⁍ Officials in California, home to Walt Disney Co’s Disneyland, on Tuesday pushed the reopening of large theme parks months down the road.

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⁍ California Health Secretary Mark Ghaly said theme parks with a capacity of more than 15,000 visitors must wait to resume business until a county’s COVID-19 risk level drops to the lowest tier of ‘minimal’
The decision affects not just Disneyland but Comcast Corp’s Universal Studios, Legoland and Knott’s Berry Farm, which all closed down in mid-March.

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– California health officials have put the kibosh on reopening the state’s major theme parks until the H1N1 outbreak is over. Disneyland, Universal Studios, Legoland, and Knott’s Berry Farm will have to stay closed until their risk level drops to the lowest tier of “minimal” spread, which could take months, the Los Angeles Times reports. “These State guidelines will keep us shuttered for the foreseeable future,” Disneyland’s president said in a statement. The California Attractions and Parks Association called the decision a “Keep Theme Parks Closed Indefinitely” plan that would lead to more job losses, Reuters reports. The decision affects not just Disneyland but Comcast Corp’s Universal Studios, Legoland, and Knott’s Berry Farm, which all closed down in mid-March. “These State guidelines will keep us shuttered for the foreseeable future,” Ken Potrock, the Disneyland resort’s president, said in a statement. Kurt Stocks, president of Legoland California, said the state’s actions so far ‘have cost tens of thousands of jobs across the industry, and today’s announcement will all but confirm that thousands more will be lost.’ Disneyland is the only Disney park that remains closed amid the pandemic. The company has reopened resorts in Florida, China, Hong Kong, and Tokyo with attendance limits and other safeguards. Ghaly acknowledged that a reopening date for Disneyland, in Orange County, could be far off. “I don’t know when Orange County will enter the yellow tier.”