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Los Angeles County is utilizing both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 Community Levels and California SMARTER Plan to guide the realignment of our local public health response to focus on reducing medically significant illness and minimizing strain on the healthcare system. See Los Angeles County Post-Surge Dashboard. The core community prevention strategies are indoor masking, testing, vaccine verification, and ventilation.
Below is a summary of requirements and best practices for businesses that host Mega Events to enhance safety for their workers, customers, and communities, and to lower the risk of COVID-19 transmission within their establishments. Mega Events include indoor events with more than 1,000 attendees and outdoor events with more than 10,000 attendees. Mega Events must follow the requirements of the LA County Health Officer Order. Examples of Mega Events include, but are not limited to conventions, conferences, expos, concerts, shows, sporting events, live entertainment, fairs, festivals, parades, amusement parks, marathons or endurance races and car shows. Operators that host smaller events should review and follow DPH Best Practice Guidance to Prevent COVID-19 in Smaller Events and Cultural Institutions.
Please be sure to read and follow the general guidance for businesses & employers.
The specific best practices below are intended to supplement the general guidance.
* Some independent contractors are considered as employees under the State Labor Code. For more details, check the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Independent contractor versus employee webpage.
Risk varies based on the size of an event and whether it occurs indoors or outdoors. Outdoor events and those with lower numbers of attendees pose less of a risk of transmission compared to large, indoor events. Below is a table that describes the different rules that apply based on these two event characteristics.
Event Location | Number of Attendees | Masking Rules | Proof of Full Vaccination (or negative test)* required for patrons? |
---|---|---|---|
INDOOR | Under 1,000 |
Strongly recommended for all, regardless of vaccination status |
Strongly recommended |
1,000 or more (Mega Event) |
Strongly recommended for all, regardless of vaccination status |
Strongly recommended | |
OUTDOOR** | Under 10,000 | Recommended for individuals at higher risk of severe illness if they cannot maintain distance from others. | Recommended |
10,000 or more (Mega Event) |
Recommended for individuals at higher risk of severe illness if they cannot maintain distance from others. | Recommended |
*A person is considered fully vaccinated for COVID-19 two weeks or more after they have received either: their second dose in a 2-dose series (Pfizer or Moderna), a single-dose of a 1-dose series (Johnson and Johnson/Janssen), or after finishing the primary series of a COVID-19 vaccine listed for use by the World Health Organization. COVID-19 testing must be conducted on a sample taken within 1 day for an antigen test and within 2 days for a PCR test prior to entry into an event.