Edit: credit to the original idea by The Grey Eagle
Now that the Marlins are in trouble, I do think the NFL is working on (or already has ready-to-go) a Football Island solution. So let's carelessly speculate!
A football bubble would need to hold approximately
2,500 players
1,500 team staff
800 officials/game day staff
100 media
100 support staff
so 5,000 people if no one can bring guests. Around 9,000 if players/staff/officials can bring 1 guest. 10,000 hotel rooms seems feasible for most medium-sized cities.
I don't think college campuses would work (too much flak from students/parents).
You would need at least 4 high-quality football stadia with plenty of sideline space for cameras etc. This temporary stadium was built in 111 days, so I don't think stadia can be constructed from scratch (although practice fields might be).
Canton OH has the stadia but not the hotel rooms (only 1k)
Other ideas?
Now that the Marlins are in trouble, I do think the NFL is working on (or already has ready-to-go) a Football Island solution. So let's carelessly speculate!
A football bubble would need to hold approximately
2,500 players
1,500 team staff
800 officials/game day staff
100 media
100 support staff
so 5,000 people if no one can bring guests. Around 9,000 if players/staff/officials can bring 1 guest. 10,000 hotel rooms seems feasible for most medium-sized cities.
I don't think college campuses would work (too much flak from students/parents).
You would need at least 4 high-quality football stadia with plenty of sideline space for cameras etc. This temporary stadium was built in 111 days, so I don't think stadia can be constructed from scratch (although practice fields might be).
Canton OH has the stadia but not the hotel rooms (only 1k)
Other ideas?