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Suffolk Athletics to prohibit spectators at all remaining January home games

Policy to be reevaluated at the end of January
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James Bartlett

Effective from now until the end of January, spectators will not be allowed to attend Suffolk Athletics home games, Suffolk University Athletics announced Friday. 

“The change in the spectator policy comes as a precaution against the increase in COVID cases throughout the city, state and region,” Suffolk Athletics said in a press release

The new policy applies to all of Suffolk’s on and off-campus venues, including the Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court, Emmons Horrigan O’Neil Memorial Rink and Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink. The policy will be reevaluated at the end of January, Athletics said.

Athletics added that even though fans won’t be able to attend games in person, they will be live-streaming as many home games as they can so fans could watch online. 

“Suffolk Athletics will continue to work with campus health officials as the semester progresses and will provide an update regarding spectator attendance when the information becomes available,” Athletics said in the statement. 

The news comes just two days after Suffolk University announced that it would hold classes online for the first two weeks of the spring semester

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Jamie Taris, Managing Editor | he/him
Jamie is a senior broadcast journalism major and public relations minor from Pelham, New Hampshire. He has a deep passion for sports, especially hockey and football, and hopes to make his way into the sports media field after graduation. Outside of the Journal, Jamie is a sports intern at WHDH and is involved with Suffolk's orientation department. When he's not obsessing over the latest sports news, you can usually find Jamie hiking or camping in the White Mountains, or exploring the city with his friends. Follow Jamie on X @JamieTaris
James Bartlett, Multimedia Editor | he/him
James Bartlett is a senior studying print and web journalism. Originally from Lowell, Massachusetts, James has a strong interest in photojournalism and new journalism tools such as podcasting and user-generated content. James is currently a Web Journalist at WHDH Channel 7 and has previously worked at Boston.com and the Newburpoty Daily News. Follow James on Twitter @James_bartlett8 Email him at [email protected]

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Suffolk Athletics to prohibit spectators at all remaining January home games