SAN FRANCISCO, September 22, (THEWILL) – The government of the United Kingdom has stopped plans for the return of fans to stadiums to watch the English Premier League (EPL) as well as other live sporting events in the country.
UK office cabinet minister, Michael Gove, announced this on Tuesday.
THEWILL recalls that initially, they were plans for the return of at least 1,000 fans to attend EPL matches from October 1 but that plan is now under review.
“We were looking at a staged programme of more people returning – it wasn’t going to be the case that we were going to have stadiums thronged with fans,” Gove said.
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“We’re looking at how we can, for the moment, pause that programme, but what we do want to do is to make sure that, as and when circumstances allow, get more people back.
“The virus is less likely to spread outdoors than indoors but again it’s in the nature of major sporting events that there’s a lot of mingling.”
THEWILL reports that the EPL and other sports events in England have been played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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