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AAC commish Mike Aresco hopeful for full football stadiums

While the COVID-19 pandemic took a lot of the hop out of UCF’s Bounce House last season, there is hope that we could see a return to full capacity at football stadiums across the country.

American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco is hopeful of a return but much of that optimism hinges on the ability to get more people vaccinated heading into the fall.

“I think there’s a reasonable chance,” Aresco told the Orlando Sentinel Monday. “If the level of vaccination continues to go up ... I think there’s a reasonable chance that we’ll be close to capacity.