Tonight with limited capacity of about 50,000 people. Cnns evan mcmorrissantoro is at churchill downs. Thats a lot of people in attendance at the derby, even though its far less than what theyre used to. What are organizers doing to keep people safe . Thats right, fred, you mentioned at the top there are other places in the world that are still really feeling this pandemic that were all in. But here i am in churchill downs, theyre not feeling it. I realize last time we talked, i didnt really illustrate for you exactly how the rules work exactly. Youre here in the infield, you walk around, talk to people, do whatever you want, and then you have to wear a mask unless youre doing this drinking a mint julep. And then the mask is supposed to go back on. But you see the crowd here, its pretty big, but its not as big as usual. Usually theres 170,000 people maximum they had before. This year only 50,000. When you come in, theyre doing Temperature Checks and checking on giving you hand sanitize
Restrictions from india as it is dealing with the devastating coronavirus outbreak, and the country setting a global record recorded for 100,000 new cases in a single day. Back in u. S. , more incremental steps for the normalcy and the Kentucky Derby is set for tonight with the limited capacity of 50,000 people. Evan mcmorris santora is at churchill down, and evan, what is being done there to keep everyone safe and i imagine that the folks are out to be doing something they love. Well, you know, that is right, fred. It is a party scene here, and people want to be out, and the Churchill Downs is taking a lot of steps to try and make things different this time around. And you know, a limited capacity that you mentioned, and upwards to 170,000 at these derbies sometimes and this time, 50,000 is the expectation, and the big test is whether or not we can do the indoor events again dealing with the pandemic, and now in the world the confusing cdc guidelines of what to do with the mask or not