An expert here says he doesn't think mass gatherings like sporting events and music concerts will come back until the second half of next year.
I think a lot of clubs will go out of business if they can't sell tickets. The only thing I think they could do would be to play behind closed doors and have the Premier League clubs share out the TV and sponsorship money with lower league and non-league clubs, who would be harder hit with no crowds. But it might still not be enough.
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.....In a recent roundtable discussion, hosted and transcribed by the New York Times, bioethicist and professor of healthcare management Zeke Emanuel says he has “no idea” how promoters that are rescheduling arts and music events for later this year “think that’s a plausible possibility”. Read the full video conference transcript here.
“Larger gatherings – conferences, concerts, sporting events – when people say they’re going to reschedule this conference or graduation event for October 2020, I have no idea how they think that’s a plausible possibility. I think those things will be the last to return,” Emmanuel said in the video conference.
“Realistically we’re talking fall 2021 at the earliest.”.....
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https://www.nme.com/news/music/coron...n-2021-2645626
Original New York Times article -
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/m...my-debate.html which I haven't read because you need to login.