Fall 2021 Season

wiu712 · Wed May 12, 2021 1:00 pm

5 burning questions for fall 2021: Western Illinois.
From Prairie State Pigskin:
https://www.chicagonow.com/prairie-stat ... -illinois/

Thu May 27, 2021 1:38 pm

Quick update - Our game at Ball State on 9/2 is set to kick off at 7 PM and will be on ESPN+

GV Dad · Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:05 pm

What are outdoor sporting event attendance guidelines right now for Illinois? I know here in Kansas City everything is pretty much back to normal. Hoping we can be at full attendance and tailgating in Macomb this Fall! I miss the Q lot.

Tue Jun 01, 2021 2:02 pm

GV Dad wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:05 pm What are outdoor sporting event attendance guidelines right now for Illinois? I know here in Kansas City everything is pretty much back to normal. Hoping we can be at full attendance and tailgating in Macomb this Fall! I miss the Q lot.

Illinois is currently in what they're calling "bridge phase"...between phase 4 and phase 5 (phase 5 is everything fully back to "normal"). Current limits for outdoor sporting events is 60% capacity.
Hanson Field holds 16,368 fans officially, so 60% (rounding down) is 9,820. The last time we had over that many at any home game was in 2013 when total enrollment was 11,707.
So, if nothing changes between now and then, I think we'll still be fine for essentially "business as usual".

UPDATE - and I just saw this: https://khqa.com/news/coronavirus/illin ... on-june-11
We get to Phase 5 this summer, fall will be fully back to "normal". I personally plan on still wearing a mask if I'm feeling like I'm getting a cold or flu or anything, just to help protect others by reducing the spread of things like that (which is why I put normal in quotes), but no capacity limits for sporting events, eating establishments, etc.

GV Dad · Wed Jun 02, 2021 1:10 pm

I'm guessing that would also mean tailgating allowed in Q lot?

Wed Jun 02, 2021 1:26 pm

GV Dad wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 1:10 pm I'm guessing that would also mean tailgating allowed in Q lot?

If we're in Phase 5 at that point, then I believe that would be correct. No restrictions.

leatherneckcountry · Wed Jun 02, 2021 2:16 pm

ST_Lawson wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 1:26 pm
GV Dad wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 1:10 pm I'm guessing that would also mean tailgating allowed in Q lot?
If we're in Phase 5 at that point, then I believe that would be correct. No restrictions.

I believe were supposed to be in phase 5 next week

Wed Jun 02, 2021 11:39 pm

leatherneckcountry wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 2:16 pm
ST_Lawson wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 1:26 pm
GV Dad wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 1:10 pm I'm guessing that would also mean tailgating allowed in Q lot?
If we're in Phase 5 at that point, then I believe that would be correct. No restrictions.
I believe were supposed to be in phase 5 next week

Right, if things continue the way they have been going, it'll be announced on June 11th.

GV Dad · Fri Jun 04, 2021 8:31 am

All goes well, I hope some of you will stop by our Tailgate on Sept 18th!! First Beverage is on me! We also usually have some good food to share. I'm soooo ready for Football to get back to normal!

Fri Jun 04, 2021 1:03 pm

GV Dad wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2021 8:31 am All goes well, I hope some of you will stop by our Tailgate on Sept 18th!! First Beverage is on me! We also usually have some good food to share. I'm soooo ready for Football to get back to normal!

I definitely plan on stopping by. It'll be good to see your crew again.