The pre-season friendly will be staged as a pilot event with 2,500 viewers to be welcomed at Amex Arena
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Premier League club Brighton will host their English football top-flight rivals Chelsea on Saturday and their pre-season friendly will be staged as a pilot occasion with 2,500 spectators to be invited at Amex Arena.
The British federal government revealed on Wednesday a more batch of sporting occasions that will be utilized to pilot the safe return of spectators. Brighton’s friendly with Chelsea on Saturday will be the very first football match being played as a pilot event in England, followed by a females’s football pre-season friendly in Lewes on Sunday, reports Xinhua news firm.
” It’s a huge opportunity to demonstrate to the government and public that we can stage an event safely. It is the first little step to a go back to regular,” stated Brighton club’s chief executive Paul Barber.
An overall of 2,500 tickets will be available to Brighton’s season-ticket holders and club members.
All mass gatherings have actually been suspended in England given that March due to the COVID-19 pandemic prior to snooker, football, cricket and a couple of elite sport occasions resumed in June behind closed doors. Fans are expected to go back to stadiums in October if the pilot occasions go well.
The Premier League will start the new season on September 12.
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