The NFL likely won’t need to resort to having cardboard cutouts at next month’s Super Bowl to make the stands look full.
Los Angeles County at this time doesn’t expect to restrict attendance at sporting events even with COVID-19 infection rates rising in the area and around the country amid the Omicron variant outbreak.
“We are working closely with the NFL to welcome the Super Bowl to L.A. County,” the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Thursday told Yahoo Sports in a statement. “And while we cannot provide certainty for the future, we do not anticipate capacity limits at sporting events.