The Slow Death of Home-Field Advantage
The benefit of playing at home has never been smaller. What happened?
3 min readSep 10, 2020
The N.F.L. season kicks off tonight, with the Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Houston Texans. Due to social distancing, the Chiefs will permit about 16,000 fans at Arrowhead Stadium, which is about 22% of the stadium’s capacity. The limited seating has led some to wonder how much…