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The latest Corona case numbers from the FOPH today at noon: 8,616 new cases in the last 24 hours. The positivity rate is now 28 percent!
Now the Federal Council is (finally) applying the emergency brake! Shortly after 4 p.m., let the cat out of the bag.
In addition to closed nightclubs and national police time at 11pm, professional soccer and ice hockey clubs are back in your wallets.
Berset to new measures: “Last chance to avoid the blockade”(03:10)
A maximum of 50 people
Only events with a maximum of 50 people are allowed. That actually means ghost games for all the clubs. But, according to Health Minister Alain Berset: “The cantons can go further. The measures that the cantons have already taken continue to apply. “
Media: For YB, Sion and FC Thun football clubs, as well as for Berner Hockey-Klubs SC Bern, EHC Biel, SCL Tigers and SC Langenthal, there are only 0 fans until further notice. The same goes for clubs in Valais.
But Federal President Simonetta Sommaruga also says: “We need football.”
Those affected have long done the calculation of ghost games.
Big losses
Marc Lüthi, CEO of SC Bern, speaks of a loss of 15 million francs. Peter Zahner, managing director of ZSC Lions, expects a loss of eight to ten million.
The high-flying FC St. Gallen also suffered a severe blow in the spring. The eastern Swiss were leaders at the beginning of the blockade. According to President Matthias Hüppi, the FCSG lost 500,000 Swiss francs per home game without fans: three million (!) Macht in six home games.
Health Minister Berset took a look at the St. Gallen kybunpark two weeks ago and praised the club’s safety concept.
According to the SCB, it has spent half a million on its security concept. A tremendously expensive paper tiger.
Professional clubs are now demanding the support of the state and the cantons. And not in the form of loans (repayable), but as amounts of funds lost. These are contributions that the public authorities do not have to return from the beginning.
One of the arguments of professional clubs, especially in Zurich: the Zurich Opera House receives 80 (!) Million Swiss francs in subsidies every year. The performances are mainly visited by an elite clientele.
The National League and the Swiss League wrote in a statement about the reduction to 50 people: “This is a big setback!”
And the Swiss Football League writes in an opening statement: “The decision has huge negative effects on the financial situation of SFL clubs. However, the league is doing everything in its power to keep playing. A prolonged ban on major events poses an existential threat to clubs. “
