The Baltimore Ravens announced Wednesday that they plan to allow fewer than 14,000 fans to attend any given home game at M&T Bank Stadium in 2020 — if fans are allowed to attend the games in-person at all.
The Ravens referenced that figure in a statement announcing they will defer 2020 season tickets to 2021 because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 130,000 Americans to date. Based on current guidelines from public health officials and experts, the team said, M&T Bank Stadium would only be able to safely host a fraction of the 62,000 fans who have purchased season tickets for 2020.
"To offer a proper level of safety for fans who want to attend games, a reduction in capacity is necessary," Ravens president Dick Cass said in a statement. "We are disappointed that this will be a disruption for many ticket buyers, but we have an obligation to our fans and our community to keep M&T Bank Stadium as safe as possible."
The Kansas City Chiefs on Wednesday and Green Bay Packers last week announced similar plans to significantly reduce the capacities of their stadiums, but neither team provided a specific figure at which attendance would be capped.
A crowd of 14,000 fans at M&T Bank Stadium would represent roughly 20% of the venue's normal seating capacity. Baltimore averaged more than 70,000 fans per home game in 2019.
Contact Tom Schad at tschad@usatoday.com or on Twitter @Tom_Schad.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/ravens/2020/07/08/baltimore-ravens-limit-attendance-fans-home-games-nfl-coronavirus/5399751002/
2020-07-08 19:11:41Z
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