Suspended last year due to the pandemic, The New York Marathon will take place on November 7, its 50th editionGovernor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday.
The race of 42 km through the five boroughs of New York It will be held on the same date as each year, the first Sunday in November, with some 33,000 participants instead of 53,000 registered in 2019.
“The NYC marathon – the largest in the world – will return on November 7. 33 thousand runners will be able to register. Registration opens on June 8Cuomo tweeted.
More than half of the runners are people who had signed up for the 2020 marathon, suspended due to the pandemic that killed more than 30,000 people in New York City.
Ted Metellus, race director, assured for his part that “this will be an unprecedented and historic year” for the iconic marathon. “We are preparing a safe and memorable race for the 50th time; this year’s marathon will show the great strength, inspiration and determination of the city.”
NEW YORK TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN TO REACTIVATE TOURISM
In June, New York prepares to launch a major campaign to revive tourism. The marathon, created in 1970, attracts around 250,000 tourists each year and in 2015 generated an economic impact evaluated on 415 million dollars.
New York and the neighboring states of New Jersey and Connecticut will lift most of the restrictions imposed due to the pandemic this Wednesday. And the metro in the Big Apple will operate around the clock again, as before the pandemic.
Almost 62% of the New York State population has received at least one dose of the covid vaccine, according to official figures.
Cuomo said that New York will adopt the rules of the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC, governmental) that make the use of masks more flexible for vaccinated people.
“If they are vaccinated, they are safe”, Cuomo said at a press conference. “No mask, no social distancing.”
The governor also announced that the famous Radio City Music Hall will only host people vaccinated at 100% capacity, no need to wear a mask. A “creative” way to encourage vaccination, he estimated.
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