06-17-2020, 11:43 AM
(06-17-2020, 04:07 AM)AussieBengal Wrote: Over here in Australia, season tickets are called memberships and when the competition shutdown in March they asked for people to pledge their memberships. Now we are looking at reduced capacity games after having 3 weeks of no crowds. The reduced capacity games start for my team this weekend with 120 people allowed to attend and the club is going to draw members who have pledged out of a hat to attend on Saturday night. We are looking at 25% capacity limits starting next month, so I guess most clubs will move their games to the biggest possible stadium and have around 20000 people attend.
Just showing an example of what is happening here in this regard.
I don't have the wisdom to know what the owners should do but I bet it's a variation on the airline industry. That bunch is handling 10's of thousands of people everyday. What they are doing is minimizing seating, service and amenities and doing it while using $50 billion in federal support which expires as of October 1, 2020. Basically the Feds are paying 100% airline payrolls this summer. The pro teams have to go begging in DC.
Ideally in my perfect world, the NFL would follow airline policy and mandate everybody wears a mask and skip every other seat.
Also stop the ban on BYOB and coolers!