Theaters, stadiums allowed to reopen Monday In South Carolina

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NUDGED UP SLIGHTLY TO 10.9%. CAROL: A NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER IN SOUTH CAROLINA MANDATES FACE MASKS IN RESTAURANTS AND REOPENS FACILITIES LIKE STADIUMS, THEATERS AND MORE. RENEE WUNDERLICH IS LIVE OUTSIDE LEGACY EARLY COLLEGE FIE TONIGHT. RENE GOOD EVENING. SPEAKING WITH BUSINESS OWNERS, RESTAURANT TOURS, AND OTHER AFFECTED BY THE GOVERNOR’S LATEST EXECUTIVE ORDER, I HEA TWO THINGS. THE FIRST — EVERYONE IS CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY. THEY WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE, AND THEY WANT TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE. THE OTHER THING I HEARD WERE A VARIETY OF EMOTIONS. SOME ARE HOPEFUL, BUT OTHERS ARE A LITTLE FRUSTRATED. SOUTH CAROLINA SPACES ARE REOPENING, OR AT LEAST ARTIFICIALLY ALLOWED TO. >> FESTIVALS, PARADES, CONCERT, THEATER, STADIUM, ARENA, COLISEUM, MORATORIUM — YOU KEEPING UP WITH ME? ALL RIGHT. RENEE: THOSE VENUES CAN ALL REOPEN STARTING MONDAY, AUGUST 3, BUT FOR SOME, THIS IS THE LATEST CHALLENGE THEY HAVE TO NAVIGATE TO KEEP CUSTOMERS AND STAFF SAFE WHILE KEEPING THEIR BUSINESS OPEN. >> IT’S HARD BECAUSE IT’S ALMOST AS IF WE ARE BEING WHITTLED DOWN TO HOW MUCH CAN WE BE CUT AND STILL STAY OPEN? WE WERE AT 5. THEN 11:00. NOW NO ONE CAN STAND AT THE BAR WITH THE MASKS. WE ARE GOING TO DO WHATEVER WE ARE TOLD WE HAVE TO DO. RENEE: THIS NEW ORDER MANDATES FACE MASKS AND KEEPS SOCIAL DISTANCE AND OCCUPANCY GUIDELINES IN PLACE. >> THERE’S REALLY NOT A PLAN AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY. AS FAR AS THE LEADERSHIP OF THE STATE, I HOPE EVERYBODY KEEPS THAT IN MIN RENEE: REDUCED OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS WILL ALSO AFFECT SPORTS STADIUMS, SOMETHING THE GREENVILLE TRIUMPH SOCCER TEAM HAS PREPARED FOR SINCE MARCH. >> WE KN THE GOVERNORS ORDER ONLY ALLOWS UP TO 250, SO WE WILL BE ASKING FOR A WAIVER TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW MORE. WE FEEL WE CAN SAFELY ACCOMMODATE 1000 OR 2000 FANS AND CONTINUE TO COMPLY WITH ALL CDC RECOMMENDATIONS. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE FANS BACK OUT HERE, HOPEFULLY IN A COUPL OF WEEKS. RENEE: ALSO EARLIER TODAY, THE GREENVILLE CHAMBER PUT OUT A NEWS RELEASE CALLING ON THE COUNTY AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND MUNICIPALITIES TO MAK STRICTER FACE MASK OR FACE COVERING ORDINANCES. WE SHOULD REMIND YOU THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS ALSO CALLED FOR THE SAME THING AND GOVERNMEN — GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER HAS BEEN ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES IF HE WOULD ENACT A STATEWIDE FACE MASK OR STATE COVERING POLICIES. IN THE PAST, HE HAS SAID BECAUSE HE SAYS IT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE ENF

Additionally, restaurants will have to follow mandates that were previously recommendations.

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