As the NSW Government lifts more COVID-19 restrictions, adult community sport will recommence at the same time as 18 years and under, on 1 July 2020.
Under the new restrictions, food and drink premises in stadiums will be able to open. They will need to follow the same requirements that apply in other food and drink premises and pubs and registered clubs.
Stadium operators will be required to:
- develop and comply with a COVID-19 Safety Plan
- operate with restricted numbers (one person per four square metres and up to 50 people in each of the existing seated food and drinks areas, whichever is the lesser excluding staff members, on the premises)
- keep contact details of each person entering the premises.
Acting Minister for Sport Geoff Lee thanked the community for their patience during the pause on local sports and welcomed its return on 1 July 2020.
“We have reduced the spread of COVID-19 to the point where further restrictions can be lifted. It is only because communities have followed the strict social distancing guidelines that this announcement is possible,” Mr Lee said.
Minister for Health Brad Hazzard said on the basis of health advice, crowds could not at this point gather in the stands.
”With no vaccine and no treatment for COVID-19 there is an obligation on all of us to continue to maintain physical distancing and good hand hygiene. The virus has not gone away,” Mr Hazzard said.
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