The Dolphins and other teams are offsetting the loss of exposure by continuing to promote their sponsors on their social media accounts and other digital platforms, some of which are available only to season ticketholders.
A lot of teams have said they will downsize, so theyll have a video production show, but it will be less elaborate, said Will Ellerbruch, who works in the live events group at Daktronics, the scoreboard manufacturer that has helped teams automate functions, like the playing of specific audio clips after certain plays on the field, as well as streaming video.
Even with all the planning, the size of crowds could change as local governments re-examine the rate of infection. In addition to the leagues guidance, Rometo said the team created a 65-page guide for Dolphins home games that included a bevy of scenarios for how to safely position the workers who run the stadiums cameras, scoreboards and sound system, as well as the cheerleaders and mascot, whether there were fans in the seats or not.
We have plans for all these scenarios and can execute on all of them, but we havent had a pandemic in 100 years, Rometo said. You try your best, but you just dont know what will happen.read more
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