Miami bans alcohol sales and students from home football games
By Scott Rogust
The Miami Hurricanes football program unveils plans for home games
The 2020 sports year has been hindered by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Although the major professional sports leagues came up with plans to run their respective seasons, college football was in major flux. While the Big Ten and Pac-12 opted to cancel the fall season, the ACC followed the lead of the SEC and decided that the fall season will take place as scheduled.
With their season opener rapidly approaching, University of Miami president Julio Frenk unveiled their plans for home games at Hard Rock Stadium. The prominent decisions Frenk announced was that the alcohol will not be sold during home games and that students will not be permitted entrance into the stadium for the first two home games.
“As disappointing as this is to all of us, especially the students, this is the prudent course of action at this time, as we continue to prioritize health and safety on campus above all else,” said Frenk, via the Miami Hurricanes’ official website. “Stay tuned for announcements regarding gameday activities for students this September.”
Miami will have limited attendance for home games
Frenk has banned students from attending football games at Hard Rock Stadium due to a recent uptick in positive COVID-19 cases. This past week, Miami has registered 103 new positive cases on campus. Hence why no students will be allowed to attend their first two home games against Alabama-Birmingham and Florida State, respectively.
As for alcohol sales, Frenk stated the obvious in that alcohol can impair the judgement of fans in attendance and could create unsafe conditions.
The Hurricanes are following the lead created by the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, the primary resident of Hard Rock Stadium. Miami will allow a maximum of 13,000 fans in the stadium. Seating will be separated in socially distanced pods. Hurricanes season ticket holders will have the first priority to purchase individual game tickets.
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Until the positive cases on Miami’s campus dwindle down, students shouldn’t expect being allowed admittance to home games for quite some time.