NFL hall of fame game postponed for a year
by jt (2020-06-25 10:05:45)

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word is that the season might be pushed back a month and there is a possibility of only 14 games.

They are also allowing teams to tarp off the first 8 rows and sell ad space, assuming fans cannot attend. Also, there is talk of having the stadium closed to fans but allowing people to watch in the parking lots via big screens.

Fans in parking lots will still need restroom access. *
by Manorcal  (2020-06-27 12:37:02)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

port-o-johns with lots of sanitizer *
by jt  (2020-06-27 20:47:00)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Cancelling the HOF game this year will be a big hit to an
by Irish 1978  (2020-06-25 10:33:07)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

already shaky economy for Canton, Ohio. The HOF weekend events (parade, concert, enshrinement ceremony, and game) bring in a lot of people and are a big revenue source.

Regarding plans to have fans watch the games on big screens in parking lots - how does this protect fans? Is the concept to do this drive-in movie, stay in your cars style? Or, is the plan to reduce in-stadium seating to some percentage of the stadium capacity and then allow those that can't get in to watch in a socially distanced manner? Good luck in enforcing that.

This doesn't make sense to me.
I don't know how they're going to do it
by jt  (2020-06-25 11:35:14)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

but in theory it could work if it was like a drive in or if they could put up "stalls" that enforced social distancing (have to rope off areas, I assume). If they mic'd up the lot, it could actually get some type of "home field advantage" for noise.

These are only guesses based on what I've heard. I know that they are exploring a variety of ways to still make money during this time. If they can't have people in the stands, they'll try and find the next best thing, you can bet on it.