ExclusiveCovid-19/France: "A 50% stadium capacity limit with a cap of 25,000 spectators" (Karl Olive, LFP)

"I said to myself: let's divide the capacity of the stadium by two, let's set the capacity at 50%. With 50%, we're more or less within the two-metre distance. And why a cap of 25,000 spectators? To better manage the flow of spectators in and out of the stadium and to avoid too many calculations," said Karl Olive, deputy secretary general of the Ligue de Football Professionnel, to News Tank Football on 11/01/2022.

"In a few days, the subject of stadium capacity will be back in the spotlight. Here are the proposals I am making after having tested them with many members of the LFP, presidents, sporting directors, healthcare professionals, MPs... This contribution is personal," wrote Olive on Twitter on 09/01/2022 (see below).

"Until and including 23/01/2022, the number of people hosted may not exceed 2,000 in indoor sports venues and 5,000 in outdoor venues (in France)," states decree no. 2021-1957 of 31/12/2021, prescribing the general measures necessary for the management of the exit from the health crisis, in accordance with the measures taken by the French Public Health Defence…