- Title: Toronto re-opens world-famous CN Tower with coronavirus safety measures
- Date: 15th July 2020
- Summary: TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA (JULY 15, 2020) (REUTERS) VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF CN TOWER VIEW FROM GLASS ELEVATOR GOING UP STADIUM TO SKYLINE FAMILY LOOKING OUT AT VIEWS TO MIRRORED CEILING (SOUNDBITE) (English) CN TOWER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, PETER GEORGE, SAYING: "So today, we're very excited to be welcoming Torontonians and folks back to the CN Tower. This is our opening day. We've spent four months in preparation for this. We've done a lot of training of our staff, we've got a lot of safety features in place so we're really excited to be able to reopen and welcome guests back in a safe way." VIEW OF STREET FROM TOWER SKYSCRAPERS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT VIEWS (SOUNDBITE) (English) CN TOWER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, PETER GEORGE, SAYING: "I think the CN Tower is a very important part of Toronto and Canada but what's really spectacular are the views. You can come down and really experience the city like you've never been able to experience the city before." MAN CLEANING WINDOWS PEOPLE LOOKING AT VIEWS TRAVEL BLOGGER ANDREW LUBCZUK TAKING PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) TRAVEL BLOGGER, ANDREW LUBCZUK, SAYING: "I've only been up here with tons and tons of crowds so this is amazing to really... I was telling my wife it feels like a VIP experience almost so I recommend people come down, take advantage of the low crowd levels, so yeah, I felt completely safe so far. I love how they've put hand sanitizer stations up and things that like to make you feel safe, so I think it's been great." WALKING SHOT GOING AROUND THE TOWER
- Embargoed: 29th July 2020 22:45
- Keywords: CN Tower Canada Toronto coronavirus heights masks panorama restrictions views
- Location: TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA
- City: TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA
- Country: Canada
- Topics: Health/Medicine
- Reuters ID: LVA001CMX9S93
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Canada reopened the CN Tower in Toronto on Wednesday (July 15), allowing visitors to scale the heights of the city.
Completed in 1976, the CN Tower - named after the railway company Canadian National who built the tower - was the world's tallest free-standing structure until 2007 and usually has more than two million visitors each year.
However, visitor limits are now in place to ensure social distancing during the coronavirus global pandemic.
"We've spent four months in preparation for this. We've done a lot of training of our staff, we've got a lot of safety features in place so we're really excited to be able to reopen and welcome guests back in a safe way," said the CN Tower's COO, Peter George.
Andrew Lubczuk, a travel blogger from the site wherewegoingnext.com, enjoyed the experience, saying "I was telling my wife it feels like a VIP experience almost so I recommend people come down, take advantage of the low crowd levels, so yeah, I felt completely safe so far. I love how they've put hand sanitizer stations up and things that like to make you feel safe, so I think it's been great."
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