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What is the Shrine doing to make these events as Covid Friendly as possible?

The Shrine Centre cares about the health and the safety of our guests and staff. Although we can’t guarantee a Covid Free event, we can do a lot of things to reduce the possibility of anyone getting sick. We have numerous safety measures in place to make the event as Covid Friendly as possible. We are doing a lot of things to meet Alberta Health guidelines and Covid Restrictions including:

• Limiting the number of attendees to 100 per event (about 90 guests and 10 staff)
• Providing proper hand washing and sanitizing stations for guests and staff
• Professionally cleaning the event space, washrooms and kitchen before each event
• Proper signage to remind people to wash their hands, social distance etc.
• Using UV sanitizers in the kitchen and washrooms
• All touch surfaces in the tent will be cleaned between events
• Replacing cloth linens after every event
• Using paper napkins instead of cloth napkins so they can be disposed
• Ensuring tables and chairs meet social distancing requirements
• Using reputable catering companies that meet health and safety requirements
• Staff will wear masks and gloves
• Using cash-less payment systems for drinks so no cash is exchanged
• Using drink cans instead of poured pop/juice so our staff touch drink glasses less
• The tent walls can be opened on multiple sides to allow for excellent ventilation
• Providing storage areas away from the general event to reduce potential contamination between food/beverage areas and any guests
• We have fridges and freezers to ensure food and beverages are properly stored
• We can refuse entry to any guest that shows symptoms of being sick
• Any staff that are sick will not be allowed to work
• All events must provide us with a list of attendees, their contact info and table numbers so if Alberta Health needs to do contact tracing we have the details ready for them

These are just a few of the things the Event Centre is doing to keep you and our staff safe. If you have questions please email info@calgaryshrinecentre.com.