The Cleveland Browns will be allowed to have fans in the stands for the first two games of the regular season - just not a lot of them.
On Saturday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine granted a spectator variance to both the Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals that will allow “up to 6,000 spectators at two home games”:
The Browns had previously made a request to allow up to 20 percent of the capacity of FirstEnergy Stadium, which is about 13,000 fans, attend games. But while DeWine’s variance is below that, some fans are probably better than no fans.