On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:27:06 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>On 2/14/2021 11:43 AM, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:47:16 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>> Bruce wrote:
>>>> A good thing you didn't have to be at a pickleball game in time.
>>>
>>> I watched a few minutes of the current Australian Tennis tournament last
>>> night. No audience at all in the bleachers. Smart move for the
>>> Australians. Keep that Covid virus away.
>>
>> The idiots started by allowing up to 25,000 people in. Then they found
>> 2 or so covid cases in the city and put the city in lockdown. That was
>> also the end of the audience for the tennis. Which fool organises a
>> sports tournament when you still have some covid hanging around?
>
>Australia arenas don't even put cardboard cutouts in the seats.
>I watched some more last night. No way does that small arena hold 25,000
>seats. Having seen the empty place, I'll guess no more than 5,000 if
>even that much.

I don't know where they got the 25,000 from, but the Rod Laver Arena
seats 14,820 people.

>The larger soccer stadiums would hold that many but they are also mostly
>empty.

The Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam seats 55,500 people.

>As appealing as soccer is, those stadiums are probably mostly empty even
>without the covid concern. LOL

Soccer's the world's most popular sport. American football isn't even
played much outside the US. Hence the name, lol.