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'No way' War Memorial Stadium will be filled to capacity this year, UW athletic director says

The University of Wyoming's War Memorial Stadium will likely be kept at roughly a quarter of its capacity in the coming season and student capacity may be slashed by as much as two-thirds, the school's athletic director told faculty Monday night.

"There is no way we're going to put 30,000 people in there for any event this year," Tom Burman said during a town hall.

Though exact details are still being worked out with health officials, Burman said that the stadium's capacity will likely be "roughly in the neighborhood of 20 to 35 percent" in order to "allow for some safe social distancing.