Football Stadium Digest
Football Stadium Digest covers major stories and events in the planning, construction and operations of NCAA and professional NFL football stadiums across the United States and Canada.
Injecting himself in the decision to postpone the 2020 Big Ten season, President Donald Trump lobbied Commissioner Kevin Warren to immediately plan on a start of a fall football season, injecting politics into what league leaders said was a science-based decision. (more…)
Another NFL team will begin the year without fans in the stands: Cincinnati announced the 2020 Bengals season at Paul Brown Stadium will launch sans fans. (more…)
The first SoFi Stadium games will be played with no fans in the stands, as the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers will be in an empty stadium indefinitely. (more…)
The Minnesota Vikings 2020 season will begin with no fans in stands at U.S. Bank Stadium for the team’s first two September games, but officials left open the possibility of larger crowds down the road. (more…)
Despite COVID-19 concerns, the season openers for both the Miami Dolphins (NFL) and the University of Miami Hurricanes will see up to 13,000 fans in the stands, as the state gives the green light to opening Hard Rock Stadium to game attendees. (more…)
SEC COVID-19 measures were announced yesterday, as the conference navigates a 2020 season marked by a severely limited number of fans at the stadium and plenty of mandatory mitigation measures, including masks in most of the stadium. (more…)
More turmoil in the ownership suite: minority investors in the NFL franchise are reportedly pressuring Dan Snyder on a Washington Football Team sale as a way to maximize the value of their shares. (more…)
The 2020 Big 12 football season is on, as the conference releases a revised schedule with conference matchups beginning September 26 and a single nonconference game allowed. (more…)
Another team joins the ranks of franchises electing to compete in an empty stadium for the 2020 NFL season, as the Washington Football Team announced games at FedEx Field will be played without fans. (more…)
What will a spring 2021 NCAA season look like, now that the Big Ten and Pac-12 conference have canceled their fall football seasons? Nothing is firm, but some league coaches and ADs already have expressed some thoughts. (more…)