LaLiga to broadcast pre-recorded crowd noise when games resume
- LaLiga planning to run pre-recorded crowd noise when league resumes
- Plan is to give the games a ‘lively’ feeling
- Mental Health and Psychosocial considerations during the COVID-19 Pandemic
LaLiga is planning to broadcast games with pre-recorded crowd noise when the season resumes.
Spain’s top-flight division is planning a resumption of games that were suspended back in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The games are set to resume on June 11 behind closed doors and organizations involved in the production of the games have been planning how to improve the airing of games considering that the matches will be played without fans.
Spain’s league management has been contemplating on various options that could help enhance the audiovisual experience for the football fans.
The crowd noise will be gathered from past games in an attempt to recreate the atmosphere normally present during games.
Crowds are not expected to be allowed to attend major sporting events in Spain until as late as next year due to the coronavirus crisis.
The Bundesliga clash between Mainz and Red Bull Leipzig on Saturday was the first in Germany to feature manufactured crowd reactions.
Timo Werner’s hat-trick was greeted with cheers, which were initially believed to have been pumped into the stadium by the hosts.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez recently handed LaLiga permission to restart, along with other sectors of the country’s economy, as the nation eases out of lockdown.
Football was indefinitely suspended on March 12, with Spain having been among the countries most affected by the deadly disease.
Clubs in the top two tiers have returned to training in small groups to prepare for the return of the sport – although all non-professional leagues were scrapped.
