‘Normal by fall’: Venues, event centers share plans for reopening with full capacity kdvr.com

It has been one year since the first COVID-19 case was reported in Colorado, and the rules of social distancing are starting to feel relatively normal.

But music venues and event centers are looking forward to getting back to what was normal before the virus changed everything.

“A packed show night in here, we would have hundreds of people in this venue,” said Duncan Goodman, owner of Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom in RiNo. “It was all standing, mostly general admission, and people were shoulder-to-shoulder.”

Before the pandemic, Cervantes could fit around 900 people in its venue. Today, the popular music ballroom looks more like a restaurant with table service for those attending shows.

“It’s going to be awkward when we get back to regular normal,” said Goodman. “This is our current normal, it was the new normal a few months ago and now it’s just normal.”

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