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Jim Boeheim on Syracuse, Carrier Dome mask policy: ‘Hopefully we can be like the rest of the country and come in here without masks’

Following the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball game against Georgia Tech on Monday night, head coach Jim Boeheim took the opportunity to campaign for the removal of mask mandates inside the Carrier Dome as Syracuse prepares to host Duke this Saturday.

In order to gain entry to the Carrier Dome this season, fans have been required to either show proof of vaccination or provide a negative covid test and have been expected to wear masks irrespective of vaccination status, unless eating or drinking.

Indoor mask mandates for businesses were lapsed effective Feb. 9 in the state of New York by Gov.