Yesterday, Governor Wolf announced that he will be easing restrictions on bars and restaurants effective on April 4. Under the easing, establishments that are self certified will be allowed to operate at 75% capacity (up from the current 50%) and those not self certified will be permitted to operate at 50% capacity (up from the current 25%). In addition, the current curfew that states “No alcohol sales after 11 PM” will be lifted. These developments are very welcome news and are an important factor in the resumption of pool league. I will be checking with the establishments that we play in the coming weeks to see which locations will be welcoming us back once the restrictions are eased. I believe that most establishments will be ready ASAP but that is up to the discretion of the bars and not my decision. Under the assumption that most/all of the locations are ready, we will hopefully be resuming league as soon as I feel that the majority of players are ready to play. We are making huge strides everyday in getting people vaccinated and I believe that in April, most of the high risk people should be vaccinated (if they choose to be). I will continue to monitor things but at this time, I’m thinking that we COULD be ready as soon as Monday April 5, but more likely sometime in Mid April. NO PROMISES ON ANYTHING, but I wanted to give everyone some idea of what my TENTATIVE PLANS are. Obviously once we are ready to resume, people will still need to take precautions and follow the rules of the establishments that we play.
