The Met Philadelphia

Health & Safety

• Our venue will continue to ensure we are meeting or exceeding the latest guidelines from local government and public health officials as regulations continue to evolve. Please be sure to check the specific event page for the latest entry requirement details ahead of arriving to the venue for your show. Ticket purchasers will also receive direct emails with important information leading up to the show. Please note that requirements and venue protocols (such as masking, testing and vaccination) are subject to change, so be sure to check back closer to your event date for the latest information.


• The safety of our artists, fans, and staff is always our top priority and planned for accordingly. We encourage those who are sick to stay home, and remind everyone coming to our venues to wash their hands regularly with soap and water and use hand sanitizer.


• The safety of our artists, fans, and staff is always our top priority and planned for accordingly. We encourage those who are sick to stay home, and remind everyone coming to our venues to wash their hands regularly with soap and water and use hand sanitizer.

We continue to implement preventive measures at all Live Nation Venues in line with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other health agencies. We have taken the following steps to help ensure the health and safety of everyone who walks into our buildings:

• Extra hand sanitizer dispensers at all bathroom areas, concessions stands, lobbies, offices and backstage


• Additional signage and messaging in restrooms, backstage and offices to help reinforce basic health and hygiene practices


• Eliminating hand pump condiment dispensers, providing individual packages instead


• Granting fans ability to bring disposable wipes and hand sanitizers into all venues


• Janitorial staff equipped with additional USDA and Food Code Compliant disinfectants and wipes for immediate cleaning response


• Increased frequency of cleaning routines and disinfection of high touch areas

History:

• Built in 1908 by opera impresario, Oscar Hammerstein, the once– lavish Metropolitan Opera House is recognized internationally for its superb acoustics and once served as a recording hall for the Philadelphia Orchestra.


• Known for decades as “The Met”, its life as a Grand Old Opera House was followed by years of changing fortunes as a movie theater, a venue for basketball and boxing, a vocational school, a gospel concert hall and finally as home to the Church of the Holy Ghost. In its glory days, “The Met” presented theater and vaudeville as well as the likes of James Cleveland, Mahalia Jackson, The Dixie Hummingbirds and The Caravans. In all of its roles, the Met earned a level of popular affection that remains strong among residents of North Philadelphia and the city as a whole.


• The Met’s historic value is certified by the Philadelphia Historic Commission and by its listing on both the Pennsylvania State and National Registers of Historic Places. Despite its birth in another cultural era, The Met possesses both the city’s largest performance stage as well as its largest theatrical auditorium.