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Center for the Performing Arts

Meetings, Gatherings, Events

Gatherings will be limited to no more than 50 people until our region enters Phase 5 of Restore Illinois. This greatly impacts campus activities, traditions, speaking events, and performances. These recommendations are to support as much interaction as safety allows, as these experiences enrich Redbird collegiate life.

  1. Unless approved for instruction, limit activities with prolonged and close contact, such as rehearsals and performances in music, theatre, and dance
  2. Open with capacity limits in place at the Bowling and Billiards Center, Student Fitness Center, Weibring Golf Course, auditoriums, theaters, planetarium, meeting spaces, galleries, and display venues
    1. Weibring Golf Course opened following guidance in Phase 4 Restore Illinois.
    2. The Student Fitness Center, Bowling and Billiards Center and Redbird Adventure Center will resume operations for fall 2020 with 50% occupancy limits for activity space and advanced registration for many programs.
    3. Other campus venues are finalizing plans for reopening in the fall with capacity limits.
  3. Limit activities that are high risk because of sustained person-to-person contact, such as sports practices and competitions, dance team rehearsals and competitions, cheerleading team rehearsals and competitions.
    1. NCAA sports teams have resumed conditioning and will begin practices in late July in accordance with NCAA and conference guidelines which include daily symptoms checks and quarantine for positive COVID-19 tests.
    2. Dance teams’ and cheerleading teams’ practices and competitions continue to be under review.
  4. Manage line queues at venues to maintain appropriate distancing
    1. Campus venues are developing methods to manage line queues within their facilities.
  5. Limit the size of gatherings to follow expectations in Restore Illinois, which are not intended to inhibit individual rights to free expression through peaceful rallies, protests, or demonstrations.
    1. Within Phase 4 of Restore Illinois (current phase), gatherings with 50 people or fewer are permitted.
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