Ticketmaster saw massive layoffs and historic drops in quarterly revenue. The toll the pandemic has taken on the industry has led to a slew of reports and predictions of what concerts may look like when they do return.
Despite this, the industry has already begun preparing for when events do return. Back in November, Ticketmaster announced its plans to enact socially-distant gigs in the future. The company also plans to implement an optional COVID-19 testing policy that screens ticketholders before entering events. After these proposed plans were criticized, Ticketmaster released a lengthy statement further clarifying what they mean for concert goers.
Dr. Anthony Fauci Believes Theaters, Concert Venues Could Reopen By Fall If Everything Goes According To Plan
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Dr. Anthony Fauci believes that theaters and concert venues could reopen by fall 2021
75-85% of the country s population should be vaccinated for normalcy to return, according to Fauci
The U.S. witnessed 214,683 new cases and 1,964 deaths in the last 24 hours
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, has revealed that the widespread rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines would be instrumental in the reopening of theaters and concert venues by fall 2021.
At a conference held by the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, the 80-year-old medical expert opened up about how an effective vaccination program could help the entertainment industry get back to its feet. Fauci noted that the program could assist the government in reopening the live entertainment venues and cinema halls as soon as the shots are availa
Dr. Fauci Predicts Live Entertainment to Return This Fall
Think about the feeling of your last concert, which may return to you by the end of 2021 according to Dr. Fauci. After a grim 2020, Fauci revealed that concert venues and theaters could return to operations “some time in the fall of 2021.”
According to
The New York Times, Fauci’s comments were during a virtual conference held by the Association of Performing Arts Professionals on Saturday.
“If everything goes right, this [will] occur some time in the fall of 2021, so that by the time we get to the early to mid-fall, you can have people feeling safe performing onstage as well as people in the audience,” Fauci said. “I think you can then start getting back to almost full capacity of seating. We’ll be back in the theaters performers will be performing, audiences will be enjoying it.”