A Danish club have come up with a novel way to allow fans to watch games together when football returns behind closed doors – by setting up drive-in screenings.
FC Midtjylland, sister club of Championship outfit Brentford, have drawn up the plans for when the Danish Superliga is allowed to resume after the coronavirus shutdown, with the restart currently scheduled for May 17.
It will see the club’s stadium car park turned into a massive outdoor fan zone, in the style of a 1960s American drive-in movie theatre, with space for up to 2,000 cars.
It will allow the club’s supporters to congregate in one place, watching the action on giant screens and tuning into commentary on car radios, without breaching social distancing regulations or increasing the risk of spreading the disease.
"We are working hard to create the best possible experience," said Preben Rokkjaer, the club’s marketing director. "We have a stated goal of creating the best stadium experience. Coronavirus does not change that, it just provides some other preconditions."
Prizes will be given out to fans whose cars are best decked out in club colours, while there will even be an “away end” for visiting supporters to park up in.
