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Six Flags Magic Mountain would be able to re-open as early as April 1 under new coronavirus guidelines set by the state, with Los Angeles County health officials set to consider aligning changes with the state.
On Friday afternoon, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California theme parks would be able to re-open at 15 percent capacity as early as April 1, providing their county is in the red tier of the state’s “Blueprint for a Safer Economy.”
Six Flags Magic Mountain, as well as Universal Studios Hollywood, reside in Los Angeles County, and their re-openings could be dictated by the L.A. County Department of Public Health (LADPH).
“I can’t say definitively right now how we will respond to those particular announcements that were made.” LADPH Science Officer Dr. Paul Simon told reporters Friday. “Our intent is to try to align as much as possible with the state recommendations.”
As of Friday, Los Angeles County was in the purple, widespread tier, meaning many non-essential indoor business operations are closed.
“We’ll certainly look at that very closely and I would say probably, within the next week, we’ll be able to provide a response,” Dr. Simon said.
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In addition to outdoor theme parks, sporting and concert events stadiums would be able to open at 20 percent capacity if the county in which they reside is in the red tier.
“On behalf of the Dodger organization and its fans, we want to express our sincere appreciation and gratitude to Governor Newsom, his staff and the many others who have worked tirelessly on these revised guidelines which provide a blueprint for California outdoor sports venues to reopen to fans,” reads an official statement from Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers.
This update is similar to a bill co-sponsored by Assemblywoman Suzette Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, that would have allowed for the re-opening of theme parks under essentially the same circumstances the governor outlined Friday.
“The Governor has heard our call to open theme parks safely and responsibly as other states have been doing safely for months now,” Valladares wrote. “As of April 1, parks like Six Flags Magic Mountain will be able to open at 15 percent capacity.”
Infection rates are to be monitored to determine the re-opening rates of each outdoor amusement park or sports venue.
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As Gomer Pyle would say surprise surprise .. …. ….
it’s March – a mere 6 weeks into a new administration.
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel; but there is a requirement of weekly worker testing for the Theme Parks and Outdoor Venues (concerts, sports, etc.). The weekly worker testing for the Theme Parks extends into the Yellow Tier, while Outdoor Venues only need to do the testing in the Red and Orange Tiers. No other sector has had to follow that requirement. It still seems as if the State Leaders (and I use that term loosely) have no interest in helping the Theme Parks re-open without adding on some sort of additional expense, in this case weekly testing programs. I never did get tested because I couldn’t get an appointment. I wonder what the logistics will be to tests several Thousand employees each week? If they have stay quarantined until they get their results then the Parks would have to have about 1/3 more employees just to cover for those waiting results. That additional testing and quarantine would be a further burden on the employees’ families without that income for those few days or will the State make the companies pay “quarantine” pay; that could be another expense.
Yup, there is a light at the end of this tunnel – but it might be just another train on the track.
Oh yeah 15% capacity. They cant run that park at that level. At least not all of the services/rides. Orange allows all of 33%, yellow, currently the most open tier in CA, 67%. There is NO Green tier. Newsome and Biden/Harris never see going back to normal like many states are already doing. Businesses cannot run at 67% unless their customers are willing to pay 33% more for the same service.