The new rules will require attendees to drink water outside and will be enforced by event staff and law enforcement.
New Mexico State University announced that it is suspending all food and beverage sales at indoor sporting events after inconsistent compliance with the state's COVID-19 mask policy, according to university officials.
New Mexico is among nine states that still have an indoor mask policy whether people are vaccinated on not. Connecticut's policy extends only to those unvaccinated, while Rhode Island requires masks only at large venues. The new NMSU policy, announced following Saturday's men's basketball game against Grand Canyon University, comes after many students were photographed without masks and will ban all food and drinks from indoor sporting events, requiring fans who need to drink water to drink it in designated areas or go outside, according to theNew Mexico requires everyone to wear either a mask or cloth face covering when in public except when drinking, eating, or if they have a medical exemption,...
"Unfortunately, we are seeing less and less compliance with New Mexico's indoor mask mandate during our home games, and fan behavior at Saturday's game was cause for grave concern for us and among our public health experts," Chancellor Dan Arvizu wrote in a memo and shared with the"As a result, we will no longer allow food or drinks to be sold or consumed during indoor sports events until the mask mandate is lifted.
Even though the university handed out masks at the entrance and attendees received a message before the game reminding them to wear masks, a large portion of people attending the game did not comply, according to KFOX-TV.
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