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Tony_FLADEM

(3,023 posts)
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 05:39 PM Oct 2020

No full house: ESPN reports Super Bowl crowd capped at 20%

Despite Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ wish for a full-capacity Super Bowl game in Tampa next year, ESPN sources say the National Football League plans to limit capacity at the championship game to 20%.

Last month, the Governor removed all state-level social distancing restrictions as the state hopes to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. During that press conference, he told reporters he wanted the game played with a stadium full of fans come February 2021.

“We expect to do a full Super Bowl,” DeSantis said. “We want to show we’re going to be able to do that.”

The league has left decisions regarding fans in stands to individual teams and their local governments throughout the regular season. But the league’s current plan, which according to ESPN includes a mask requirement and pods of fans split six feet apart, runs against that.


https://floridapolitics.com/archives/378235-super-bowl-20-percent

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No full house: ESPN reports Super Bowl crowd capped at 20% (Original Post) Tony_FLADEM Oct 2020 OP
So, an entire audience of multi-millionaires? hlthe2b Oct 2020 #1
Which is normal for a Super Bowl anyway jmowreader Nov 2020 #4
Of course they're able to do a full capacity event. IggleDuer Oct 2020 #2
Virus? What virus? soothsayer Oct 2020 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Maxheader Nov 2020 #5

IggleDuer

(964 posts)
2. Of course they're able to do a full capacity event.
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 06:18 PM
Oct 2020

What happens two weeks later when the Tampa hospitals reach their capacities?

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