New Orleans will require proof of vaccine or negative COVID-19 test to enter Superdome

Posted by Michael David Smith on August 12, 2021, 2:28 PM EDT
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New Orleans is taking a serious step to slow the spread of COVID-19, and one that will affect Saints fans.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell is planning to announce that people will need to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or a recent negative test before entering many indoor venues in New Orleans, including the Superdome, according to NoLa.com.

The plan in New Orleans is the latest indication that while fans will be back in the stands this NFL season, not everything is back to normal. Yesterday both the Bills and the Eagles announced that fans will have to wear masks in the indoor areas of their stadiums.

The COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective and are the key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Requirements like the one in New Orleans shouldn’t be necessary, but if they are, they’re a wise step toward keeping the community healthy.

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49 responses to “New Orleans will require proof of vaccine or negative COVID-19 test to enter Superdome”

  1. Here come a flood of laughably disingenuous “I’m gonna boycott New Orleans” comments.

  3. Good decision NO
    Enough of the ignorant un-vaxxed going wherever they want and putting others at risk!
    Hopefully all NFL stadiums follow.

  4. Giving the huge surge in cases, there is not much of an alternative.
    If it gets much worse, the state may have to close these events again.
    Everyone needs to take responsibility by getting vaccinated.

  6. Yep just cuz people are stupid this has to happen.

    As a vaccinated saints season ticket holder this makes me happy.

  8. If you show proof of vaccination or negative COVID test, then you should not be required to wear a mask.

  9. I can’t wait to hear arguments about how this “infringes on everyone’s rights.”

  12. Nice!

    Congratulations, New Orleans. That’s leadership. Keep all selfish rubes out.

  13. show up 8 hours before the game so you can be sure toget to your seats in time for kickoff

  16. Why not just a test for everyone, since vaxxed persons can also be hosts and spreaders?

  18. I hope more stadiums follow suit. It is absolutely ridiculous that this has become a political issue. One party would rather blame the government for their problems than blame their constituency of petulant children. It’s easier to follow a bumper sticker slogan than the actual nuance of public health and science.

  19. I wish New Orleans cared as much about its nightly Bourbon Street shoot outs as it does limiting the actions of healthy people. Easier targets, I guess.

  22. During the Summer, vaccinated English columnist Piers Morgan watched a soccer game at Wembley Stadium that had the same admittance protocol as the one announced for NO: vax passport or negative test, yet he still caught a pretty nasty case of Covid. The NO policy is good for virtue signaling show, but will not accomplish anything.

  24. You keep saying the vaccines are safe and effective yet you can’t provide long term safety data and can’t explain why vaccinated are getting sick.

  27. Something tells me there will be plenty of reasons to avoid Saints games this year and vaccines won’t be the biggest.

  28. But how can you blame the ensuing rise in positives on the unvaxxed if you won’t let them in?

  29. Good, these are private businesses that make their own rules.
    If you dont want to get vaxed, dont come. But if you would like to enjoy their product, you are welcome to come.

  31. Weird… when the Bills said this waaaaaaay back it was all about alienating the fans and “how could you?” comments… it is coming people, it is coming. this is only the beginning. if you want to come in, you have to be vaccinated. Businesses/schools/homes are allowed to enforce this for the safety of others.

  32. There’s gratitude for you – to think of all the years they were supported by the Aints.

  33. So ridiculous. Nobody can explain why vaccinated people are so worried about this. If the vaccine works like they all claim , why do unvaccinated people scare them so much.

  34. The unvaxxed better start getting used to being excluded from events because not letting you into a place of business DOES NOT violate ANY of your rights and nobody will try to sue the Saints because no lawyer would take the case because their is none.

  35. So they will give a refund if you don’t agree, right? Because if you get tested and takes 48 hours to get the results, you won’t have enough time to resell the ticket if you are positive.

  36. I think it’s about time the mayor issued a bulletproof vest mandate. Between COVID and the crime rate, I’ve decided to watch from home this season.

  37. This is a insanely dumb and non effective policy for several reasons…. First how are the Saints going to oversee this policy and whom are they going to employ to carry it out? If this is just regular employees which is my guess it will be a unmitigated disaster. This leads to point two, you know how easy a negative covid test is to photoshop? Super easy. In travels to the Bahamas that required a negative PCR test to leave the USA and a similar test to come back not one government official checked my results other than to simply look at my phone. My 14 year old who’s in graphic design could of easy photoshopped the document. So this is a lot of pretending like they care but in reality no one really knows for sure if they are negative or vaccinated.

  38. The vaxxed better start getting used to being excluded from events because not letting you into a place of business DOES NOT violate ANY of your rights. Keep the superspreaders away from the rest of us.

  39. One of the cruise lines tried to do this. The virus still spread among vaccinated people. So they are now testing everyone even if you had the vaccine.

  47. Will season ticket holders be offered a full refund since this restriction wasn’t in place when they purchased their season pass.

  48. So they will give a refund if you don’t agree, right? Because if you get tested and takes 48 hours to get the results, you won’t have enough time to resell the ticket if you are positive.

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    Yes… youll take a test 3 days before game day – no different than the policies to travel to Hawaii or Alaska.

  49. catchanotherpassadams says:
    August 12, 2021 at 8:04 pm
    Will season ticket holders be offered a full refund since this restriction wasn’t in place when they purchased their season pass.
    —————————————————————————————————————————————————-
    That is the possible basis for legal action. A ticket is a essentially a contract, but all tickets have fine print that gives the seller certain wiggle room. What is the fine print on the NO Saints tickets?

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