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Limited fan attendance will be allowed at team sporting events in Gallatin County this fall.
The Gallatin City-County Health Department outlined guidelines to local athletic directors Tuesday morning.
“We got what we wanted,” first-year Belgrade Activities Director Toby Robinson said. “We got spectators coming in.”
Two tickets will be allocated per participant dressed out for football, soccer and volleyball, Robinson said.
“It’s a two ticket participant system is what I’m going to call it,” he added. “Only two people can come per kid.”
The county is also allowing two tickets per participant for opposing schools residing within the county. But no fans from outside of the Gallatin County will be permitted.
“Anyone outside the county no way. So Billings, they can’t bring their parents,” Robinson said. “Gallatin (High), they come over and play us, they can bring their parents, bring two. They’re going to have kind of the same ticket system.”
Robinson is working with Bozeman Athletic Director Mark Ator to set up a ticket system that is consistent across the board for the county’s three Class AA schools.
The tickets will have a player’s name and guests printed on it for each contest.
“Obviously we’re going to have people asking us about split parents, but we’re not marriage counselors,” Robinson said. “So we’re just going to let people deal with that (themselves). Basically whoever is the primary will come in and pick up the tickets and pay for them.”
The fall’s other two sports, golf and cross country, will not have spectators due to social distancing concerns. Robinson used cross country as an example as to why fans are being prohibited.
“Where does cross country finish? At a finish line. Where does everybody go? Finish line,” he said. “So for our home meet I’ll be sitting there doing nothing but policing (people) at the finish line.”
Bands are prohibited, too, due to the aerosol spray that comes out from blowing into an instrument. Robinson noted that was a CDC recommendation in addition to the county’s.
While pleased to have any kind of fan attendance, Robinson noted another major issue that eased concerns was regarding the number of people allowed on a football field. Teams will be permitted to have up to 60 — players and coaches — per sideline.
“That was way more than we were hoping for,” he said.
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