NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - Even when sports come back, many fans are saying that they will stay away from arenas if there is no vaccine for COVID-19.
A poll released by Seton Hall University last week stated 72 percent of Americans would not attend a sporting event if a vaccine had not been developed by game time. However, 12 percent said they would attend the event if social distancing was maintained at the events.
However, when sports fans were asked, 61 percent said they would attend games without the vaccine.
“We think its gonna open up again in July,” Al McCree, who books acts at several venues including the Ryman Auditorium, said. “We had planning meetings today about contingencies.”
Like other promoters, McCree said he is dealing with a new reality when booking acts.
“Maybe if we start live streaming, finding a way to charge for it, we can in fact improve our audience, because some people now, will not physically come to a concert for a number of reasons now,” McCree said.
While McCree has enough resources to see his way clear through the pandemic and there is another reality.
“We forecast no income from live entertainment this quarter,” he said.