DIS - Super Sunday brings unique challenges for Super Bowl business amid pandemic
It's Super Bowl Sunday - and one of the biggest in-person events of the year is taking place for the first time in a widespread global coronavirus pandemic.That translates to a largely empty stadium and official discouragement of Super Bowl parties that could turn into COVID-19 superspreader events.Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., has a capacity of 65,618 expandable to 75,000, but only 22,000 fans will be in attendance due to COVID-19 restrictions - and 7,500 of the in-person fans will be vaccinated medical workers that the NFL invited.But aside from the muted in-person theatrics, attention each year turns to how the year's biggest television event will play out in ratings. After trading broadcasts with NBC (CMCSA) for this year, CBS ([[VIAC]], [[VIACA]]) is broadcasting its 21st Super Bowl, the most of any network.And while last year's Super Bowl on Fox ([[FOX]], [[FOXA]]) reversed a couple of years' decline in
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Super Sunday brings unique challenges for Super Bowl business amid pandemic