MONTREAL — For the primary time since March 2020, a Canadian NHL crew may have paying followers within the enviornment tonight.
MONTREAL — For the primary time since March 2020, a Canadian NHL crew may have paying followers within the enviornment tonight.
After Quebec loosened COVID-19 restrictions, the Montreal Canadiens will probably be permitted to have 2,500 followers within the 21,273-seat Bell Centre for Sport 6 of their first-round playoff collection in opposition to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Whereas it’s a first for a Canadian NHL crew, American rinks have had larger crowds all through the playoffs.
The Canadiens say they gave precedence to season-ticket holders, luxury-suite holders, and company companions to buy tickets in pods of two or 4.
Ticket patrons are allowed to resell tickets. Costs had been excessive yesterday with the most affordable seats promoting for just below $1,500 on Ticketmaster.
All followers should socially distance from these outdoors their pod and people aged 5 and up should put on a masks besides when consuming or consuming. Solely bottled water will probably be offered at concessions. The primary 12 rows additionally will stay empty.
Quebec’s curfew — in place since Jan. 9 — was lifted final night time. Restaurant patios throughout the province had been additionally permitted to reopen yesterday after being closed in some components of the province, together with Montreal, since Oct. 1.
The brand new measures come as COVID-19 hospitalizations in Quebec have declined to their lowest degree in additional than six months.
The then-Montreal Affect (now CF Montreal) of Main League Soccer had the primary crowd in Canada at a professional sporting occasion through the pandemic after they had been permitted to permit 250 followers to a sport at their out of doors stadium final summer time.
Some junior hockey groups even have been allowed to have restricted crowds. The Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Main Junior Hockey League had a most attendance of 1,900 for video games this season, the largest crowds among the many six Maritime groups in that circuit.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Could 29, 2021.
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