There's a liability issue to consider. The cities and/or the owners have to have an awareness of that.

To be honest, i think thats the biggest factor holding business and sporting events back. If someone goes to an event and gets sick, can they sue?

There was a news article about this. Businesses want to know they're not going to be held liable if someone says they went shopping and got covid in their store and sues.

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NFL cancels all international games in London, Mexico City for the 2020 NFL season

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-c...fl-season/

Regardless of how one feels about NFL games being played in the UK and Mexico City in much more normal years, I think the NFL made the only sensible decision this time around. The uncertainty with foreign travel as a result of COVID-19, makes it near impossible for the NFL to schedule games outside the USA for the 2020 season.

The Olympics was cancelled and that's the biggest sporting event of the year with countries from around the world so it's not surprising the NFL made their decision. Plus, foreign travel is in the skids until further notice so.....

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I'm diminishing the risk of death to 99% of the population. Take precautions for the high risk groups absolutely, but that doesn't entail shutting down the world. If we weigh a very tiny minority of people's safety above all else then we have a society of paralysis.

Temporary paralysis that will save the lives of human beings who will otherwise suffocate and die - but it's cool because we can go to Fuddruckers and football games.

Lots of things fit your description yet the World moves on.

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Regardless of how one feels about NFL games being played in the UK and Mexico City in much more normal years, I think the NFL made the only sensible decision this time around. The uncertainty with foreign travel as a result of COVID-19, makes it near impossible for the NFL to schedule games outside the USA for the 2020 season.

The Olympics was cancelled and that's the biggest sporting event of the year with countries from around the world so it's not surprising the NFL made their decision. Plus, foreign travel is in the skids until further notice so.....

Flip side: the Olympics is a declining activity worth far less than the NFL.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

Yes, primarily in the club sections or lower level next to the clubs.  That said, we're emerging to more of a transient city so a lot of that segment of the population defer going to the games as they retain their allegiance to the Giants, Jets, Pats, Steelers, Eagles, and Redskins.

Sure, but I'm not talking about Jacksonville. 

I'm talking about larger markets where the curve may not have flattened enough by late summer for the league or the local government to justify gatherings of 60K people. 

If six teams out of 32 aren't permitted to have attendance at home games, how is the league going to move forward with a season? 

I'm just spitballing potential issues here, and I think this could be one.

I can only speak for Jacksonville and Pittsburgh in which I attended many home games in each city.  Pittsburgh has even more attendance within the 50-64 year old range since these were the people (loyalists) that were 10-20 years old when the Steelers when they won 4 super bowls in the 1970.  We have a younger attendance here in Jacksonville because kids can pick up tix off the street for $20 and just party in the bud zone.

I imagine the NY and Boston fanbase resembles the Pittsburgh fanbase because you need $$ to go to the games and this is the age bracket (empty nesters) that have $$ and enough energy to care about going to the games.

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Sure, but I'm not talking about Jacksonville. 

I'm talking about larger markets where the curve may not have flattened enough by late summer for the league or the local government to justify gatherings of 60K people. 

If six teams out of 32 aren't permitted to have attendance at home games, how is the league going to move forward with a season? 

I'm just spitballing potential issues here, and I think this could be one.

I can only speak for Jacksonville and Pittsburgh in which I attended many home games in each city.  Pittsburgh has even more attendance within the 50-64 year old range since these were the people (loyalists) that were 10-20 years old when the Steelers when they won 4 super bowls in the 1970.  We have a younger attendance here in Jacksonville because kids can pick up tix off the street for $20 and just party in the bud zone.

I imagine the NY and Boston fanbase resembles the Pittsburgh fanbase because you need $$ to go to the games and this is the age bracket (empty nesters) that have $$ and enough energy to care about going to the games.

I think there's a lot of merit to that thought process.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

Temporary paralysis that will save the lives of human beings who will otherwise suffocate and die - but it's cool because we can go to Fuddruckers and football games.

Lots of things fit your description yet the World moves on.

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The Olympics was cancelled and that's the biggest sporting event of the year with countries from around the world so it's not surprising the NFL made their decision. Plus, foreign travel is in the skids until further notice so.....

Flip side: the Olympics is a declining activity worth far less than the NFL.

Lol. Okay.

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Just added the two additional games to my season tickets. Hopefully there's no cancellations but who knows?

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There is still a chance that the virus begins to weaken due to favorable mutations, so the best case scenario is the season goes on relatively normally with high risk individuals staying home. The worst case scenario being the season is canceled or shortened with no fans.

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The Olympics was cancelled and that's the biggest sporting event of the year with countries from around the world so it's not surprising the NFL made their decision. Plus, foreign travel is in the skids until further notice so.....

Flip side: the Olympics is a declining activity worth far less than the NFL.

USA USA USA --- we don't need no stinking Olympics or World Cup !!!  Nobody goes to those events or watches them on TV.   The NFL is king.  USA USA USA --- MERICA IS GREAT AGAIN  !!!

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Flip side: the Olympics is a declining activity worth far less than the NFL.

USA USA USA --- we don't need no stinking Olympics or World Cup !!!  Nobody goes to those events or watches them on TV.   The NFL is king.  USA USA USA --- MERICA IS GREAT AGAIN  !!!

I mean, if you wanna like an enterprise that loses 30 billion dollars every time they hold it...sure, why not?

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato