First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced Scotland will move to Level 0 Covid-19 restrictions from Monday - and that has significant implications for football.
The FM confirmed a further easing of restrictions from July 19 as she addressed a virtual session of the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday afternoon.
Scotland's vaccination rollout has allowed for a continued easing and the latest modifications come just in time for the 2021/22 league campaign, set to begin on July 31.
Under Level 0 restrictions, at least 2000 spectators can attend outdoor events, including football matches.
The baseline 2000 has been increased from 500 under Level 1 and clubs can still apply on a game-by-game basis for further increased capacity.
For example, 12,000 fans were permitted to attend Euro 2020 matches at Hampden, while 16,500 were present at BT Murrayfield to watch the British and Irish Lions in June.
Celtic are likely to apply for more fans to attend their upcoming Champions League qualifier against Midtjylland on July 21.
The FM made no apologies for taking a more cautious approach than in England, where capacity limits nationwide will be lifted from the same day.
On Sunday, Wembley hosted 60,000 fans for the Euro 2020 final and the Silverstone GP is set to welcome over 140,000 later in July.
In Scotland, that default 2000 capacity, of course, means different things for different clubs.
In the Premiership, the lowest average attendance during the 2019/20 campaign was at Hamilton Accies but still exceeded the current limit at 2,634.
It likely means, unless generous extensions are granted all round, all top-flight clubs will still operate well below capacity on the first day of the Premiership season.
In the Championship and below, however, clubs could get much closer to business as usual.
Back in the halcyon days of unrestricted crowds in 2019/20, only Dunfermline, Partick Thistle and Inverness Caley Thistle - of the current second tier sides - had average attendances above 2000.
All three clubs have stadium capacities well above this number, however, and would likely apply for more.
Below the Championship, only Falkirk averaged an attendance of over 2000.
Having been locked out for so, there's a realistic possibility clubs in the lower leagues will face increased demand for attendances, which could frustrate some if well over 2000 are clamouring to turn out every weekend.
In addition, only 1,000 are allowed for standing events so lower league clubs with standing sections could see their attendances limited to somewhere between those two numbers.
And stadia will still have to space fans out after a modification to the Level 0 announcement delayed scrapping social distancing outdoors for at least another three weeks beyond Monday.
But the frustration could be short-term as plans to lift all legal restrictions from August 9 remain in place.
It's expected the current mandate on mask wearing will extend beyond this date, however, which means supporters may be required to wear them in certain areas of stadia.
