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In that sense, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced today on its official site that tickets will go on sale from July for all the fields and the field passes for the tournament that will last two weeks and that “will recover the original capacity in one more step for the return to normality.”
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In this house
we will have
100% capacity( •,• )
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The US Open, which last year it was played behind closed doors and consecrated the Austrian as champion Dominic Thiem in boys and in japanese Naomi Osaka In ladies, it will be the first Grand Slam tournament to regain normality in its stands, since the 2020 edition of the Australian Open, before the pandemic was declared.
The central stadium of New York’s Billie Jean King Tennis Center complex, the Arthur Ashe, has a total capacity for 23,771 spectators and as reported by the USTA in the last edition with the public, in 2019, a total of 700 thousand people during the two weeks of the tournament.
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New York raised the restrictions for the coronavirus pandemic
After registering more than 33,000 dead During the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most famous cities in the world once again breathed without chinstraps and the short distance between people is already enjoyed. “We have reached 70% vaccination. It is the national goal, and we have reached it ahead of schedule. It means that we can now return to the life we know, ”said the governor. Andrew Cuomo.
Although Cuomo’s announcement took effect on Monday and there was a great fireworks show to celebrate the return to normalcy, in the streets a few are still seen wearing chinstraps.
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This is how New York celebrated the end of the covid-19 restrictions.
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Nor is social distancing noticeable. You don’t even see places with little capacity. Bars and restaurants in the five boroughs – Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island – no longer have time or capacity limits: There are no temperature controls at the entrance, nor is it necessary to wear a mask.
The authorities encourage the inoculation of most of the population to gain herd immunity and thus appease a minority that disapproves of the vaccination campaign. Anyone resident or not of the city can receive their dose at any of the pharmacies open 24 hours a day. Tourists only need to present their passport.
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