Posted on 01/26/2022 6:41:30 PM PST by lightman
Los Angeles officials are preparing for thousands of fans to converge on SoFi Stadium in Inglewood for the Super Bowl LVI Feb. 13 by organizing COVID-19 testing sites.
Although the city will not impose capacity restrictions for the mega event, fans will be required to wear masks, show proof of vaccination, or provide a negative virus test.
“Straightforward public health measures including vaccinations, testing, masking and hand hygiene make it possible for so many to enjoy the Super Bowl Experience,” Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, said in a press release.
Anyone older than 5 will be required to show proof of vaccination or test negative before the event, according to the county health department.
Fans 18 and older will be required to show a photo identification and their vaccination card, a photo of the card, or documents from their health care provider.
Those who are not fully vaccinated will be required to test negative within two days of the event, according to the county health department.
To help with the requirements, the National Football League (NFL) plans to distribute over 60,000 test kits and the county will set up vaccination sites at the NFL Experience—a football theme park featuring various fan-oriented attractions, including autograph sessions—scheduled for Feb. 5–6 and Feb. 10–12 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The NFL will also offer free rapid testing at the stadium and the convention center, according to the league’s website.
All attendees over 2 years old will also be required to wear facial coverings during the game, regardless of their vaccination status, unless they are eating or drinking.
Organizers will provide KN95 masks at the game, but fans can wear a face covering of their choice.
“Attendees can wear the face covering of their preference as long as it fits securely on their face covering their nose and mouth,” the county health department’s media relations told The Epoch Times in an email.
As game time nears, local police were concerned about plans to provide public safety at the event as more officers tested positive for the virus.
Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said more than 4,100 officers tested positive for COVID-19 in the last two weeks and 1,300 employees were in quarantine.
“What we’re following very closely is this impact on our employment numbers as we approach the Super Bowl week of celebration and events here in the downtown Los Angeles area and the region,” Moore told police commissioners Jan. 25.
The police department is looking at contingency plans and monitoring the numbers of those who might be available for the event, Moore said.
In the meantime, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and CalTrans were clearing homeless camps in the city and around the stadium.
“Olvera Street is 95 percent cleaned up,” Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva said during a Jan. 26 Facebook livestream. Camping was banned in December by the city on historic Olvera Street, located in downtown Los Angeles near City Hall.
“We’ll have the entire thing cleared out prior to Super Bowl,” Villanueva said.
CalTrans was also clearing homeless camps on the freeways around SoFi Stadium, the sheriff said. “So, we do have some improvements there.”
CalTrans did not respond to a request for comment by press time.
SoFi Stadium opened in 2020 at a cost of $5 billion and is the home to the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers. The seating capacity at the stadium can be expanded to 100,000 for the game.
If the vaccines work why do we “need” masking?
The NFL is bound and determined to go the way of the NBA and Noosecar.
Move the game to Tampa.
But you are called racist if you require ID to vote
They ought to call it the “Super Slave Bowl.”
Anyone who still supports this foolishness is a fool.
Dump them, Tart going to the mud bog racing. More exciting anyhow.
Is Jerry pushing to move it to Jerry World in Arlington??
I hear he can make it happen quickly if needed. And really make CA fans MAD!!
Eeewww…muffled cheering at the Super Bowl. Gross.
Boycott the game. I know it’s gonna hurt, but a leftist takeover would hurt much more.
Forget all that crap. If they want to stop the spread of the flu and colds by throwing money, hire people to continually wash all the snotty doorknobs around the stadium.
Snout covers are cheaper.
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Fools all.........should have moved the game to Florida......you can tell the snowbirds they have masks...
It’s just me, but I truly wouldn’t go to the Super Bowl if I was given free tickets, free travel, and a hotel. I might take the package, and then sell the tickets at the gate, but the NFL is totally unappealing to me. That said, I used to be a big NFL fan.
Except for an occasional playoff game, the SB was the only game I made time to watch all the way through.
Last year I consciously decided NOT to watch it and I did not feel as though I had missed anything.
Awesome…
N F L stands for Not For Long.
As long as people watch or go to the game, this will continue
And the opioid of the people rolls merrily along with no end in site. People really are addicted to certain things.
Won’t watch don’t care. 6 nations and Major League rugby are about ready to start.
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