WEMBLEY Stadium will still be packed out with 45,000 fans for FOUR Euros games despite the delay to ‘Freedom day.’
The national ground will be at 50 per cent capacity for one of the ‘last 16’ games due to be played there, both semi-finals and the Championship’s showpiece final.
If England win their group, it would mean 45,000 Three Lions supporters could be cheering on the team on June 29th.
Euro matches have been officially declared covid vaccine ‘pilot events’ meaning fans who’ve been double jabbed for more than two weeks will be allowed to attend, along with unvaccinated supporters who can show they’ve tested negative.
Wimbledon’s mens and women’s finals at Centre Court could also be played at maximum capacity under the trial.
They would be the first events in 15 months to be packed to the rafters.
And the government is also in talks with F1 bosses at Silverstone about hosting next month’s British Grand Prix in front of a capacity 140,000 crowd.
The PM also revealed that he was in talks with Andrew Lloyd Webber over making his new show Cinderella a pilot event.
The impresario had previously said he would open the theatres “come hell or high water” and risk arrest if the roadmap was delayed.
Boris said: “I’ve got colossal admiration for Andrew Lloyd Webber and the entire theater sector.
“It is one of the greatest glories of this country and creations and it’s broken everybody’s heart to see what we’ve had to go through and I bitterly regret the fact that we must be cautious again now.”
Around 10 to 15 pilot events will take place in the next month up to the new freedom date next month.
Ticket holders will have to show proof of vaccination or a negative test to enter.
They will take place at both indoor and outdoor events, at a mix of seated and standing venues
Vaccine passports are already being used in England’s Euro 2020 group matches – with 22,500 already showing the pass at Sunday’s 1-0 win over Croatia.
They cheered on as Raheem Sterling netted the winner to avenge England’s World Cup Semi-final defeat to the Croats back in 2018
Fans had to show the NHS app confirming they had received both Covid jabs at least 14 days before or a negative lateral flow test taken within 48 hours of the game.
They will have to repeat the process for the game against Scotland on Friday and the Czech Republic next week.
The knock-out stages and final could see more than 45,000 next month.
The Government, FA and Uefa have agreed to cap crowds at 22,500 for the three group matches, 25 per cent of Wembley’s capacity.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
