{"id":16824,"date":"2021-04-26T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/?p=16824"},"modified":"2022-08-25T02:52:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T02:52:26","slug":"restrictions-loosen-vaccinations-rise-expanded-capacity-social-gathering-may-15-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/restrictions-loosen-vaccinations-rise-expanded-capacity-social-gathering-may-15-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Restrictions Loosen! Vaccinations Rise = Expanded Capacity &#038; Social Gathering (May 15, 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good News for Virginia business and Virginia weddings, starting May 15, 2021. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is feeling optimistic about the number of vaccines administered and therefore is reducing restrictions, as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Social gatherings:<\/strong>&nbsp;The maximum number of individuals permitted in a social gathering will increase to 100 people for indoor settings and 250 people for outdoor settings (currently limited to 50 [indoors] and 100 [outdoors].&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Entertainment venues:<\/strong>&nbsp;Indoor entertainment and public amusement venues will be able to operate at 50 percent capacity or 1,000 people (currently 30 percent capacity or 500 people). Outdoor venues will be able to operate at 50 percent capacity (currently 30 percent). <\/li><li><strong>Recreational sporting events:<\/strong>&nbsp;The number of spectators allowed at indoor recreational sporting events will increase from 100 to 250 spectators or 50 percent capacity, whichever is less. Outdoor recreational sporting events will increase from 500 to 1,000 people (or 50 percent capacity, whichever is less).<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Alcohol sales:<\/strong>&nbsp;Restaurants may return to selling alcohol after midnight, and dining room closures will no longer be required between midnight and 5:00 a.m.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Your wedding may look like you dreamed it to be, instead of with 10 guests and photos in the pews. Bars can serve alcohol after 10pm and have people come order a drink from their favorite bartender. You might be able to tailgate at a football game, this fall. It almost feels&#8230;.normal, right? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pandemic-wedding-funny-photos-in-pews-1200x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pandemic-wedding-funny-photos-in-pews-1200x600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pandemic-wedding-funny-photos-in-pews-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pandemic-wedding-funny-photos-in-pews-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pandemic-wedding-funny-photos-in-pews-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pandemic-wedding-funny-photos-in-pews.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>maximum number of individuals permitted in a social gathering will increase to 100 people for indoor settings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pouring-shots.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pouring-shots.jpg 760w, https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pouring-shots-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pouring-shots-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption>Virginia may return to selling alcohol after midnight and dining room closures will no longer be required from 12am-5am<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"885\" src=\"https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/virginia-football-1200x885.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/virginia-football-1200x885.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/virginia-football-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/virginia-football-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/virginia-football-1536x1132.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/virginia-football-600x442.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vaabc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/virginia-football.jpg 2013w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>outdoor recreational sporting events will increase from 500 to 1,000 people (or 50 percent capacity, whichever is less).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Virginia has now administered more than 5.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and is currently giving 77,000 shots per day. Over 3.5 million people have received at least one dose of the vaccine (more than 1\/2 of all Virginia adults). <strong>Governor Northam said<\/strong>, \u201cI\u2019m optimistic that we will be able to take more steps in June. We are working to significantly ramp up vaccinations even further and aim to reduce capacity limits in June, hopefully all the way.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>*Disclaimer: The information provided on this website does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice; instead, all information, content, and materials available on this site are for general informational purposes only.\u00a0 Information on this website may not constitute the most up-to-date legal or other information.\u00a0 This website contains links to other third-party websites.\u00a0 Such links are only for the convenience of the reader, user, or browser; ABC Consulting VA, LLC does not recommend or endorse the contents of the third-party sites. Readers of this website should contact their attorney to obtain advice with respect to any particular legal matter.\u00a0 No reader, user, or<\/em> <em>browser of this site should act or refrain from acting on the basis of information on this site without first seeking legal advice from counsel in the relevant jurisdiction.\u00a0 Only your individual attorney can provide assurances that the information contained herein \u2013 and your interpretation of it \u2013 is applicable or appropriate to your particular situation. The views expressed at, or through, this site are those of the individual authors&#8217; writing in their individual capacities only.\u00a0 All liability with respect to actions taken or not taken, based on the contents of this site, are hereby expressly disclaimed.\u00a0 The content on this posting is provided &#8220;as is;&#8221; no representations are made that the content is error-free. In no capacity do we represent the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, IRS, SCC or any other government agency.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good News for Virginia business and Virginia weddings, starting May 15, 2021. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is feeling optimistic about the number of vaccines administered and therefore is reducing restrictions. Read the details, by clicking below, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[64,51,49,48,1,84,76,77,78],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Restrictions Loosen! 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