It's official: From October onwards, the party can be celebrated again in Bavaria.
But while the club operators are already rolling up their sleeves, there are still no specific rules - whether wearing a mask creates a disco feeling is just one of many questions.
Munich
- Johannes Mottl stands in an empty hall.
Orphaned bar counters are lined up on the walls, the chairs are up, the cleaning light shines brightly into the room.
Here in the Pistolero Club, where hundreds of people from Bad Tölz and the surrounding area used to celebrate every weekend, there is a hangover mood.
Because during the pandemic, all party locations had to stay tight.
But now, after a good year and a half, there is finally hope for the Bavarian club operators: On Tuesday, Prime Minister Markus Söder announced new easing.
One of them is the opening of the dance halls from October.
The 3G rule applies to admission without exception: guests must be vaccinated, recovered or tested - and only the PCR tests count.
Bavaria's disco operators are faced with a difficult question: 3G concept or full club?
Operators like Johannes Mottl roll up their sleeves in order to implement the strict requirements: “We will be meticulous to ensure that the measures are implemented. But of course we have to hire at least one more employee. ”Mottl is already assuming high costs, but he is happy to accept them:“ We want to seize the opportunity we get from politics and show that we are responsible Can make a safe night life possible. ”The headache is the mask requirement:“ A disco with a face mask just doesn't work. ”But it has not yet been determined whether there will be a mask requirement. That would affect the admission controls: "If we can avoid the mask requirement with a 2G concept, then we have to exclude those who have been tested with a heavy heart," says Mottl.
The operators in Munich are also happy about the prospect, but are skeptical, as Alexander Spierer, operator of the Sweet on Maximiliansplatz explains: “If we are not allowed to drive at full capacity, we will not open because it makes no economic sense.
Not even if people have to keep their distance and wear a mask. ”Another problem is the staff, especially the mini-jobbers:“ A lot of them jumped off over time. ”
In the stream in Munich's Lindwurmstrasse, too, the question of who is allowed in from October is the all-important topic: “It's difficult and somehow also a question of conscience: on the one hand we want it to continue, on the other hand we want it of course Don't exclude anyone ”, says operator Frank Bergmeyer.
Spinning wheel at Spitzingsee: PCR tests would have to be done in other districts
Excluding guests through the 2G rule is out of the question for Marco Koob: “Many would like to be tested if they can celebrate for it.” The 27-year-old ran Club Wuid in Rosenheim until March 2020.
After the renovation, the name BavaMia is new, but Koob can still count on his permanent staff.
“I hope that Bavaria will orientate itself towards Baden-Württemberg, where clubs with the 3G rule can be fully booked.” Then the BavaMia would again have room for 270 guests.
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In the starting blocks: Christoph Simon is looking forward to the reopening of the spinning wheel.
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Christoph Simon from Spinnradl am Spitzingsee (Miesbach district) also reacts happily but still skeptically to the decisions. “The past has shown that the situation can change quickly,” he says. “It's not October yet. When the number of infections goes up in autumn, politicians will probably come up with something new. ”After all: Simon's 50 employees are almost all back at work. The downside is the mandatory PCR test. In the district - unlike in Munich or Rosenheim - there is no test station that can deliver the result on the same day. "If a quick test were sufficient, we could set up a station at the entrance," says Simon. He doesn't want to complain: "As soon as we are allowed to open, we will do it. We are in the starting blocks." Mas / sco / bst / leo