Germany to host first sports event with audience since COVID-19 outbreak

World-class athletics will return to Germany on 12 June with the PSD Bank Flight Night in Dusseldorf, which is reported to be the country’s first professional sporting event in front of spectators since the COVID-19 outbreak.

The event will not be taking place in a stadium or a town square. A pole vaulting facility will instead be constructed inside a drive-in cinema for the inaugural event, which will be headlined by three of Germany’s leading pole vaulters: Raphael Holzdeppe, Torben Blech and world fourth-placer Bo Kanda Lita Baehre.

Spectators can watch the action unfold right in front of them from the safety of their cars or on the big cinema screen. The organizers are also keen to stress that all containment, hygiene, and social distancing measures will be strictly adhered to.