what will that look like in Nord-Pas-de-Calais?
It fell on Monday, December 27, shortly after 7.15 p.m.: the government is taking another turn in the face of the Covid-19 surge. Jean Castex and Olivier Véran have announced a battery of measures to face the fifth wave. These measures take effect on Monday and have consequences in Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
A dozen performance venues will lower their gauges
This lowering of the gauges, to 5,000 people for outdoor gatherings, and 2,000 indoors, has a strong impact on performance venues. Not to mention that for 3 weeks, concerts will have to take place seated, and not standing. About ten rooms, such as the Zénith de Lille (7,000 seats), Gayant Expo in Douai (13,000 seats), or the Kursaal in Dunkirk (5,000 seats) will have to reduce the number of spectators. “We kinda expect it “ blows a person from the management of the Zenith at France Bleu Nord.
It means no Gauvain Sers concert in Dunkirk on January 22. For its part, the Zenith of Lille has not yet made a decision for the concerts of Chantal Goya or even Benjamin Biolay, all scheduled for the first three weeks of January, the period related to this lowering of the gauge. As for the start of the Orelsan tour, it is purely and simply canceled, announces this Tuesday morning the organizer of the tour to our colleagues from RMC. The concert planned at the Zénith de Lille on January 20, 2022 could be concerned.
Mixed sporting events
Football or basketball, all sports are there. Starting with football and especially the Lens-Lille derby, the round of 16 of the Coupe de France scheduled for January 4 at 9 p.m. at the Bollaert stadium. The Sang et Or club will have to go from nearly 40,000 spectators to only 5,000. Not to mention the Gravelines basketball players. They will have to play Sportica in front of 1,700 people, only subscribers and partners, while they are normally in front of 2,500 people. The club will also have to do without the refreshment bar which provides part of the revenue. According to the club’s executive director, Hervé Beddeleem, joined by France Bleu Nord, the loss of turnover could reach 20,000 euros over three weeks.