Union Berlin given green light for 4,500 live spectators this weekend
Right on time, Berlin's Treptow-Köpenick office for public health released its promised ruling on 1. FC Union Berlin's revised hygiene concept on Thursday afternoon.
The judgment? The club may absolutely proceed with plans to allow 4,500 fans through the turnstiles on Saturday!
In the precise words of the relevant public health officials:
The judgment? The club may absolutely proceed with plans to allow 4,500 fans through the turnstiles on Saturday!
"After examination of the extended hygiene concept of 1. FC Union Berlin, the application conforms to the infection protection ordinance passed by the Berlin Senate. The October 24th, 2020 match may take place with fans."
Germany's smaller capital club gained gained a substantial victory on Thursday. The organization's ambitious plans to bring large cohorts of fans back into its venue may continue. Thursday's ruling will surely have ramifications for football across the Bundesrepublik.
The Köpenick club remains by far the most successful German footballing body in terms of executing limited entry hygiene concepts. In order proceed with plans to allow fans into the Stadion an der alten Försterei for the fourth time this season, the club had to add an obligatory mask requirement to its concept.
Spectators will now be required to wear a mask at all times, not merely when they are moving outside their designated seat. Berlin public health officials ruled that, so long as this supplementary requirement was added, the supporters may be allowed in once again.
Additional words from the health officials will surely give many across Germany something to think about when the existing nation-wide regulations expire after this weekend.
The concluding statement reads: "Thus far there has been no evidence of an outbreak in connection with a well-regulated public event under 5,000 individuals that complies with established hygiene rules."