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[McLeansvilleAppFan]

Perhaps the difference with outdoor events with over 10,000 normal capacity is the difficulty of maintaining adequate standards of distance at ingress, egress, restrooms, concessions and common areas.

I am willing to bet good money this is a very large part of it.

This is a multi-variable problem and some of it is plain guess-work I imagine. Not a blind, "throw a dart at a dartboard and see what comes up" type of guess, but something with some very squishy numbers that just are not exact. I doubt we have much data on putting people in a stadium and seeing how Covid spreads. A study like this would be full of ethic violations. Call it chaos theory. That is OK. Should it be 7% or 8% or 10%. That could be some guess work. I doubt it should be 30%.

Fire codes and such are run through an equation, I assume, that takes into account the number of seats and location and number of egress stations and some other variables. More than a few variables I would think and I bet in some of those variables we go with some gut hunches and consensus of the Fire Marshall community without a ton of hard data that says one thing or something different as to how much weight to give one variable or another.

This is no different at some level.

[mountaineerman]

Don’t think y’all will have to worry about that 7% number from what I’m hearing

Nailed it, when I saw this last night I assumed postponement was the word.

My youngest daughter and I went to Huntington to the game social distanced and their game plan was perfect. Empty row in front ,empty row to the back and 3 seats on either side . They executed it to a perfection . We never felt like we were in a problem.

[Seattleapp]

Perhaps the difference with outdoor events with over 10,000 normal capacity is the difficulty of maintaining adequate standards of distance at ingress, egress, restrooms, concessions and common areas.

I am willing to bet good money this is a very large part of it.

This is a multi-variable problem and some of it is plain guess-work I imagine. Not a blind, "throw a dart at a dartboard and see what comes up" type of guess, but something with some very squishy numbers that just are not exact. I doubt we have much data on putting people in a stadium and seeing how Covid spreads. A study like this would be full of ethic violations. Call it chaos theory. That is OK. Should it be 7% or 8% or 10%. That could be some guess work. I doubt it should be 30%.

Fire codes and such are run through an equation, I assume, that takes into account the number of seats and location and number of egress stations and some other variables. More than a few variables I would think and I bet in some of those variables we go with some gut hunches and consensus of the Fire Marshall community without a ton of hard data that says one thing or something different as to how much weight to give one variable or another.

This is no different at some level.

Speaking of Marshall, I was at that game and people seemed to be able to handle it pretty well up there. Social distancing while seated. Put your mask on when you go to the restroom. It’s not really that complicated. I’m by no means a COVID denier. I just see common sense. And yes I’ve had COVID and thankfully recovered.

[ASU3432Mi]

I was at the Marshall game as well. Lots of security guys making sure masks were worn and social distancing maintained. If Marshall can do it we sure as hell can do it.

[Stonewall]

Don’t think y’all will have to worry about that 7% number from what I’m hearing

Nailed it, when I saw this last night I assumed postponement was the word.

My youngest daughter and I went to Huntington to the game social distanced and their game plan was perfect. Empty row in front ,empty row to the back and 3 seats on either side . They executed it to a perfection . We never felt like we were in a problem.

They executed.We didn't.

[WVAPPeer]

I wasn't at Marshall so I don't know - kudos for doing a good job if nothing develops - however, I will add this - talking to an OLD childhood friend who is the hospital in a small community not too far from Huntington - he called yesterday to say they were going to try to move him to the hospital in Huntington - But they had no empty beds -

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

Perhaps the difference with outdoor events with over 10,000 normal capacity is the difficulty of maintaining adequate standards of distance at ingress, egress, restrooms, concessions and common areas.

I am willing to bet good money this is a very large part of it.

This is a multi-variable problem and some of it is plain guess-work I imagine. Not a blind, "throw a dart at a dartboard and see what comes up" type of guess, but something with some very squishy numbers that just are not exact. I doubt we have much data on putting people in a stadium and seeing how Covid spreads. A study like this would be full of ethic violations. Call it chaos theory. That is OK. Should it be 7% or 8% or 10%. That could be some guess work. I doubt it should be 30%.

Fire codes and such are run through an equation, I assume, that takes into account the number of seats and location and number of egress stations and some other variables. More than a few variables I would think and I bet in some of those variables we go with some gut hunches and consensus of the Fire Marshall community without a ton of hard data that says one thing or something different as to how much weight to give one variable or another.

This is no different at some level.

Speaking of Marshall, I was at that game and people seemed to be able to handle it pretty well up there. Social distancing while seated. Put your mask on when you go to the restroom. It’s not really that complicated. I’m by no means a COVID denier. I just see common sense. And yes I’ve had COVID and thankfully recovered.

And your statement in not unreasonable. I am certainly not trying to defend the exact number of 7% and I would not be upset if it was a bit higher. I would also not be upset if it was set at 5% either.

Glad you recovered and I hope you don't have any future complications.

[9Steelman]

we were at Marshall also, good weekend, Marshall executed 12,000+ fans perfect. First time we have ever been. We were downtown near campus and stadium. Other than game great weekend.