Five hundred is the number Cooma's Tigers FC are looking at.
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As it's the expected maximum crowd size allowed to cheer them on in their return to the pitch next month against APIA Leichhardt.
After a disrupted season in Canberra's NPL, the side is back on the training park in preparation for their FFA Cup finals series match on November 24.
The side is set to take on the Sydney club at Viking Park from 7.30pm, with up to 500 fans pencilled in to be able to attend.
Capital Football chief executive officer Phil Brown said the Cup match would follow the ACT government's restrictions.
"We will be following the ACT Public Health Order in regards to capacity limits and vaccinations," Brown said.
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Whilst Victorian FFA Cup matches are requiring punters to be fully vaccinated to attend matches, the ACT government has not mandated them, and therefore, the Cup match will also not require fans to be vaccinated.
Viking Park can hold up to 7000 people, with only 1000 of those seated spots.
The match falls two days before restrictions are earmarked to ease further and therefore will subject to those eased on October 29, allowing outdoor sporting venues to sell 75 per cent of fixed seating capacity up to 500 people.
Leichhardt supporters will also likely be able to travel down for the fixture, as all of NSW is due to open to the ACT on November 1, outside of high risk areas and exposure sites.
The territory government states government-run facilities in Canberra may be considered for larger crowds, but as the ground is privately owned it will not be considered for one.
COVID cancelled the FFA Cup in 2020, before the delta-strain added further logistical nightmares to this year's finals series and it got back underway in September.
Some round of 32 fixtures remain without dates, due to the interstate travel restrictions.
Tickets are yet to be released for the Tigers fixture.