Hamburg (SID) – Frank Bohmann, Managing Director of the Handball Bundesliga (HBL), expects the imminent elimination of all restrictions for fans and predicts that the number of spectators in sport will be full in 2021. “After the general election there will be a whole new dynamic on the topic. I assume that all restrictions will soon fall and the fans will then be able to return to the arenas without reservation,” Bohmann told SID on Monday: “I am convinced that we will see full halls with maximum capacities this year. “
After the start of the Bundesliga in handball, Bohmann said his “first conclusion was mixed:” Some halls were very well attended, but we also expected more for some. Apparently there are still reservations about going to such an event. ” The concepts would work, “no question about it. But the fan experience is simply not the same as it was before the pandemic. It’s a bit like a Rolling Stones concert where you can’t jump up and sing along.”
Accordingly, he currently looks “jealous” in Denmark, where the last corona restrictions were received at the weekend. “With us it will still take a little time, that doesn’t happen from one day to the next,” said Bohmann: “In the long run you will only return to the old capacity if you show the audience that everything is safe and sound the clubs do a good job, the halls are safe. ” Restrictions such as the mask requirement at the square are “at some point no longer sustainable” in view of functioning ventilation concepts.
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