Guildford Bee
Well-known member
It seems increasingly clear that, much like everything else, sports stadiums will not suddenly reopen to huge crowds in one go whether it be in the autumn, new year or even next summer.
I don’t believe we’ll be going back to how things are any time soon but I also don’t believe we’ll be hanging around for a vaccine which may never materialise.
Much like everything else, I think the reopening of stadiums will be gradual. In the same ways that supermarkets operate with limited capacity and social distancing, and pubs and restaurants will do the same, sports stadiums will at first open at, say, 25% capacity or whatever is needed to ensure people are far enough apart
So how could that work?
In the US they’re already looking at staggered entry and exit times, increasing sanitation areas and using apps to advise which toilets etc have the smallest queues.
Could that work with an English football fanbase who are all used to turning up between 2.30 and 3? I think it’ll have to.
The other big issue will of course be ticketing. If LR were to open with a 4,500 capacity and no away fans, who gets first dibs? Could members of the same household sit together?
Thoughts welcome on how it might work without getting into the usual squabbles...
I don’t believe we’ll be going back to how things are any time soon but I also don’t believe we’ll be hanging around for a vaccine which may never materialise.
Much like everything else, I think the reopening of stadiums will be gradual. In the same ways that supermarkets operate with limited capacity and social distancing, and pubs and restaurants will do the same, sports stadiums will at first open at, say, 25% capacity or whatever is needed to ensure people are far enough apart
So how could that work?
In the US they’re already looking at staggered entry and exit times, increasing sanitation areas and using apps to advise which toilets etc have the smallest queues.
Could that work with an English football fanbase who are all used to turning up between 2.30 and 3? I think it’ll have to.
The other big issue will of course be ticketing. If LR were to open with a 4,500 capacity and no away fans, who gets first dibs? Could members of the same household sit together?
Thoughts welcome on how it might work without getting into the usual squabbles...