Court tilts viewers

On Friday, the court made an urgent application of the three Lower Saxon third-league clubs Eintracht Braunschweig, SV Meppen and VfL Osnabrück against the current Corona Regulation in Lower Saxony at least partially held.

"The limitation to only 500 participants regardless of the capacity, the situation and the design of the venue is also inappropriate, taking into account the current infection events inappropriate and therefore a constitutionally not justified intervention in the legally protected professional exercise freedom of the applicants concerned," says In the reasoning. The definition of an absolute upper limit of 500 people for large venues such as football stages or outdoor stages is "no longer appropriate".

This judgment applies only to open-air events, but not only for the three clubs that moved to the Corona Regulation in court. In the future, the Bundesligaist VfL Wolfsburg or the second division Hannover 96 are allowed to watch more than 500 again. While Hannover has a home game against Darmstadt on Sunday, Wolfsburg plays at Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.

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However, the Upper Administrative Court also stated that a limitation of the number of audience is not objectionable. This means: who wants to play more than 500 spectators in the open air in the future, requires a permit of the competent authority on site.

Already this weekend, in Lower Saxony, the home games of Eintracht Braunschweig against SC Freiburg II, SV Meppen against TSV 1860 Munich (both Saturday) and Hannover 96 against Darmstadt 98 (Sunday). Therefore, 96 immediately submitted an application for health to expand the audience capacity.