Three thousand lucky fans will get to watch this Sunday's Saints-Panthers match up inside the Superdome.
The fan experience at the dome will be much different than what the lucky season ticket holders are used to.
Mike Hoss, Communications Director for ASM, the group managing the Superdome, says there will personnel on hand with friendly reminders:
If you’re drinking or eating, take your mask down and put it back on. And they have signs, just a little gentle reminder—and they’ll point it right at ya—like ‘get that mask on!”
Hoss says it’s all part of a program ASM has had drawn up for some time about holding games at the Dome safely, with social distancing and other precautions so people can enjoy the game.
“The key is… Wear your mask,” Hoss says. “We have ASM attendants who’ll be at the bottom of each row, we’ve already done this for two games, so we know it works.”
Should the game be successful and not become a super-spreader event for COVID-19 numbers of fans will be allowed to go up incrementally over the remainder of the NFL season.