By Adam Duxter
May 15, 2021 | 6:59 PM
MADISON, Wis. â Nearly 1,500 filled Breese Stevens Stadium in Madison for Forward Madisonâs home opener against North Carolina FC.
For the fans in attendance, Saturday eveningâs game was a win â even before the game was played.
âWeâre just really happy to be able to be back, and this is awesome,â said supporter Kieth Poniewaz. âIt feels like a family reunion where you like all of your family members.â
COVID-19 restrictions in Dane County led to the club playing home matches in Wauwatosa for the 2020 season. While the club makes its return home for the 2021 season, not everything is back to the 2019 standards.
MADISON, Wis. – Nearly 1,500 filled Breese Stevens Stadium in Madison for Forward Madison’s home opener against North Carolina FC.
For the fans in attendance, Saturday evening’s game was a win – even before the game was played.
“We’re just really happy to be able to be back, and this is awesome,” said supporter Kieth Poniewaz. “It feels like a family reunion where you like all of your family members.”
COVID-19 restrictions in Dane County led to the club playing home matches in Wauwatosa for the 2020 season. While the club makes its return home for the 2021 season, not everything is back to the 2019 standards.
Jennifer Hamre gives credit to vaccinations for bringing customers back into her restaurant.
“We are starting to see faces that we haven’t seen in more than a year’s time,” Hamre said.
The bar manager at R.P. Adler’s in Madison is navigating this next part of the pandemic, where it feels like there’s new guidance almost everyday. The latest CDC recommendation of no masks for fully vaccinated people leaves restaurants, like hers, with more to think about.
“Who should be? Who shouldn’t be? Do we ask? Don’t we ask?,” Hamre said. “I do absolutely think that (the recommendation) is something that is suggesting that we are starting to see some of the end of this. Though, I think we all realize (masks) will be around for a little while yet.”