Madison Square Garden, Radio City, more venues now require vax proof for ages 5 to 11

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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — MSG Entertainment announced Thursday that it will start checking for proof of vaccination for children ages 5 to 11 in order to gain entry into their famed venues, effective immediately.

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MSG said the update, which will require children ages 5 to 11 to receive at least one vaccine dose to enter, will follow New York City's latest COVID-19 vaccination mandate under the de Blasio administration and comes amid rising fears over the surging omicron variant and new measures to curb it.

The venues affected by the new policy include: Madison Square Garden, Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and Beacon Theatre.

MSG Entertainment also announced that starting Friday, Radio City Music Hall will host a mobile site to help exclusively vaccinate children ages 5 to 11.

"[We] are pleased, starting tomorrow, that we will be able to partner with the City to provide a mobile vaccination unit for children ages 5 to 11 to help to make meeting the City's child vaccination mandate easier," said Rich Constable, Executive VP, Global Head of Government Affairs and Social Impact.

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