Over the next few weeks, stadiums and arenas across New York will begin to re-open for sports and music events.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is impressed with the way that the Buffalo Bills organization handled its playoff model and he believes that others venues like the Blue Cross arena in Rochester can open with similar guidelines.
This would mean that audience members can actually experience their events by sitting in seats. Starting Feb. 23 these venues will be allowed to open at 10% capacity.
Within 72 hours of the event, fans and staff must present a negative COVID-19 test. Face masks, social distancing and assigned seating are all requirements for participation.
This means that the Blue Cross Arena can seat 1,300 fans, even though its maximum capacity is 13,000. The more that COVID-19 gets contained, the more audience members will be allowed to fill those seats.
According to an official statement by Amerks, “Governor Cuomo’s announcement giving us the opportunity to allow Amerks fans back to Blue Cross Arena is a great step forward for our entire organization. We will continue to work closely with the State and County Departments of Health to ensure a safe and healthy return for our fans. More information will be shared as it becomes available.”
Officials from Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center stated, “We want to open, and we want to do this, we’ll do it right. We’ll make sure things happen right so long as artists come back but we need the patrons also to help as well because the protocols will be a bit different than they have in the past. But hopefully all together we’ll be able to really enjoy some type of a summer season,” said Ginny Clark-President of Friends of CMAC.
