(Maryville, MO) The Northwest Missouri State University Department of Athletics is moving forward with its plan to allow a limited number of fans into Bearcat Arena for women’s and men’s basketball doubleheaders.
Bearcat athletics has piloted and put together an approach that will ensure games are played at home in a safe and responsible manner.
“We used the two games we hosted in December as a trial run for some spacing and mitigation plans and feel very confident we can expand our capacity beyond the players’ families,” Athletic Director Andy Peterson said. “With the number of season-ticket holders who responded to our inquiry about attending games, we can safely accommodate them along with our parents. We’ll have a little more than 400 people in there, which should provide a solid game day environment for our student-athletes and their competitors.”
Student-athlete family members and season-ticket holders from 2019-2020 who expressed interest will have access to purchase seats this week. There will be no general admission tickets available for purchase.
Season-tickets holders attending need to know that they most likely won’t be seated in their traditional seats, and may not even be in the same section because of seating arrangements and social distancing. An email with further details on purchasing tickets, seating charts, and other information is pending.
Other controls include the requirement of face coverings as per Northwest Missouri State University and City of Maryville policies, many hand sanitizer stations and limited concessions offerings.
The Bearcat basketball teams currently have nine home doubleheaders left on their schedule.
Season tickets will be available for purchase beginning today (January 4) at 5 p.m. on the Bearcat athletics website www.BearcatSports.com.
