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eVent safety allianCe reopening guide

this guide is partiCularly helpful to smaller Venues

As municipal officials begin to allow small reopening plan these will be allowed to
groups of people to gather in public even reopen first.
while the fight against COVID-19 continues, Other than emphasizing the importance
there is a tremendous need for guidance on of following authoritative scientific advice
how small events and venues can reopen from organizations such as the United States
as safely as possible under these incredibly Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
challenging circumstances. In response, the and the World Health Organization, the
Event Safety Alliance today released The Reopening Guide offers suggestions and
Event Safety Alliance Reopening Guide. alternative practices for consideration rather
The Reopening Guide addresses health than claiming that any one practice is better
and sanitary issues that event and venue than all others. Event Safety Alliance Vice
professionals need to consider in order to President Steven A. Adelman, the head of
protect both patrons and workers. Since Adelman Law Group, PLLC and editor of
there is still insufficient testing, no contact the Reopening Guide, explains how the
tracing, and no vaccine against COVID-19, document applies the legal duty of care.
this guidance is particularly detailed. The first “As a matter of common law, everyone has
edition is tailored to be especially useful for a duty to behave reasonably under their
event professionals reopening the smallest own circumstances. Consequently, there is
events with the fewest resources available to no such thing as ‘best’ practices. There are
mitigate their risks, since in every municipal only practices that are reasonable for this

WE LOVE HISTORIC VENUES AND THE
COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.

WE ARE EAGER TO SEE OUR MANY
FRIENDS RETURN TO THE STAGE.

BE SAFE AND BE STRONG.

WE’LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN.

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