The Gators are selling single game tix to home games for $100 and up. Guess a lot of season ticket holders deferred to next year.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 25, 2020, at 5:37 PM, 'Oliver Barry' via GatorTalk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well Shane, > I thought I was about to call you to say get ready, we’re taking a road trip > to Oxford, tomorrow. > Yes, there are tickets still available from Ole Miss. The price: $410+ > carrying charges. And, they’re in the upper deck, end zone. > So, I’m looking forward to watching it here on tv. > > Oliver Barry CRS, GRI > Real Estate Broker > PARKS Real Estate Services > 305 B Indian Lake Blvd > Suite 220 > Hendersonville TN 37075 > Office: 615-826-4040 > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > [email protected] > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> >> Date: September 25, 2020 at 8:02:08 AM CDT >> To: GatorNews <[email protected]> >> Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: How Ole Miss athletics has prepared to host >> college football games through the pandemic >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> >> >> How Ole Miss athletics has prepared to host college football games through >> the pandemic >> >> OXFORD — Take a minute to think about just how unlikely this outcome was. >> Ole Miss senior linebacker Lakia Henry has. >> >> "It's been a rollercoaster ride man," Henry said. "Really. For us to be here >> right now is unreal." >> >> It's all led to this. Ole Miss football players have endured six months of >> postponements, cancelations, mask wearing, social distancing, isolation from >> loved ones and swabs up noses for this weekend. >> >> SEC football returns to Oxford on Saturday. >> >> Ole Miss hosts No. 6 Florida at 11 a.m. on Saturday in Vaught-Hemingway >> Stadium. It will be the first SEC football game of the season, along with >> Kentucky versus Auburn which kicks off at the same time. >> >> Things are going to look different. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium will be limited >> to 25% capacity. On-campus tailgating is forbidden, meaning The Grove and >> all its traditions are off limits. Fans have to wear face coverings unless >> they're eating or drinking. Elevators will be limited to five passengers per >> trip. The marching band won't be allowed to perform on the field before >> games or during halftime. >> >> But that's all part of playing football during the COVID-19 pandemic. If it >> wasn't for these precautions, there wouldn't be a game to host. >> >> "What we're trying to do is continue the season," Ole Miss athletic director >> Keith Carter told the Clarion Ledger. "We don't want three or four days >> after the game for there to be a giant spike in Mississippi because everyone >> went to the Ole Miss game. We just want to make sure we're being safe and >> following protocols so we can continue and hopefully get through this >> season." >> >> More:Deion Sanders, Mike Leach and Lane Kiffin? Mississippi's college >> football's fun capital >> >> The fan experience >> >> Tracking attendance will be a fascinating pursuit in 2020. >> >> Per an executive order from Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, Ole Miss can only >> allow 16,010 spectators into Vaught-Hemingway Stadium per game this season. >> As of Tuesday, Carter told the Clarion Ledger Ole Miss was still about 2,000 >> sales shy of hitting that new sellout number. >> >> "Understand this is an issue that's kind of going on around the country," >> Carter said. "People are not selling as many as they thought they would. >> Hopefully we'll have a great game Saturday and interest will pop up." >> >> Carter is right on his first assertion. Schools aren't hitting their updated >> capacities early in the season. >> >> For example, Notre Dame is allowing about 15,000 fans to come to games but >> reported an attendance of 10,097 for its home opener against Duke. Then >> there's Texas, which is allowing up to 25,000 fans come to games this fall, >> only hosted 15,337 fans for the season opener against UTEP. >> >> It's easy to explain this trend. Some fans just aren't ready to go to big >> social gatherings yet with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to spread >> throughout the United States. Or, as Carter sees it, those fans just need to >> see a gameday experience can be safe. >> >> "They want to see how the game's going to function and how it's going to >> work," Carter said. "I think if we can show a safe environment this Saturday >> then we'll have higher attendance for the next home games." >> >> As of Wednesday, Ole Miss is only reporting 41 active cases of COVID-19 >> across its students, faculty and staff. That's down from an initial spike of >> more than 200 in early September when the semester began. On top of that, >> Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin has reported back-to-back weeks with zero >> positive test cases in the football program. >> >> Carter said he's confident the campus and facilities will be safe for fans >> who visit Oxford this season. Most of the archived positive cases from >> athletics and the general student body, Carter says, happened at off-campus >> gatherings and parties. >> >> Because of this, Carter said he never considered hosting games in an empty >> stadium or eliminating student ticketing. Students will still get around >> 2,500 tickets per game and approximately half of the marching band will be >> in the stadium, socially distanced from one another in the stands. >> >> "Our hope is that if these cases continue to decline and things continue to >> get better that the governor may allow us to have a higher percentage in >> down the road," Carter said. >> >> The game itself >> >> Carter's big concern about attendance is what happens when fans enter and >> exit games. His aim is to avoid clusters and bottlenecks of people at gates >> because that's where the highest risk of congregation can happen. >> >> Kiffin has different concerns. Football concerns. Injuries. Matchups. >> Schemes. >> >> The COVID-19 pandemic adds a few more concerns onto a coach's plate. But >> Kiffin said things are mostly going to be same-as for his team when it comes >> to gameday preparations. >> >> There are a couple small changes. To accommodate proper social distancing, >> Kiffin said he's trying to make sure the meeting room at the team hotel is >> bigger than usual. He also said the team will probably take more buses to >> the stadium than normal so players aren't as cramped as they'd usually be. >> >> If players are nervous to play in this environment, it's not because of >> COVID. >> >> "It's going to be butterflies as usual," Henry said. "But once that first >> play is over the jitters are gone and it's time to play football. There's >> going to be a lot of emotion in that game but we've just got to stay >> composed and weather the storm." >> >> Henry said this season is about "making the best of it." He said he >> understands there's a world where Ole Miss doesn't get to play its 10-game >> schedule in full. Cancelations are always possible with the specter of the >> novel coronavirus looming. But just getting the chance to play is what he's >> missed. >> >> More:Ole Miss football releases depth chart in advance of Lane Kiffin's >> first game vs. Florida >> >> Football players aren't the only people who need football back. As Carter >> mentioned, the Oxford economy is largely dependent on football weekends. >> Hotels, bars, restaurants and shops are all subject to the same COVID-19 >> safety protocols as the university and the rest of the state, but a busy >> football weekend could be a positive step towards revitalizing some of the >> businesses that have suffered through the pandemic. >> >> That's one of many reasons why Carter said he's proud the SEC has made the >> decisions it has that allowed for this weekend to be a possibility. >> >> "I think we've really done the right thing," Carter said. "We've made good >> decisions. We've waited until we had the proper information to make >> decisions. And I think we're seeing now that it's paying off. We waited a >> little bit and I think we're going to have a great opening day Saturday and >> it's going to be a fun year."' >> >> Correction: An earlier version of this story inaccurately reported the >> stadium capacity allowed at Louisville this season. Louisville is allowing >> around 12,000 fans to attend games, not 18,00 >> >> Contact Nick Suss at 601-408-2674 or [email protected]. 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