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The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic caused serious disruptions for sports leagues throughout the country. Some leagues stopped play, while others proceeded in "bubble" environments without fans. If you're a sports fan, it may be some time since you took in a live sporting event with your family — which means that you'll be eager to do so when you can. If you have plans to attend a sporting event in the near future that will allow fans into the venue, you want to feel confident about your safety and the safety of your family. There are a number of ways that those who oversee sporting events are ensuring a safe environment for fans — including the following.

Limiting The Seating Capacity

You'll feel more confident in your safety at a sporting event when you can keep a safe distance from other fans. One way that venues accomplish this goal is by limiting the capacity of each seating section. For example, instead of selling tickets to every seat in every row, the team may sell only a small percentage of tickets in each section. Often, this means that fans who buy tickets together will sit in their own small group of seats, several seats away from other spectators. The result is that if you attend with your family, there will be several feet between you and the next group of fans in attendance.

Providing Sanitizing Stations

Frequently cleaning your hands with sanitizer is an effective way to remove germs from your body. While you can always carry your own sanitizing products, sporting events will often have sanitizing stations that fans can use. For example, in the concourse of the venue, there will be several tables set up that have bottles of hand sanitizer and other products. Each time that you pass by, you can wash your hands — resulting in you feeling more confident in your safety.

Encouraging The Use Of Masks

Different sporting events take different approaches to fans' use of masks, but you'll often find events at which the organizers encourage fans to wear this protective garment. Doing so can be an effective way of preventing the spread of germs, and you'll feel more comfortable at an event at which most or all of those in attendance are using masks. Many teams even sell masks that feature their logo, so this may be a fun product for you and your family to buy upon your arrival at the venue and wear at the game.

If you want to attend family-friendly sports events, having these precautions put in place will help.