The New England Patriots announced Monday that no fans will be allowed to attend home games for the rest of this season.
The announcement comes days after Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker instituted new interventions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the state. Massachusetts is seeing a surge of cases with 11,692 new cases in the past week, according to the Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University.
The fan ban includes the New England Revolution of MLS, who also play at Gillette Stadium.
"Throughout the last several months, Gillette Stadium officials and the Kraft Sports + Entertainment organization have worked diligently to develop a plan to safely host fans at a reduced capacity," officials said in a statement.