Lions will play first 2 Home Games without fans in 2020

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Detroit Lions will play first 2 home games without fans at Ford Field

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This new thread relates to the following thread:

How the Coronavirus is affecting the Lions / NFL overall

detroit-lions-forum.proboards.com/thread/612/coronavirus-affecting-lions-nfl

This news isn't surprising, when considering many other NFL teams have already done the same or have said no fans will attend any home game this season.

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Detroit Lions still ‘very hopeful’ they’ll have fans at games in 2020
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Because the Lions play in a dome stadium, it's a greater hurdle for the Lions to have fans at games later this season than for open air NFL teams.

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Lions join the list of teams offering cardboard cutouts to fans

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It's a way to compensate for a small portion of lost revenue.

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‘We’re not going to make a special exception for professional football’

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The Lions home game vs. the Colts is before election day. I doubt that there will be more than 500 fans at that game. IMHO, the chances of more fans at some or all of the remaining Lions 5 home games after that are significantly greater.

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Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID orders force Lions to cancel season-ticket packages for November

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In essence, the Lions had no choice with the decision to cancel the 3 game November Package.