Little Caesars Arena will be slightly louder and maybe have a little more atmosphere when the Detroit Red Wings start a six-game homestand Tuesday against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The club plans to take advantage of Michigan’s eased restrictions on attendance at sports venues by allowing 750 fans at games. That is the maximum allowable in this initial reopening phase for arenas with a capacity of 10,000 or more.
Until now, the team has been allowed to host only a couple hundred family members/friends of players.
There is no word yet on when tickets will be available to the public.
The Red Wings played in front of slightly more than 4,000 fans in Dallas and slightly less than 4,000 fans in Florida earlier this season. On Tuesday in Columbus, a little less than 2,000 fans attended the game following eased restrictions by the city.
“It’s funny what perspective is,” coach Jeff Blashill said Wednesday. “If we would have been playing in full buildings all year and walked into last night, we would have thought it was empty. And last night it seemed full. You could hear the crowd; they were into it. It was great.
“Chicago has no one in their building and the atmosphere was really quiet (last weekend). So, this was great to be part of. It’s closer to what we’re used to and what makes it such a great thing to be part of.”
Said Luke Glendening after Tuesday’s game: “A little bit of normalcy, coming back to hockey. It’s nice to have fans, nice to have people in the building.”
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The Link LonkMarch 04, 2021 at 06:06AM
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