Photos show how cardboard cutouts and sanitation stations are becoming the new normal for sports stadiums around the world

Monica HumphriesMay 22, 2020, 02:39 IST

More than 4,500 cardboard cutout fans have been installed in a German soccer stadium.Thilo Schmuelgen/REUTERS

From boxing in Nicaragua to soccer in Germany, athletes are still playing games, and stadiums are adapting to what may be a new normal.
Stadiums around the world have found imaginative ways to help athletes feel comfortable and connected to their fans.
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While sports fans around the world are cheering from their couches, stadiums are searching for creative ways to keep athletes safe and motivated.

Lockdowns around the world have limited large gatherings, including sporting events. But for many athletes, the games continue. Boxing, soccer, horse racing, baseball, wrestling, and other sports are still taking place around the world. Just with fewer fans.

Whether its cardboard cutouts of fans or social-distance seating, here's how stadiums have found imaginative ways to continue to share their love of sports.

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Stadiums around the world have filled seats with cardboard cutouts, like this one in Germany.

Life-size cutouts fill the Borussia Moenchengladbach soccer stadium in Germany. Thilo Schmuelgen/REUTERS

Belarus had the same idea for one of its soccer stadiums.

Fans from Russia, Britain, the United Arab Emirates, and Iran all supported the sports league. Associated Press

In a baseball stadium in South Korea, the makeshift fans wear masks.

Cheerleaders wearing face masks performed beneath the printed fans. Kim Hong-Ji/REUTERS

A stadium in Taiwan made sure to include members of the press among their cutouts.

A photograph of cutouts in the Taoyuan International baseball stadium in Taoyuan city, Taiwan. Ann Wang/Reuters

Some sporting events have allowed spectators, like Bufalo boxing in Nicaragua, where fans practice social distancing.

Seats were arranged so that spectators could practice social distancing. Oswaldo Rivas/REUTERS

Masks are becoming a familiar part of games, for both athletes and fans.

A tennis player warms up for a match wearing a face mask. Wolfgang Rattay/REUTERS

Jockeys now wear masks as horse racing resumes at Longchamp in Paris, France.

The Longchamp stadium remained closed for visitors, but horse racing resumed in May. Gonzalo Fuentes/REUTERS

In a stadium in Taiwan, the only fans allowed are family members.

Seven fans watch a soccer game in Taipei, Taiwan. Ann Wang/REUTERS

Sanitation stations are a new normal in many stadiums.

Two South Syndey rugby players use hand sanitizer before their practice. Loren Elliott/REUTERS

In Germany, substitute soccer players head to the stands where they can keep their distance.

In an effort to social distance, substitute soccer players wear masks and sit in the stands. Hannibal Hanschke/Pool/Getty Images

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