The Polo Grounds with more than 70,000 fans and 125 reporters to see the Giants play Red Grange and the Chicago Bears, Dec. 6, 1925. Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS/Pro Football Hall of Fame
It’s a situation that would have seemed absurd a year ago, atypical at the beginning of this season, but has become all too commonplace now.
When the Giants host their next home game, scheduled for Dec. 13 against the Cardinals at MetLife Stadium, there will be no fans in the building. Coronavirus precautions have eliminated in-person spectators from many NFL venues, and while some teams have welcomed in fractional crowds the Giants have been playing to an entirely empty house in each of their five previous home games this season and will continue to for the final three.