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I am at a loss to understand the health department’s rulings on fans in the stands for spectator events. While the road course offers less opportunity for viewing than the oval, 10,000 seats forced into two locations is a head scratcher. you would think they would want more social distance in turns 1 & 4 but of course, they actually have and then some. This begs the question as to seating across from the pits and video boards, seating along the front straightaway particularly at the entry to the road course. even if you take out half of the seats as unavailable, 10,000 seats out of 150,000 seats is hard to understand. Then of course, we have the Colts who were allocated less seats than the Indy Eleven. When the disparity became public, the obvious error in the allowable, was met by the decision to cut the number of seats available for the Indy Eleven. We have all seen disparities with the restaurants, church’s, bars, schools, offices, and other retail business’ and i appreciate everyone trying to do their best and get it right, but this the limits at events defies logic. The venues in particular are the places most likely to organize and logistically control the spectators at the event as they cannot affords not to do so. We can do better with this.
The issue isn’t the seating. It’s the number of people who will be in close quarters for a fairly long period walking in, going through the security check/turnstiles, passing in aisles and concourses, and waiting at concession stands.
IBJ a little upset that they can’t shut it all down. Maybe you can become the story once but not all the time. The Indy Eleven thank you for your support. Keep stirring the pot!
Glad we are making progress, but man this is enough to make your head spin.
Another power play by the Marion County Public Health Department and the mayor’s office, plain and simple. “We’re the boss of you and you can’t do a damn thing about it. Live with it.” Disgusting.
Damn that was nice of Hogsett & Company. Our local government leaders have got to be the smartest people on the planet to know exactly how many spectators to put in the stands. But then they’re Dems and they know everything.