Sports News | Indy 500 to Reduce Capacity to 25 Percent, Lift Blackout
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. The Indianapolis 500 will limit fan attendance to 25 percent of capacity and lift a local broadcast blackout for just the second time in nearly seven decades when the postponed race is run next month at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Indianapolis, Jul 22 (AP) The Indianapolis 500 will limit fan attendance to 25 percent of capacity and lift a local broadcast blackout for just the second time in nearly seven decades when the postponed race is run next month at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Speedway officials released a detailed 88-page plan Wednesday for conducting the 104th edition of the race in the age of the coronavirus.
The first race under new track owner Roger Penske was scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, but the outbreak of the virus caused it to be rescheduled for Aug. 23.
Penske Entertainment chief executive Mark Miles acknowledged "everything will be different about this year's race."
Capacity will be limited to 87,500 fans at the massive speedway. Everyone will be required to wear masks and have their temperatures checked.
Tickets will be distributed so that groups of fans are socially distanced and many ancillary events, such as Legends Day and the 500 Festival Parade, have been cancelled. (AP)
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