Covid-19: Olympique Lyonnais ready to hold test matches with spectators at the Groupama Stadium

"We are in contact with each other in order to pilot tests for the return of spectators to the stadium. We are taking the same proactive approach as these concert tests," said Thierry Sauvage, general manager of OL Groupe, to the French daily newspaper Le Progrès on 17/02/2021.

Two test concerts with 1,000 people at the Dôme de Marseille (FRA) in a seated configuration "with the possibility of standing up", and a third for 5,000 people at the Accor Arena (Paris, FRA) in a standing configuration, will take place "in the second half of March" and in April 2021 (see details below), provided that "we are in calmer sanitary conditions," announced Roselyne Bachelot, French Minister of Culture, on the French television channel LCI (La Chaîne Info) on 15/02/2021.

"We want to draw on the many technological assets of the Groupama Stadium to facilitate these full-scale experiments. We are working with the administrative authorities to optimise the return of the public. We are ready to invest in research methods to facilitate the return of spectators. We want to return to normality as quickly as…