- Some of the fans had fingers and toes amputated, a Missouri hospital said.
Some fans who attended the freezing playoff game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins in January had to get amputations after suffering from frostbite.
A Missouri hospital said it treated several dozen people who were impacted by the cold snap in January. Some of those patients were from the NFL playoff game on January 13, The Associated Press reported.
Research Medical Center told the AP it performed amputations on 12 patients, though the hospital declined to say how many patients came from the playoff game. The amputations were predominantly of fingers and toes, and hospital officials predict more surgeries may be required in the coming weeks because "injuries evolve," the AP reported.
A spokesperson for the hospital did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
It was -4 degrees Fahrenheit at the wild card game, with windchill forcing the temperature down to -27 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the AP.
It was the coldest game ever played at Arrowhead Stadium and the 4th coldest in NFL history, PBS reported.
"It was cold, I'm not going to lie. It was cold," Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said, PBS reported. "At the end of the day, you have to be mentally tough enough that if something doesn't work, I'm going to come back and keep firing."
Tickets for the Dolphins-Chiefs game ranged from $42 to $989, unseasonably low due to the frigid weather. Playoff games in warmer climates the same weekend had tickets surpassing $2,700, according to USA Today.