Professional baseball Rakuten Possibility of self-restraint using balloons
With the spread of the new coronavirus, professional baseball and Rakuten have announced that they may demand self-restraint of support using balloons from the opening round of the season next month.
In the support of Rakuten home games, it is customary for visitors to fly balloons before seven attacks.
However, in response to the spread of the new coronavirus, the team has announced on its website that there is a possibility that self-restraint using balloons may be requested after the opening game of the season next month as a preventive measure.
In connection with this, the plan to give balloons to visitors may change the content.
Such movements have spread to other baseball teams, including Hanshin and DeNA, who are demanding or banning the use of balloons in practice games and open games.
In addition, a move to self-restrain the support of flying balloons was taken 11 years before the spread of the new influenza virus.