Chiefs to test new COVID-19 protocols Saturday at Arrowhead

Chiefs season ticket holders will experience new safety protocols Saturday at Arrowhead stadium.

CHIEFS SEASON TICKETHOLDERS ARE GETTING ASNEAK PEAK AT THE TEAMIN ACTION TOMORROWMORNING AT TRAININGCAMP.THEY'LL ALSO NOTICE ALLTHE SAFETY CHANGESBECAUSE OF THE COVID-19PANDEMIC41 ACTION NEWS ANCHORCYNTHIA NEWSOME TELLSUS WHAT TO EXPECT.IT'S A BRAND NEWSEASON...AND THERE ARESOME BRAND NEW RULESTO REDUCE THE RISKS OFPEOPLEBEING EXPOSED TO COV19 AT ARROWHEADSTADIUM.AND TOMORROW'S LIMITEDACCESS FOR CHIEFSSEASON TICKET-HOLDERS--- IS BASICALLY A TEST-RUN FOR STAFF AND TEAMEXECUTIVES TO SEETHEIR NEW SAFETYPROTOCOLS WORKTHE KANSAS CITY CHIEARE REIGNINGSUPERBOWL CHAMPIONSAND FAITHFUL FANS ARNATURALLY ANXIOUS TOSEE THEM IN ACTIONAGAIN...SO CHIEFS EXECUTIVESAND THE KANSAS CITYHEALTH DEPARTMENTDIRECTOR DEVELOPED ACOVD-19 FAN-SAFETYPLAN THEY BELIEVE WILLWORKRex Archer, Director, KansasCityHealth DepartmentIs it going to be 100% foolproof.

No.

Should folks that arehigh risk for this disease, forbeing hospitalized or worse orhave family members at homethat are in that situation,should they be attending?

No,I would advise against iFAN ATTENDING GAME ATARROWHEAD WILLNOTICE..A LOT OF EMPSEATS...DR. ARCHER --- ATHAT'S ALL BY-DESIGN.And by taking it down toaround 16,000 or so in thestadium instead of 73, thenthe crowding and turnover inthe restrooms will be muchless.TICKETS WILL BE SOLD INBLOCKS OF 4 TO 6PEOPLE..

AND THEY HAVETO SIT IN THEIR ASSIGNEDSEATS-- SO IF SOMEONETESTS POSITIVE FORCOVID 19..

THE CHIEFSWILL KNOW WHERE THEYWERE SITTING AND WARNTHE PEOPLE WHO MAYHAVE BEEN EXPOSED TOGET TESTED.Dr. Rex ArcherEvery third row will be totallyempty then the other two rowsthey will stagger folks,MASK ARE REQUIREDUNLESS YOU'RE EATING ORDRINKING AND SECURITYWILL BE ENFORCING THERULE..SOME PARKING SPOTSWILL BE BLOCKED--- SOTAILGATERS WILL HAVE TOSOCIAL DISTANCE.WHILE ARROWHEADOPEN FOR BUSINESS NFLTEAMS INATLANTA, BUFFALO,CHICAGO, DENVERDETROIT AND LAS VEGASANNOUNCED THEIRSTADIUMS FOR NOW--WIBE CLOSED TO FANS.WHY?Rex ArcherThere ar places in the countrywhere it's even worse than itis here.

If we had 4 or 5 timesas many positive cases here, Imight have to reconsider this.DR. ARCHER HOPPEOPLE WATCHING THECHIEFS ATHOME..INDOORSWILL ALSO TAKEPRECAUSTIONS TOREDUCE THE RISK OFSPREADING COVID-19.CYNTHIA NEWSOME 41ACTION NEWS.YOU CAN SEE IF OTHSTADIUMS ARE ALLOWINGFANS...AND HOW MANY.... ON OURINTERACTIVE MAP.JUST LOOK FOR THISSTORY ON OUR WEBSITEK-S-H-B DOT COMWE'RE GEARING UP FORTHE CHIEFS REGULARSEASON... AND WHATBETTER WAY THANWATCHING SOME CLASSICCHIEFS VICTORIES.JOIN US NEXT FRIDAY --FOR THE 20-16 GAMEAGAINST THE RAIDERS.IT WAS WEEK 14 -- ROOKIETYREEK HILL TOOK A PUNTRETURN INTO THENDZONE -- CAUSING THEWHOLE STADIUM TOCHANT HIS NAME.RELIVE THE GAME -- RIGHTHERE ON 41 ACTION NEWS-- NEXT FRIDAY AT SEVEN.