Here's what it looks like inside Raymond James Stadium

Fans wearing masks sit by cardboard cutouts at the Super Bowl.

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published 8 February 2021

The 25,000 fans watching the Super Bowl inside Tampa's Raymond James Stadium are outnumbered by 30,000 cardboard cutouts.

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For this year's big game, 25,000 ticketed fans were allowed to watch in person from the stands and suites, including 7,500 vaccinated health-care workers. The NFL sold the 30,000 cardboard cutouts for $100 each.

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At the start of the game, #SuperSpreaderBowl was trending on Twitter, with users questioning the decision to allow tens of thousands of people inside the stadium amid a pandemic. Around the stadium, there were signs up reminding people to stand at least six feet apart. Reuters reports that while most fans were wearing masks, they were not as good about social distancing near the concession stands.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.