Live streaming of the Belmont Stakes has begun. With the continuing trend of no fans in arenas and stadiums, the only way to watch the race is online. In addition, changes were made to the rules this year. [In 2020, the Belmont Stakes will be 1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs), slightly shorter than 1 1/2 miles. The change is due to scheduling adjustments to the Triple Crown races, and this year's Belmont Stakes will be the first of those races.

The Belmont Stakes was originally scheduled for June 6, but efforts to stem the spread of cobid 19 forced the change. The Kentucky Derby was moved from May 2 to September 5, and the Preakness from May 16 to October 3.

Thus, it is not very helpful to know who is the favorite since the two previous races did not set the pace. Even in this situation, you can always watch the Belmont Stakes using a virtual private network (VPN); a VPN allows Americans, Brits, and Canadians who cannot access the following services abroad to surf the Internet as if they were surfing from their own country and access the same streaming services even if they are in other parts of the world.

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Belmont Stakes 2020 will be streamed live on NBC, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app. For those with the best TV antennas and those who haven't yet cut the cord, this isn't a big deal.

And those who have cut the cord have a variety of ways to watch, including Sling TV, one of our best streaming services of choice.

U.S. coverage of the 152nd Belmont Stakes begins at 2:45 p.m. Eastern time, with post time for the race scheduled for 5:42 p.m.

In the United Kingdom, Sky Sports will provide a live stream of the 2020 Belmont Stakes. The race is scheduled to start at 10:42 p.m. BST, so it will be a bit of a late night, but nothing that live streaming sports has not done before.

If you don't have Sky, you can watch the matches with Now TV's daily and monthly passes starting at £9.99.

However, the broadcast will probably start around 10pm BST.

In past years, TSN has been the Canadian home of the Belmont Stakes live stream, often on TSN channel 5. There is no doubt that it will be broadcast again this year, but it is not on TSN's schedule at this time.