Indy 500 to allow about 135,000 fans this year [View all]
One year after the Indianapolis 500 was held with no fans for the first time, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway plans to host up to 135,000 people for the May 30 race, or 40% of the track's unofficial capacity, Penske Entertainment officials announced Wednesday.
The number of fans, as well as the track's health and safety plan, have been approved by the Marion County Public Health Department.
At that capacity limit, race day at IMS stands to be the highest-attended sporting event in the U.S., and potentially the largest enclosed gathering of people, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.
In recent weeks, IMS officials had said the track sold 170,000 tickets for the 105th running of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. They sent an advisory last Thursday requesting that ticketholders confirm how many of their ticket allotments they planned to use.
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