Following New Jersey’s restrictions on public gatherings, the two teams announced they would not admit fans for regular-season games at MetLife Stadium. Rutgers will cap spectators at 500.
The Jets and Giants will play their regular-season games without fans at MetLife Stadium this fall, the teams announced in a joint statement Monday, nearly three weeks after Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey issued an executive order limiting social gatherings to 500 people. The teams are the first in the N. F. L. to decide to forego fans, and the revenue they bring, when the season begins in September.
Both teams said in the statement that they would continue to work with the governor and update the status of a no-fan plan, if necessary.
“We support Governor Murphy’s decision in the interest of public health and safety and, until circumstances change, both the Giants and Jets will play our games without the benefit of fans in attendance,” the teams said in the statement.
New Jersey, home of MetLife Stadium, has seen a sharp reduction in the number of coronavirus cases in the past two months, and has been slower than other states to relax social distancing guidelines and closures after being one of the hardest hit states at the outbreak’s onset in March.
