Gov. Greg Abbott announced his third phase Wednesday of reopening Texas businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, allowing virtually all of them to operate at 50% capacity.
That is effective immediately, and there are “very limited exceptions,” Abbott’s office said.
Restaurants were already permitted to be open at 50% capacity. Abbott is allowing them to immediately increase their table size from six people to 10, and on June 12, they can ramp up their capacities to 75%.
Abbott’s latest order also brings news for professional and college sports that are played outdoors, letting the former shift from 25% capacity to 50% capacity at their stadiums and allowing the latter to resume for the first time, also at 50%.
“The people of Texas continue to prove that we can safely and responsibly open our state for business while containing COVID-19 and keeping our state safe,” Abbott said in a statement.
Via Executive Order, Phase III begins immediately. A breakdown of Phase III can be found below: #OpenTexasStrikeForce #TexasBizStrong ✅ pic.twitter.com/fcGR7JDt60
— Gov. Greg Abbott (@GovAbbott) June 3, 2020
This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/03/texas-reopening-coronavirus-greg-abbott/.
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