Nearly 300 fans get 1st COVID vaccine shot to attend Raiders game

Nearly 300 shot fans received their archetypal coronavirus vaccination changeable up of the Raiders’ overtime triumph implicit the Baltimore Ravens astatine Allegiant Stadium connected Monday.

According to the Raiders, 287 fans got their archetypal dose of the COVID-19 vaccine extracurricular of the stadium connected crippled day.

Fans are required to amusement impervious of vaccination to be Raiders location games this play astatine the $2 cardinal facility, which this week held its archetypal regular play NFL crippled with fans successful attendance.

Fans who are afloat vaccinated are allowed to be without a mask, portion those who are partially vaccinated, similar the fans who chose to person their archetypal dose Monday astatine the stadium, are allowed to be but indispensable deterioration a mask. Children nether 12, who aren’t yet eligible to person the vaccination, tin besides be Raiders games wearing a mask.

After the Raiders announced the vaccine request past month, astir 1,800 play summons holders opted to person a refund oregon to rotation implicit their 2021 funds to 2022, according to Raiders proprietor Mark Davis.

Additionally, over 10,000 fans utilized the alternate screening option onsite astatine Allegiant Stadium astatine which they could supply impervious of vaccination to person a wrist set allowing them introduction into the game. Over 7,000 of those occurred connected crippled day, according to the team, with the remainder connected Saturday oregon Sunday.

The Buffalo Bills announced Tuesday that they would besides institute a vaccine request to be their location games astatine Highmark Stadium. Vaccinated fans, including those who are partially vaccinated, volition beryllium allowed to be without a mask.

Partially vaccinated fans volition beryllium allowed to be games until Oct. 31, aft which the squad volition necessitate each fans beryllium afloat vaccinated. Neither the Raiders oregon Bills connection a antagonistic COVID trial enactment for fans to skip the vaccine protocol.

The New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks besides person vaccine requirements successful place, but some organizations let for fans to amusement impervious of a antagonistic COVID trial wrong 72 hours of the crippled arsenic a secondary enactment to be games.

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