joshua1
Climbing Mt. St. James
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Post by joshua1 on Feb 14, 2021 9:47:00 GMT -5
I would like peoples opinion do you think come football season in the fall and basketball and hockey season in the winter do you think fans will be allowed back at the heart center and fitton field watching football basketball and hockey in person
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Feb 14, 2021 10:06:32 GMT -5
We should be able to comfortably and safely accommodate 5,000 fans in a 25,000 seat open air stadium for football.
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Post by timholycross on Feb 14, 2021 10:28:18 GMT -5
Yes to both. Proof of vaccination needed? Perhaps, but other than that...
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bpob55
Crusader Century Club
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Post by bpob55 on Feb 14, 2021 10:30:22 GMT -5
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Post by hcpride on Feb 14, 2021 10:36:56 GMT -5
Rationally and scientifically? Of course a few thousand fans can come and sit outdoors at Fitton in the fall. Heck, we can do that for Spring football. But, you know...
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Post by thecrossisback on Feb 14, 2021 10:39:59 GMT -5
It should be full capacity by then. Vaccines are out lets go!
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Feb 14, 2021 11:05:17 GMT -5
1/4 capacity is about all that's needed for Fitton.
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Post by thecrossisback on Feb 14, 2021 11:20:02 GMT -5
1/4 capacity is about all that's needed for Fitton. We will see ACTP you never know if the Cross keeps winning.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Feb 14, 2021 11:39:37 GMT -5
Short of an 1A school not named Mass or Conn coming to Fitton you're never seeing close to 23,500 ever again regardless of how good HC may get.
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Post by HC92 on Feb 14, 2021 12:41:52 GMT -5
Short of an 1A school not named Mass or Conn coming to Fitton you're never seeing close to 23,500 ever again regardless of how good HC may get. Almost certainly true. If we got to a JMU level of FCS dominance, maybe. Highly unlikely we’ll get to that level or that we could draw 23,500 if we did, but a small chance anyway.
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Post by hc87 on Feb 14, 2021 13:20:58 GMT -5
I think fans will be allowed at Fitton come Fall (maybe with some restrictions etc).
Attendance, not only at HC but almost everywhere at the college-level, has been on the decline for awhile...the covid crisis will only exacerbate this somewhat is my guess.
We can still get decent crowds at Fitton moving forward but I think they'll be once or twice affairs a season (Homecoming, night game, attractive opponent etc)....the days of us reaching 15K+ or so every home game ended with the 8-track tape.
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 14, 2021 13:59:29 GMT -5
Perhaps the Covid crisis may reverse that trend of declining attendance. After all, forbidden fruit is often the sweetest. Tell people attendance is limited or that they cannot come and it may boost those who wish to attend.
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 15, 2021 3:46:49 GMT -5
Perhaps the Covid crisis may reverse that trend of declining attendance. After all, forbidden fruit is often the sweetest. Tell people attendance is limited or that they cannot come and it may boost those who wish to attend. Bruins and Rangers tickets for the upper deck are going for 2k dollars a piece next week...😂
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 15, 2021 10:12:11 GMT -5
Perhaps the Covid crisis may reverse that trend of declining attendance. After all, forbidden fruit is often the sweetest. Tell people attendance is limited or that they cannot come and it may boost those who wish to attend. Will you let me white wash your fence Tom Sawyer, please?🙂
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 15, 2021 10:24:17 GMT -5
By all means...for a small fee, of course.
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Post by Tom on Feb 15, 2021 10:40:57 GMT -5
I would like peoples opinion do you think come football season in the fall and basketball and hockey season in the winter do you think fans will be allowed back at the heart center and fitton field watching football basketball and hockey in person I would hope so. The feds are still saying everyone who wants a vaccine could have one by August. Even if that misses by some, the numbers should be sufficient by Labor Day to have 25 percent at Fitton. At 10 weeks and there should be something allowed inside. There might be some reduced capacity, but I don't enough that a lot of basketball fans will be turned away. Tiny seating capacity for hockey might be an issue if there is state mandated capacity percentage. The Red Sox are planning on having fans for opening day, but are at reduced capacity. That's in April. I do not think it is reasonable that Fenway can have reduced capacity fans in April and not allow reduced capacity fans in Fitton after five additional months of vaccination
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Feb 16, 2021 14:01:39 GMT -5
Yes to both. Proof of vaccination needed? Perhaps, but other than that... I hope that society doesn't wind up getting that ridiculous. SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS PLEASE! By start of football season, most everyone that WANTS the vaccine should have received the vaccine -- fingers crossed for that at least. There should be no capacity restrictions of any kind by that point. And throw away the masks unless you're sick (cold, flu, strep throat, whatever it may be).
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 16, 2021 14:17:29 GMT -5
Masks when sick would be a good practice. Look at the flu numbers this year with masks and social distance...practically zero.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Feb 16, 2021 16:12:20 GMT -5
Masks when sick would be a good practice. Look at the flu numbers this year with masks and social distance...practically zero. One of the very few societal improvements that will take place after this pandemic -- awareness of the importance of face coverings when it comes to transmitting droplets that could infect others. Should now be common sense that if you are sneezing your head off in the morning and are taking public transit to school or work, you probably should put on a surgical mask (or two) before you get on that subway. Same goes for visiting elderly when you're not feeling well. However, I do not want to see regular mask wearing for healthy asymptomatic people become a part of any "new normal". I'm sure there are some who would like to see this. The pollution alone that results from the use of a billion disposable masks per year would not be a minor issue. And seeing people's faces should be something everyone values. The mask-wearing and social distancing are likely a small part of the near-record low flu numbers this year but that's far from the whole story. A lot of it has to do with people finally understanding the importance of "quarantining" or not venturing into public when they are feeling ill. This practice is HIGHLY effective against traditional flu strains but not effective against COVID, which is contagious for a much longer time before symptoms reveal themselves. The second major reason is that record numbers got vaccinated against the flu this year.
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Post by alum on Feb 16, 2021 17:12:53 GMT -5
Just listened to Governor Lamont's press conference. He indicated that restaurants could go to 50% capacity on March 19th. He will allow a maximum of 100 people at indoor events and 200 people at outdoor events. He said he would have information about high school sports on Thursday and specifically mentioned "seeing your kid play hockey or basketball" so I think we in Connecicut are moving toward a spring where some attendance at outdoor sporting events might be possible. Covid numbers with robust testing have been below 3% positivity for a week now, hospitalizations are dropping, and only two people died yesterday which has to be the lowest in months.
He did express concern about these variants ruining the progress but had the happy news that Conn would be getting about a lot more vaccines next week and going forward.
I have to think that by September life will be pretty close to normal in the United States (fingers crossed) and that Fitton Field will be open for business.
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 16, 2021 17:29:50 GMT -5
Holding the 50% until "after" St Paddy's Day...I guess it was not for political reasons.
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 16, 2021 18:10:45 GMT -5
Masks when sick would be a good practice. Look at the flu numbers this year with masks and social distance...practically zero. One of the very few societal improvements that will take place after this pandemic -- awareness of the importance of face coverings when it comes to transmitting droplets that could infect others. Should now be common sense that if you are sneezing your head off in the morning and are taking public transit to school or work, you probably should put on a surgical mask (or two) before you get on that subway. Same goes for visiting elderly when you're not feeling well. However, I do not want to see regular mask wearing for healthy asymptomatic people become a part of any "new normal". I'm sure there are some who would like to see this. The pollution alone that results from the use of a billion disposable masks per year would not be a minor issue. And seeing people's faces should be something everyone values. The mask-wearing and social distancing are likely a small part of the near-record low flu numbers this year but that's far from the whole story. A lot of it has to do with people finally understanding the importance of "quarantining" or not venturing into public when they are feeling ill. This practice is HIGHLY effective against traditional flu strains but not effective against COVID, which is contagious for a much longer time before symptoms reveal themselves. The second major reason is that record numbers got vaccinated against the flu this year. It is common in Asia to wear a mask when sick...this goes back to all the outbreaks of various viruses throughout at least the last 30 years
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 16, 2021 18:12:24 GMT -5
There are many pictures and videos of that on file from China, Korea, and Japan.
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Post by thecrossisback on Feb 18, 2021 9:09:50 GMT -5
spectrumnews1.com/ma/worcester/news/2021/02/17/holy-cross-spring-footballWORCESTER, Mass. - The Holy Cross football team is back on the practice field preparing for a modified spring season. The defending Patriot League champions are scheduled to play at least four games against league rivals. The Crusaders return a lot of talent from the 2019 team and while some of the players practiced together in the fall and winter, the whole team has only been together a couple of weeks. Athletic director Marcus Blossom says their goals right now go beyond just winning games. Blossom said, “I hope they can use these four games to learn a new offensive system, grow as a team, stay healthy. Primarily stay healthy for what we think will be a very competitive fall football season when we have a full schedule. But they are the defending champions and we are although the goal is to play and to stay healthy..Once we get on that field, we're going to try to win every game." Holy Cross' first game is scheduled for Saturday, March 13 at Lehigh. The Crusaders’ first home game a week later against Fordham. The winner of the Patriot League championship this spring qualifies for the FCS playoffs. As of right now, fans won't be allowed in the stands at Fitton Field to start the season.
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Post by trimster on Feb 18, 2021 9:33:28 GMT -5
I wouldn’t be surprised if the March 20th game is played on the turf field behind the Hart Center.
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