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Executive Order No. 225 (2021)

Religious services at 50 percent of room capacity; sports and entertainment venues with 5,000 or more fixed seats at 10 percent indoors and 15 percent outdoors from March 1, 2021; parents at collegiate sports

Governor Philip D. Murphy · New Jersey (State)

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Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
State
Authority
N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.
Issued
2021-02-22 Feb. 22, 2021
Effective
Para. 1 immediately; paras. 2-3 at 6:00 a.m. Monday, March 1, 2021 (read as 2021-03-01)
End
Large-venue provisions superseded by EO 234 (2,500-seat venues at 20/30 percent, Apr. 2, 2021), EO 238 and EO 239 (May 2021), EO 242 (full capacity May 28 / June 4, 2021) (read as 2021-04-02)
In force
Mar. 1, 2021 to Apr. 2, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues
Addressees
  • religious services and celebrations
  • sports and entertainment venues with fixed seating of 5,000 or more
  • collegiate athletics
Functions reached
  • PE/SP arenas and stadiums at 10 and 15 percent
  • WS worship 50 percent
  • CN concessions at large venues
Collection
New Jersey NJ

Operative words

Para. 2: "Effective Monday, March 1 at 6:00 a.m., sports and entertainment venues, including concert venues and stadiums, with fixed seating capacity of 5,000 or greater, that have opened their indoor spaces to the public may permit a number of patrons and/or members of the public totaling up to 10 percent of the stated maximum capacity of any room where such event is held... including, but not limited to, the requirements regarding mask wearing in Executive Order No. 192 (2020). All attendees at the event are required to be six feet apart". Para. 3: outdoor venues "up to 15 percent".

Enforcement

Para. 9: N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50

Notes

Arenas (Prudential Center, MetLife Stadium) reopened to spectators at 10 to 15 percent after eleven months closed to the public.

Retrieval note

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