Ontario to Limit Capacity of Sports and Concert Venues to 1,000 People

Ontario is further limiting the capacity of large venues like arenas, concert venues and theatres as COVID-19 cases are surging across the province.

The province reported a pandemic high of 13,807 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.

Effective 12:01 a.m. on Friday, December 31, 2021, Ontario is restricting spectator capacity to 50 per cent of the usual seating capacity or 1,000 people, whichever is less, in the indoor areas of the following settings:

Spectator areas of facilities used for sports and recreational fitness activities (e.g., sporting events);
Concert venues; and
Theatres.

Ontario is also changing isolation guidelines to 5 days after the onset of symptoms for fully vaccinated people.

Other measures announced today include delaying return to classes to January 5th.

Public Health of Ontario says the risk of hospitalization and death is 54 per cent lower for those who have the Omicron variant than those who have the Delta variant. This is offset by the fact that Omicron spreads much faster than the Delta variant.