From a recent Danny White interview, looks like we can't afford to play without fans in the stands:
"Financially, our reality is, that's about a $30 million problem for us if we play football games [without fans.] I realize our TV revenue but for us, a huge chunk is the game-day revenue. I don't have an answer for a $30 million problem. I would hope that we look to postpone it later in the fall or even in the spring before we get real serious talking about playing without fans in the stands."
"Financially, our reality is, that's about a $30 million problem for us if we play football games [without fans.] I realize our TV revenue but for us, a huge chunk is the game-day revenue. I don't have an answer for a $30 million problem. I would hope that we look to postpone it later in the fall or even in the spring before we get real serious talking about playing without fans in the stands."