Plans to bring fans back into stadiums on 'Pause' - what this means for Twickenham

By The Editor

5th Nov 2021 | Local News

Twickenham Stadium
Twickenham Stadium

October was set to be a big month for sports fans as they would finally be allowed to return to sports stadiums.

This however will not be the case now.

The rise in Coronavirus cases means the plans are now on hold.

Locally many people were worried about 40,000 people descending on Twickenham Stadium next month.

This event will now have to be postponed.

The future of the Twickenham Drive-In coronavirus test centre is now unclear as it was scheduled to close at the end of September due to fans returning to Twickenham.

This news will be a bitter blow for lower-league clubs who rely on ticket revenue to survive.

Speaking to BBC Breakfast cabinet minister Michael Gove said:

"We were looking at a staged programme of more people returning - it wasn't going to be the case that we were going to have stadiums thronged with fans," he said.

"We're looking at how we can, for the moment, pause that programme, but what we do want to do is to make sure that, as and when circumstances allow, get more people back.

"The virus is less likely to spread outdoors than indoors but again it's in the nature of major sporting events that there's a lot of mingling."

     

New teddington Jobs Section Launched!!
Vacancies updated hourly!!
Click here: teddington jobs

Share:

Related Articles

Arts Richmond is hosting several events at Strawberry Hill House throughout December (Credit: Strawberry Hill House)
Local News

Arts Richmond announces December events

Hampton Court Palace's ice rink opens tomorrow Credit: Historic Royal Palaces
Local News

Ice skating returns to Hampton Court Palace

Sign-Up for our FREE Newsletter

We want to provide teddington with more and more clickbait-free local news.
To do that, we need a loyal newsletter following.
Help us survive and sign up to our FREE weekly newsletter.

Already subscribed? Thank you. Just press X or click here.
We won't pass your details on to anyone else.
By clicking the Subscribe button you agree to our Privacy Policy.