Demonstration experiment with spectator admission exceeding Yokohama Stadium limit Confirmation of infection prevention measures October 15, 21:12

As a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, Kanagawa Prefecture and others will conduct a demonstration experiment to confirm the infection prevention measures and their effects when spectators who exceed the current limit are admitted at the professional baseball game held at Yokohama Stadium. became.

Currently, the maximum number of spectators for professional baseball and J-League is up to half of that at venues with a capacity of more than 10,000.



Under these circumstances, Kanagawa Prefecture and others will enter a nearly full spectator at a professional baseball game to be held at Yokohama Stadium from the 30th of this month to the 1st of next month, and will use the latest technology to verify infection prevention measures and their effects. We have decided to conduct a demonstration experiment.



Specifically, in addition to verifying whether people without masks can be found using a high-precision camera, the congestion around the stadium after the match is projected inside the stadium, and is it effective in decentralizing homecoming? I will also check.



In addition, the supercomputer will be used to simulate how much spit and other flying objects will spread when cheering for the game.

Regarding this, Governor Kuroiwa of Kanagawa Prefecture said, "Yokohama Stadium will also be the venue for the Olympic Games next year. I would like to verify the effectiveness of the measures to help create guidelines for conducting large-scale events. I'm hoping to become. "