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‘A big, big Zoom meeting’: Has Danish soccer solved our sports-without-fans dilemma?

Employees at Danish soccer club AGF Aarhus experienced the coronavirus shutdown just like you did. On indelible days in March, they were told to stay home. Some have been furloughed. Those still working have been meeting via Zoom. And one day, at one of many virtual meetings, to discuss one of many thorny issues, one club official had an idea.

The Danish Superliga, like most sports leagues worldwide, had been suspended. When it and they resume, stadiums will be empty for the foreseeable future. Executives everywhere are searching for solutions: How can we recreate gameday atmospheres?