LSU announces reduced capacity for football games and bans tailgating

LSU will limit Tiger Stadium to 25 percent capacity and ban tailgating in new safety measures for the 2020 college football season.

Much like many other college football programs across the nation who are playing this fall, LSU football home games will have a limited number of fans allowed to games. LSU announced they will limit capacity at Tiger Stadium to only 25 percent, which is about 25,580 from the 102,321 capacity.

Season ticket holders have until Friday, Sept. 11 to opt-out of this season. Single-game tickets will not be available at this time, but student tickets will be made available, but it’s unclear how many tickets will be reserved for students.

Tiger Stadium is one of the loudest environments in college football but only 25 percent capacity and a tailgating ban will present a stark difference in ambiance this fall

In addition to the reduced capacity, LSU has also banned tailgating, which is going to be a radical adjustment for arguably the best tailgating environment in college football. It’ll be interesting to see how well Tigers fans conform to this new safety measure.

“This plan focuses on the health and safety of all those attending LSU football games, from the fans to the team to the workers,” said Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, via LSU’s website. “By reducing the capacity and taking a year off from tailgating, which puts LSU in line with other SEC schools, the plan allows for fans to be socially distanced in Death Valley. I encourage the Tiger faithful to adhere to these guidelines and to act responsibly, as there is still a lot of COVID in Louisiana. We will continue to monitor our case counts, test positivity rate and hospitalizations and make adjustments as necessary. While this season is undoubtedly starting out differently from a normal football season, with COVID keeping all of us from celebrating together, nothing can dim the support we have for our LSU Tigers.”

For more information on game day policies and the new safety measures enacted for this unique season, you can visit the LSU release here.

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