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Tokyo Olympics events will have a 10,000 capacity limit

Monday, 21 June 20213 min read
Tokyo Olympics events will have a 10,000 capacity limit

Despite constant warnings from health experts Tokyo Olympics organisers said spectators will be allowed in stadiums and arenas.

President of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee,Seiko Hashimoto said only domestic spectators are allowed and each venue is capped at 50% of the venue capacity to a maximum of  10,000.

A decision on spectators at the Paralympics will be taken in mid-July. Officials said they would make contingency plans to allow events to go ahead without any spectators if the infection rates get worse during the Olympics.

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