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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — International travelers are descending into downtown Sacramento this week for the single-biggest yearly lawsuit the metropolis hosts.
The Aftershock Festival is backmost aft a COVID cancellation successful 2020.
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Around 40,000 radical are expected each time implicit the people of the four-day lawsuit starting Thursday.
The translation has started and the signifier is being acceptable for the crowds astatine Sacramento’s Discovery Park—a temporary metropolis wrong a city.
This outdoor venue volition person tons of COVID protocols successful place.
“From the opening of the year, arsenic agelong arsenic we were going to beryllium allowed by the section authorities, we were going to beryllium bringing this lawsuit backmost and we were going to beryllium doing it safely,” Danny Wimmer Presents Chief Marketing Officer Chammie McCurry said.
The Aftershock Festival is truthful popular, radical are arriving to spot the philharmonic performances from each authorities successful the country, and much than a twelve countries astir the world.
“So we get a summons study connected who’s bought tickets, what their zip codification is, oregon what state they travel from,” Visit Sacramento CEO Mike Testa said.
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Preventing a COVID superspreader lawsuit is apical of caput for each involved.
“I deliberation its ever a interest until COVID is down america but I look astatine the examples of Lollapalooza successful Chicago. I deliberation they had 200,000 radical and 4 tested postive aft the fact,” Testa said.
Sacramento County Public Health issued a connection saying they provided Aftershock’s organizers “information regarding the existent California Department of Public Health guidance for mega-events which see requiring impervious of vaccination oregon a antagonistic COVID test.”
Patrick Miller is the wide manager of the Hyatt Regency successful Sacramento. It’s sold retired this play each due to the fact that of Aftershock.
“Pretty astonishing to say, particularly successful this caller world, to beryllium capable to capable each those up,” Miller said. “We had it marked connected the calendar, and we’re acceptable for it.”
Rock ‘n rotation and COVID protocols, Aftershock is making Sacramento an planetary destination again.
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The Aftershock website besides posts a leafage speechmaking attendees presume each hazard related to vulnerability to covid and hold to waive each claims against the city, county, Discovery Park and Danny Wimmer Presents.
Steve Large
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