GREEN BAY, Wis. – More than 80% of Green Bay Packers season ticket holders have voted this year, according to team president Mark Murphy.
He told the team’s official website, Packers.com, in an interview posted on Saturday that the results of the poll were considered in his decision to hold at least the first two games of the season without fans at Lambeau Field.
“The fact that a high percentage of our fans were not comfortable coming to games was a factor that struck me,” Murphy said in an interview posted on Packers.com on Saturday.
Lambeau Field is sold out every year on the basis of a season ticket, and there are more than 100,000 people on the waiting list for season tickets. Green Bay is the smallest city in the NFL.
“Of course here in Green Bay, we know how much our home games mean to the local economy and to the local community,” Murphy said. “But at the end of the day, the most important thing was to protect the health and safety of our community and our fans.”
Murphy said he believes the NFL season can succeed, even though they did not operate in a bubble like the NBA.
“Daily (COVID-19) tests give us something compared to a bubble,” Murphy said.
The Packers’ first chance to host fans at Lambeau Field is Nov. 1. Against the Vikings.
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