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Gov. Andy Beshear warns against large crowds at sporting events in Kentucky this fall

LEXINGTON — The sporting world has shut down indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, but even if sports return this summer they may be played in empty stadiums and arenas.

Games without large crowds of fans could continue into the fall, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday.

"It's got to be driven by public health, and the data that we see that time," Beshear said when asked if there could be 60,000-plus fans at a UK football game in September. "In the fall, I think we ought to be really hesitant to have 60,000 people together at something, but we haven't seen exactly where this is going to go.