SHL desire – so the league wants to bring in more spectators

14 SHL clubs have agreed they want to introduce vaccine passes so they can receive more spectators in the stands until the start of the season on September 11.

Similar plans exist in the UK, among other places. There, it may be appropriate to obtain vaccine permits in arenas of more than 20,000 seats as of the end of September. And in Sydney, Australia, vaccination permits will be required at major sports venues from next year.

In many US baseball and basketball arenas, they are already beginning to demand proof that the public has been vaccinated or that they can show negative coronavirus test results.

At the beginning of the summer, the government also commissioned the Swedish Public Health Agency (FHM) to review the issuance of the vaccine passport. The investigation has not yet been submitted, and Sarah Byforce, unit director at FHM, says there are no plans to release vaccines at this time.

– It may change in the future when everyone will have the opportunity to be vaccinated, but I will leave this without charge, I told TT.

Settlement is delayed

The reason the SHL is pushing the issue of passing the vaccine at the moment is that the infection situation in Sweden is high and the next step is in deregulation, where you can completely fill the sports arenas, and therefore it seems to be behind.

Last season, a maximum of eight people were allowed in attendance. Under current rules, there are 300 people per department, if other coronavirus restrictions can be met.

– Today, our clubs can accommodate from 750 to 2500 to 3000 people. With vaccination permits, the CEO of SHL says, we can accommodate more, but also retain a portion of the yard where current restrictions are still in place.

urgent message

Silverstrand says it’s very important to get the public back.

– From a financial point of view, it is important that audience revenue is a large part of the revenue that we have. But for us, it is also important to restore the audience in general, the audience is another dimension of hockey matches.

The message on the issue of vaccine permits is urgent.

There are periods of change in how organizations approach, and it’s very big processes to work around different departments and approaches. Therefore, the information is needed now to be able to meet this until the start of the season, says Silfversrand.

It also hopes that the introduction of vaccine permits for exercise, as well as cultural activities, will lead to more people getting vaccinated.

– And then we can get back to normal more quickly.

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