I can’t see college students not partying. I also can’t picture them wearing masks to do it. The Universities could encourage masks on campuses but I don’t see them being required. Sports are likely not going to happen this year or at least not with fans in the stands. That’s going to be a big change on most campuses. Hopefully we don‘t have a second wave start with flu season or it may go right back to online only
Sounds promising. It will be interesting to see how it works out there and in Vegas if the strip opens back up. Should be a good test to see if/when Disney can open up.
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee To Be First Tourism Destination in United States Reopening on May 1st - Theme Park University
With the world on pause, many within the attractions industry are wondering what a “new normal” will look like. While most areas are still on lockdown of some sort, Tennessee recently said they will not be extending their stay-at-home order beyond April 30. This actually allows many businesses...themeparkuniversity.com
I think so, too. I’d be a bit anxious though with this happening so early in May. The Orange County mayor wants to see the area hotels up and running soon because hurricane season is starting. A variety of businesses reopening will be a good test to see if there is a spike and how to contain it when there is. As others have mentioned, the lockdown was always meant to help medical resources and not a permanent solution. I know I’ll be cautious when going out, probably still wearing my mask in May. Hope this works well go TN.
Pro sports will likely be back by the fall...likely without fans in the stands but they will be on TV. I was just talking about college sports. Besides the big guns like football and March madness there are a lot of smaller sports that still draw large crowds on campuses. Like wrestling in Iowa or a big crew event like the Dad Vail Regatta in Philly. Lots of fun stuff that colleges will lose out on. I also wonder how scholarships will work. Money raised by national televised sports is used to pay for scholarships for all sports. The richer Universities can dip into their billion dollar + endowments but not every school has that.
It sucks for the college level. All I want is my hockey back. Right now would be the second week of NHL playoffs.
Ouch. Sounds like a bankruptcy filing could be in their future. Shouldn’t impact operations too much but sucks for the bond holders. They will likely come out of this in much better financial shape. Legoland in FL and CA both do very well so they should be fine. Some of their other attractions could be in jeopardy.
They’ve been having money problems for awhile. They’re in the process of restructuring their finance departments moving all those jobs to the U.K. Major layoffs (high paying management positions) took place end of October at their Florida location. Even running extremely lean I think it’s going to be harder for them than other theme parks to reopen. As the article stated they may not.
I can’t see college students not partying. I also can’t picture them wearing masks to do it. The Universities could encourage masks on campuses but I don’t see them being required. Sports are likely not going to happen this year or at least not with fans in the stands. That’s going to be a big change on most campuses. Hopefully we don‘t have a second wave start with flu season or it may go right back to online only
Don’t tell anyone...but I would have too
I was invincible back then and also knew everything. The good old days
Local nurse talking about her experience. Very scary.
‘I underestimated this virus’: Vancouver nurse on recovering from COVID-19 | Globalnews.ca
After being sedated and intubated for a week, a Vancouver nurse is talking about how even she underestimated the severity of COVID-19.globalnews.ca
I wouldn't count big NCAA sports out like football. Lots of money to be made there which supports lots of the women's and the smaller sports.
Don’t tell anyone...but I would have too
Possibly with out fans. All depends on how far we have moved forward.
I think the park will be fine. The Canadian pension fund and Blackstone won‘t make out as well. Once they go chapter 11 or the international equivalent then they should emerge with a lower debt load and the ability to raise more capital for upkeep and expansion. They saw a dip from the fact that LEGO Movie 2 flopped and they built park expansions around it but they still have a good product and a place in the market. I’m more worried about Sea World.
They were bought by Lego last year hoping they do make it. The supposed plan was to invest some big money in to the Legoland resorts at a minimum since Merlin has been using Lego’s brand name paying them a royalty. Merlin is the second largest theme park company. Only Disney beats them. Hard to say if they’ll survive this.
I’m more worried about Merlin. But I base that on personal experience. I’m glad one of us is optimistic
Not counting it completely out but it’s not looking good. There’s a lot of time still so maybe things get better. Look how much changed in the last few months. I did see a plan talked about where they would have some regional college football games even if the whole NCAA isn’t open. Basically if schools want to host football they will match up with other schools who also do. Won’t be the same as a regular season but could work better than nothing given the circumstances. Here’s an article talking about it.
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