Wolfsburg (AP) – The Wolfsburg managing director Michael Meeske sees no competition distortion in the attempts of some Bundesliga clubs to get as many fans as possible into the stadium. Rather, he sees the chance “that we now have the opportunity with the other locations, which have greater opportunities, ideally to provide evidence that you can play Corona compatible with viewers,” Meeske said in an interview with Sky. “And that will certainly help football as a whole in the medium term.”
While VfL Wolfsburg should only welcome 500 spectators at its home games according to the current status, RB Leipzig has received permission from the local authorities for 8500 fans. No problem for Meeske. Rather, the encounters with more spectators could not only be “pilot projects” for football. “That can also be a lighthouse topic for other sports, for which ticket sales can be even more relevant and of course for other cultural institutions,” said Meeske.
DFL managing director Christian Seifert also turned his attention to the other sports after the general meeting on Thursday. “My colleagues in ice hockey, basketball, handball, volleyball will be fighting for their bare existence in the next few months, as will many individual sports,” Seifert said.
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