J-League to discuss raising the maximum number of spectators to 50% of the capacity on September 21 at 13:40
Professional baseball and soccer J.League held a liaison conference for countermeasures against the new coronavirus, and J.League chairman Mitsuru Murai set the maximum number of spectators in a large stadium as early as 30% to 50% of the capacity at the end of this month. He expressed his intention to proceed with discussions in the direction of raising the number to.
The J-League has raised the maximum number of spectators to about 30% for stadiums that can accommodate more than 17,000 people from 19th, following the government's relaxation of restrictions on holding events.
On the 21st, J-League chairman Murai will discuss at an extraordinary executive committee meeting on the 24th of this month to raise the upper limit of the number of spectators to 50% at a press conference after the countermeasure liaison meeting with professional baseball. Was shown.
Mr. Murai said, "We will probably discuss withdrawing from the game on September 30th and October," and "enlighten the audience to wear masks." "I will go," he reiterated the idea of calling on the audience to take thorough infection prevention measures.
On the other hand, professional baseball has been holding games with spectators up to nearly half of the capacity of the stadium since 19th, and according to NPB = Nippon Professional Baseball, the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games announced on the 15th of this month. I heard that I wanted to refer to the infection countermeasures.
Atsushi Ihara, Executive Secretary of NPB, explained, "We held a meeting in response to questions from the Organizing Committee. We will continue to do so in the future."