Sean Payton Wants to Quarantine 50K fans in the Superdome for the Playoffs

New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton is a real innovator. Not only does he have great ideas on the offensive side of things,, apparently he also has some bright ideas over how to pack the house for the playoffs. Payton is desperate to make sure his team has a real home field advantage.

And he has some ideas on how to do it.

“I brought up the idea of testing 50,000 people and quarantining them in a hotel and having the most safest Superdome known to man, scientifically,” said Payton, according to Luke Johnson of The New Orleans Advocate. “Bus them, they’ve tested every day, and you’ve got a COVID-free facility.”

Full quote: “I brought up the idea of testing 50,000 people and quarantining them in a hotel and having the most safest Superdome known to man, scientifically. Bus them, they’ve tested every day, and you’ve got a COVID-free facility.” (this was said in jest … I think)

— Luke Johnson (@ByLukeJohnson) January 6, 2021

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The internet reacted to his idea:

Burning Man Playoffs https://t.co/s0j6TrXMoB

— 📰 J.J. Lahey 🧀 Packers Talk (@JJLahey) January 6, 2021

Sean. SEAN. https://t.co/I4CwQMtZWk pic.twitter.com/OHVEQAFBrC

— Carroll Burnet (@CarrollBurnet) January 6, 2021

To be fair there are tons of 50,000 person capacity hotels out there… https://t.co/voLuq2JqwC

— Ryan Fawcett (@12thManRyan) January 6, 2021

You would have 80k signups if this was an actual thing. https://t.co/nphUaPR9Xw

— Jims (@MrSmith1414) January 6, 2021

I’d have considered this. https://t.co/EiI5T5HFjY

— Andrew Grindinger (@agrindinger) January 6, 2021

This was not in jest. They were exploring this. https://t.co/m9okQikE4I

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) January 6, 2021

https://twitter.com/paul_hood19/status/1346842279676436481

You can listen below:

When asked how that plan was received, all Payton said was, “It can be done.”

The Superdome has a seating capacity of 73,000. It  had 3,000 fans in attendance for the last Saints home game, a 52-33 win against the Minnesota Vikings on Christmas.

Wishful thinking on Payton’s part.

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