Super Bowl attendance limited to 22K, including 7.5K vaccinated health care workers

The NFL will allow about 22,000 football fans, including 7,500 health care workers who have received a COVID-19 vaccine, to attend this year’s Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida, the Washington Post is reporting.

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In a tweet Friday morning, the NFL announced it is giving free tickets to the vaccinated health care workers to the Feb. 7 game “to thank and honor them for their continued extraordinary service during the pandemic.”

“These dedicated health care workers continue to put their own lives at risk to serve others, and we owe them our ongoing gratitude‚” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. “We hope in a small way that this initiative will inspire our country and recognize these true American heroes. This is an opportunity to promote the importance of vaccination and appropriate health practices, including wearing masks in public settings.”

Raymond James Stadium can hold about 66,000 people. However, because of the coronavirus, attendance at the stadium had previously been capped at around 16,000, the Tampa Bay Times reported.


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