University of Kentucky football fans, along with other schools in the Southeastern Conference, will permit attendance at games starting with the season opener on Sept. 26.
Local and state guidelines will be followed by the SEC schools as to how many spectators will be permitted at each game.
Here is a breakdown as provided by the league:
Institutions shall determine the number of guests permitted to attend in accordance with applicable state and local guidelines, policies and/or regulations. In the absence of state and/or local guidelines, policies and/or regulations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations on physical distancing should be applied.
Face coverings (over the nose and mouth) shall be required as a condition of all guest ingress, egress, and movement throughout the stadium, as well as any time guests are unable to maintain the recommended physical distance from others who are not in their same household.
Stadium workers and athletics staff should always wear face coverings .
Barriers (e.g., plexiglass) shall be installed at all points-of-sale or otherwise all concessions staff shall wear a face shield plus a mask.
Queuing lines at points-of-sale shall permit physical distancing between guests.
“Grab and go” food/beverage options should be considered at points-of-sale locations.
Beverages shall be provided directly to guests. Machines designed to allow guests to fill or refill beverages must remain inoperable.
Condiments shall be offered only as single-serve condiments, and condiment carts shall be prohibited.
All portable points-of-sale locations shall be strategically placed to ensure physical distancing is permitted between guests who are in line or may be near the selling location for other purposes.
Signage shall be installed at parking lots, pedestrian paths to the stadium, gates and/or other ingress/entry points that outlines mandates for all guests to wear face coverings, maintain physical distancing and mandates guests do not enter the stadium if they display any COVID-19 symptoms as outlined by the CDC.
All tickets shall be digitally scanned.
The footprint at all gates and ingress/entry and egress/exit points shall permit physical distancing between guests.
Institutions that cooperate with and/or arrange for shuttles to transport guests to/from the stadium shall ensure the shuttle operator has sufficient protocols/procedures in place including, but not limited to, the following:
Maintaining physical distancing while guests are on the shuttle, entering/exiting the shuttle and while waiting in lines to board the shuttle.
Requiring face coverings as a condition for shuttle usage for drivers and guests always while aboard the shuttle, entering/exiting and while waiting in line.
Planning to disinfect the shuttle sufficiently and regularly.