Iowa State fans that haven’t purchased season tickets for the coming season may not have an opportunity to attend a home Cyclones game in the fall.

In a statement released by Iowa State’s AD, Jamie Pollard, the school is not anticipating the ability to host fans this season beyond 50 percent capacity.

According to Pollard, Iowa State has already sold 22,000 season tickets for the coming season. The current capacity of Jack Trice Stadium is around 60,000.

While expressing that Iowa State is fully intent on playing the upcoming season, here is a portion of the letter penned by Pollard that was shared on Tuesday:

Attendance at Jack Trice Stadium would be limited to approximately 50% capacity in order to meet the current guidelines established by state and local officials. Those guidelines may be adjusted as time passes. Right now, we are planning as though the capacity of our stadium would be limited to 30,000 spectators.

As of today, approximately 22,000 season tickets have been renewed for this fall. That leaves us approximately 8,000 seats to be filled. Because we need to make plans to accommodate those fans who will be allowed into the stadium (based on state and local guidelines), we have decided to implement the following:

  1. Any fan who does not renew their season tickets and make their Cyclone Club donation by June 12, 2020 will not be provided the opportunity to attend any games this fall unless it is later decided that we can safely exceed the 50% capacity restriction.
  2. The only fans who will have the opportunity to be in the stadium this fall are those who renew their season tickets and their required Cyclone Club donation (if applicable) by June 12, 2020. If you have not done so already, please contact our staff ASAP to complete those processes.
  3. Because we expect to reach the 50% capacity limitation through season ticket sales, we do not anticipate selling single-game tickets unless the capacity limits are raised.
  4. Any season ticket holder who does not renew their season tickets for 2020 will continue to have first rights on their same seats for 2021. We believe it is very important to honor prior loyalty, as there may be some fans who are not comfortable attending games this fall or are experiencing financial challenges.
  5. Any season ticket holder who renews their season tickets but later decides they are not comfortable attending games this fall because of COVID-19 may request a refund of their season ticket purchase or defer the purchase of their season ticket to the 2021 season.

While nothing is official at this point, it’s interesting that Iowa State has issued some form of plan in regards to hosting fans for the coming season.