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Leads the Industry Back into Live Events A Live Sporting Event Welcomes Back Fans During Trging Times Almost as soon as the live events industry flipped off like a light switch during the Covid-19 pandemic shutdowns in March, people have been coming up with creative ways to bring sports and music ba...

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Published inProjection, Lights & Staging News Vol. 21; no. 8; p. 20
Main Author Gormley, Mike
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Las Vegas Timeless Communications, Corp 01.09.2020
Subjects
Audiences
Concerts
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease control
Disease transmission
Energy
Leadership
Medical screening
Pandemics
Seats
Shutdowns
Spectators
Tournaments & championships
Viruses
Las Vegas Nevada
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Summary:Leads the Industry Back into Live Events A Live Sporting Event Welcomes Back Fans During Trging Times Almost as soon as the live events industry flipped off like a light switch during the Covid-19 pandemic shutdowns in March, people have been coming up with creative ways to bring sports and music back to the fans in a safe and responsible manner - first as live televised events without an audience and, in locations allowing for people to gather with social distancing precautions, with live spectators filling at least some of the seats or, in the case of drive-in concerts, the seats of their own vehicles. The leadership team met daily to tackle all the various issues one at a time, starting with safe ways to travel to and from an event as well as how the team could perform their jobs onsite at the venue while maintaining ample physical distance between individuals. When asked to elaborate on specific measures, processes and gear that were put in place to safeguard the performers, technicians, press and any other attendees from contracting Covid-19 at the event, Dan said, "Because of the unique possibility of asymptomatic transmission with this virus, we made the decision early on to require Covid testing of anyone who would becoming into our environment.
ISSN:1537-0046