Some Clarification on Seats this Season

[saintmatthew]

Baltimore City + County have had 1200 deaths, approaching double the PG County total.

I view the team's proposed plan to expose 64,000 fans to death via COVID-19 exposure eight times to be nothing more than a PR stunt. (That's 8 games times 8,000 fans = 64,000, for those who do math).

Probability of Hogan signing off at >1%.

It doesn't matter what the rates are where the venues are anyway since most of the fans come from other areas of the state anyway.

[saintmatthew]

Wowwww

What a strange year

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At least we have some entertaining Os games to hold us over. I'm actually glad I forgot to cancel my MLB subscription once the free trial was up cause there have been some great games this week.

[I Touchdown There]

At least we have some entertaining Os games to hold us over. I'm actually glad I forgot to cancel my MLB subscription once the free trial was up cause there have been some great games this week.

Definitely!

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[Bhcforlife]

It doesn't matter what the rates are where the venues are anyway since most of the fans come from other areas of the state anyway.

Or out of state entirely, which would be for me the bigger concern than people traveling in state to attend.

[Mista T]

It doesn't matter what the rates are where the venues are anyway since most of the fans come from other areas of the state anyway.

I believe the majority, or at least the plurality, of fans come from Baltimore County, which has the third highest infection rate in the State.

Regardless, even fans coming from less-infected Anne Arundel, Harford, Carroll, Pennsylvania, Eastern Shore, DC suburbs etc, still must navigate the druggies and panhandlers lining the sidewalks leading to the stadium.

[Rosdaman]

Baltimore City + County have had 1200 deaths, approaching double the PG County total.

I view the team's proposed plan to expose 64,000 fans to death via COVID-19 exposure eight times to be nothing more than a PR stunt. (That's 8 games times 8,000 fans = 64,000, for those who do math).

Probability of Hogan signing off at >1%.

Fixed that for you :

Probability of Hogan signing off is < 1%

[Bhcforlife]

Welp, there it is.

[BMann]

Welp, there it is.

It's a bummer, but hardly unexpected. Would've been curious to see how 7,500 fans in the stands would've worked. That's barely 10% capacity. I'll bet those seats would sell like hotcakes (do popular things still sell like hotcakes?). I'd feel pretty safe sitting outdoors with less than 8,000 fans there. I guess the bathrooms would be a problem, though. As a non-drinker, I generally only make one or zero restroom visits during an average game, though, so that wouldn't be a big issue for me.

Will be interesting to see what the rest of the league ends up doing.

[PurplePill]

It's ridiculous that they are not coming up with a league-wide mandate on fan attendance at NFL games. You will have some teams with 15-25K fans at games and others like us with zero. Creates a system where some teams have a home field advantage and others do not. Not fair at all and gives big advantages to teams like Kansas City and Indianapolis that are planning on a good number of fans at their games.

[Bhcforlife]

It's ridiculous that they are not coming up with a league-wide mandate on fan attendance at NFL games. You will have some teams with 15-25K fans at games and others like us with zero. Creates a system where some teams have a home field advantage and others do not. Not fair at all and gives big advantages to teams like Kansas City and Indianapolis that are planning on a good number of fans at their games.

Totally agree. It isn't fair and it's not a level playing field. Certain teams in the YOLO areas like Miami should not be able to host fans and enjoy whatever home field advantage the limited attendance can provide while others are essentially being punished because their local/state governments are taking COVID more seriously.

[Bhcforlife]

It's a bummer, but hardly unexpected. Would've been curious to see how 7,500 fans in the stands would've worked. That's barely 10% capacity. I'll bet those seats would sell like hotcakes (do popular things still sell like hotcakes?). I'd feel pretty safe sitting outdoors with less than 8,000 fans there. I guess the bathrooms would be a problem, though. As a non-drinker, I generally only make one or zero restroom visits during an average game, though, so that wouldn't be a big issue for me.

Will be interesting to see what the rest of the league ends up doing.

Yeah, not unexpected but still sucks. First time in 17 years I will not be in attendance for opening week. I think their plan was probably fine, logical, and would have kept people safe, but MD as a state and Baltimore City are just playing COVID extremely carefully at this point. There was no chance Hogan was signing off on allowing 7,500 fans per game.

[BMann]

Yeah, not unexpected but still sucks. First time in 17 years I will not be in attendance for opening week. I think their plan was probably fine, logical, and would have kept people safe, but MD as a state and Baltimore City are just playing COVID extremely carefully at this point. There was no chance Hogan was signing off on allowing 7,500 fans per game.

I've never missed a home opener since they got here... It's going to be so strange with zero fans at M&T Bank Stadium. We all know how loud our place can get when the defense is rolling. Now opposing offenses will have no trouble calling audibles, hearing snap counts, etc.