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According to Morning Consult's most recent post-pandemic Tracking the Return to Normal survey, 59% of 2,200 respondents feel comfortable attending a sporting event, an improvement of 2% over the previous week and 11% over a year ago. Also, 51% of sports fans are willing to attend full-capacity events, a figure that is a 4% improvement over the previous week.
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