While the Coronavirus pandemic has not given truce in U.S, it has allowed that, in small quantities, fans can attend sporting events. It has already happened in the NFL, Being the Super Bowl LV the acid test, and now they can do it in the NBA, MLB and ice hockey (NHL), being one of the beneficiaries the city of New York.
This has been announced by the Governor of this State, Andrew Cuomo, who announced that starting next week, sports facilities that have a capacity of 10,000 people or more, will be able to reopen its doors at 10 percent of capacity.
In this sense, the highest authority in New York added that according to the State Department of Health, Anyone planning to attend these events will need to return a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of the game, while during matches they will be required to wear face masks, undergo temperature controls and mandatory social distance.
We’re excited to reopen our doors to the best fans in basketball. Click below for more information on our health safety protocols and how to procure tickets.
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets)
February 11, 2021
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The public will return in New York stadiums
The first franchise that can receive fans will be Brooklyn Nets, who has already announced that he will sell tickets for the match he will hold on February 23 against Sacramento Kings, at the Barclays Center, although they will have to wait for authorization from the NBA.
In this way, the stadiums that will be hosted under the New York Governorate regulations are Yankee Stadium (home of New York Yankees), Citi Field (New York Mets), Madison Square Garden (New York Knicks, New York Rangers), Carrier Dome en Syracuse, Belmont Park, KeyBank Center en Buffalo (Buffalo Sabres), and the Saratoga racetrack.
For Governor Cuomo, what motivated him to make this decision was the “incomparable success” who had the wild card round in the NFL, where Buffalo Bills received more than seven thousand people for the defeat before Houston Texans.
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