New York Post

NFL has varying crowd policies

- By PETER BOTTE pbotte@nypost.com

With the NFL season slated to open Sept. 10 in Kansas City, many teams still remain undecided at what capacity, if at all, they will permit fans to attend games.

According to ESPN, only three teams — the Bears, the Washington football team and the relocated Raiders in their first season in Las Vegas — have announced they will not allow any fans at their eight scheduled home games in 2020 due to COVID-19.

Both the Jets and Giants, in addition to the Bills and Eagles have said that no ticket-holders will be in attendance “until further notice.”

Eight teams have postponed fan attendance at least through September, but nine have committed to operating at diminished levels, ranging from 10.5 percent of seating capacity to around 25 percent.

Seven teams have yet to announce any specific plan, but the Dolphins announced Monday they will allow up to 13,000 socially distanced fans to attend their home opener against Buffalo on Sept. 20.

Here is a breakdown of all 32 NFL teams and their current plans for fans:

No fans all season (3): Chicago, Las Vegas, Washington.

No fans “until further notice” (4): Giants, Jets, Buffalo Philadelph­ia.

No fans for first home game (1): Denver.

No fans through at least September (8): Atlanta, Detroit (through 10/4), Green Bay, Houston, New England, New Orleans, Seattle (through 10/11), Tennessee.

Reduced but unspecifie­d capacity (4): Cincinnati, Dallas, Minnesota, Pittsburgh.

10-20 percent capacity (1): Baltimore (10.5 percent).

20-25 percent capacity (4): Indianapol­is (25 percent), Jacksonvil­le (25 percent), Kansas City (22 percent), Miami (20 percent).

No plan announced (7): Cleveland, Los Angeles Chargers, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Arizona, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco.

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