Is the bet won for Roland-Garros? It is still too early to tell. Choosing to postpone the start of the tournament by one week (from May 30 to June 13 for the main draw) seems in any case to be a paying option.
The government presented deconfinement measures on Thursday to come up. Sports arenas are obviously concerned. The world’s biggest clay court competition is no exception. And it even acts more like a puzzle.
From May 19, it will be possible to accommodate 1,000 people in outdoor sports facilities. With a 9 p.m. curfew. Two major data for Roland-Garros. Which has several stages. Does this mean that the tournament will be able to accommodate 1,000 people in each of them? Knowing that spectators pass each other in the aisles, should traffic be more “oriented” than usual?
What about the roof?
As for the curfew schedule, it is also the one at which the “night sessions” will begin. Namely a match played only in the evening supposed to increase the ticket office. However, in camera should be required. Impossible to bring forward the time of this meeting without upsetting this new pattern, and without modifying the agreements with its broadcaster, Amazon.
Another question arises: the covered establishments having their capacity limited to 800 people, will it be necessary to anticipate to avoid evacuating 200 people when the roof is deployed on the Central? We remember that last February, spectators of a match involving Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open had to leave their seats due to a midnight curfew.
From June 9, ie for the last five days of the event, the gauge will be able to increase to 5,000 people. But with a health pass involving either a PCR test or a vaccination.
As last year, the direction of the tournament will have to discuss with the government to put in place the appropriate measures. And, as is often the case in tennis, flirt with the lines.
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