A crowd of more than 70,000 spectators is expected to attend the first day of the Boxing Day test at the MCG, where organisers say they are prepared to enforce a potential indoor mask mandate.
A crowd of more than 70,000 spectators is expected to attend the first day of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, where organisers say they are prepared to enforce a potential indoor mask mandate.
However Mr Fox said ticket sales showed fans were not put off by the risk of COVID, with tens of thousands still expected to attend the first day of the test."The numbers show that people will be willing to come and if we get 70,000, that's a pretty significant result in this environment."
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