Article 5DMKS 'Masks from sun up to sun down:' How to host a Super Bowl during a pandemic

'Masks from sun up to sun down:' How to host a Super Bowl during a pandemic

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Shaker Samman
from US news | The Guardian on (#5DMKS)

There will be fewer fans that usual in Tampa for the big game this weekend. But Covid-19 brings far more challenges than in normal years

Terra Pinckley was six the last time the Tampa Bay Buccaneers made the Super Bowl. She remembers sitting with her parents - both longtime Bucs supporters - cheering the team to victory, then joining them at the championship parade, where she high-fived then-star fullback Mike Alstott, and shook All-Pro linebacker John Lynch's hand. It was a moment that cemented her fandom forever.

In a perfect world, the St Petersburg native would watch this Sunday's Super Bowl among hordes of fellow Bucs fans, preferably at a sports bar. But the pandemic has muddled those plans. Her Super Bowl Sunday will take place from the comfort of her own couch.

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