Game or not. Stay inside, officials warn.

It is Super Bowl weekend and officials are reminding football fans to refrain from their favourite Etobicoke pubs and getting together to watch the big game to avert it becoming a superspreader event.

Many local  restaurant and pubs are offering specials on their fast food, drinks and delivery to your door during the Super Bowl game on Sunday.

Area officials are asking residents to support their local business but do not indulge and drinking and driving as many officers will be patrolling the streets.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs are set to square off on Sunday night and with Scarborough’s The Weeknd performing at halftime, the big game could be even more of a draw than usual in Toronto.

Mayor John Tory and other city officials are urging residents to refrain from hosting any Super Bowl parties due to the COVID-19 pandemic and reminding residents that a stay-at-home order remains in effect.

Tory said the Super Bowl is a good time to support local restaurants that have been struggling by ordering food for takeout or pickup.

Fans are being told that this year’s championship game can’t be like past Super Bowls.

“If you don’t live under that roof you don’t go into that house. It I as simple as that,” infectious disease specialist Dr. Issac Bogdoch warned.

Premier Doug Ford posted a video message to his Twitter account telling people to “stay at home” and “stick to their family.”

The provincial government is also running television advertising warning people to remain at home and do their part to fight COVID-19.

Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, said football fans can enjoy snacks and have fun of being part of the virtual Super Bowl party.