tampa fla nfl commissioner roger goodell said monday that even with covid19 vaccines now being distributed to hospitals nationwide nfl players and personnel will not be jumping the lines for vaccination before super bowl lv which is scheduled for feb 7 2021 he also emphasized that with the event still 55 days away the league needs to be prepared to adapt and evolve with regard to the coronavirus which has affected 165 million people in the united states and claimed more than 300000 lives in the country we are not planning on any of our personnel being vaccinated in advance of the super bowl goodell said one day after taking in the buccaneers vikings game in tampa site of super bowl lv thats obviously being done at higher levels and given priority to obviously health care workers first responders and those that are in the riskiest state we dont fall into those categories so we dont anticipate that and were not planning for that there has been no determination made as to stadium capacity which has been 25 at raymond james stadium since week 6 this season the maximum allowed under centers for disease control and prevention guidelines which is roughly 16000 fans florida gov ron desantis gave florida stadiums clearance to open at full capacity as part of the states phase 3 reopening plan in october and has come under criticism in some circles for his aggressive reopening strategies but nfl teams have not risen above the 25 threshold goodell said desantis has not pushed for higher numbers in the seats were going to try to bring in as many fans as we can safely do into raymond james stadium goodell said im not sure there is a specific number that we are confident saying this is what it will be but obviously our focus will be on keeping them safe whoevers in the governors been very supportive of the super bowl said goodell who had met with desantis before last years super bowl in miami hes been very supportive of that but he also understands the importance of doing it safely and responsibly they have been very supportive and we appreciate that the league is also confident in its ability to host the event despite the state of floridas high number of covid19 cases the white house coronavirus task report released a report last week stating that florida was in the red zone with more than a 101 positivity rate the 33rdhighest rate in the country hillsborough county which is where tampa is located is faring better and is in the orange zone with positivity rates between 80 and 10 when asked what the nfl can do to ensure that this event doesnt contribute to further spread of the virus such as encouraging fans to congregate in large groups as has typically been the case in super bowl host cities goodell pointed to the leagues track record this season as reason for his optimism we