NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nashville Mayor John Cooper announced Tuesday that spectators will not be allowed at Nissan Stadium through September.
The venue is the home of the Tennessee Titans of the NFL, and Nashville SC of Major League Soccer.
The Titans are scheduled to play their home opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Sept. 20.
From the Tennessee Titans –
City officials recently announced that the Tennessee Titans’ Sept. 20 home game against the Jacksonville Jaguars will be held without fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation will be re-evaluated for future home games, with the health and safety of our fans at the forefront of all decisions. In hopes of welcoming fans back to Nissan Stadium at a future date, we will continue our collaboration with local health experts to prepare the stadium for a safe fan experience.
“I can assure you of this: this virus will not deter us from our mission to bring you an exciting, competitive season of Titans football,” said Titans President and CEO Burke Nihill. “We hope our fans can cheer us on in Nissan Stadium soon, and in the meantime, look forward to feeling everyone’s support and energy from home as we kick off the season (at Denver) with Monday Night Football, Sept. 14.”
The Titans said the organization has worked tirelessly over the past several months in conjunction with local health experts, including the Metro Health Department, to build the Titans Safe Stadium Plan, which is designed to provide the safest experience for those attending an event in the stadium.
The Safe Stadium Plan include mandatory face coverings, structured ingress and egress planning, socially-distant seating, contactless faucets, hand sanitizer stations throughout the stadium, individually-wrapped food and many other health and safety precautions.
