The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact across the globe, but there are signs that life is gradually returning to some semblance of normality.
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While sports events eventually returned as the world continues to battle Covid-19, no fans were allowed to attend and this meant less work for those whose living is heavily reliant on people walking through the turnstiles at stadiums every week. But venues are slowly welcoming fans back and this means there is hope for the many who depend on the so-called stadium economy for their livelihood.
“I don’t know how some of us made it all these months because things were bad while sitting at home with no income at all. I am speaking for myself, but I can tell you that almost all security officers who work part-time went through the same thing. The test project was very successful and the PSL followed suit when 2,000 tickets were made available to the MTN final between Sundowns and City on Saturday. The tickets went to the two finalists, accredited personnel, including working staff, members of the media, players, technical team members and match officials.
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