Kanye West, who may soon be known simply as Ye, will be offering those who attend his upcoming Donda listening-party event in Chicago the opportunity to get a COVID-19 vaccine at the venue.
The venue—Soldier Field—won’t require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test the way some concert venues and music festivals have recently, but fans will be able to get the vaccine there, Rolling Stone reports. Through a partnership with the Chicago Department of Public Health, more than 1,500 vaccine doses (including the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine) will be available for those who want them. Previous Donda listening parties also had vaccines available but few attendees took advantage of the offer; only four people got vaccinated at the show in Atlanta last week, Billboard reports.
The listening party will have a reduced capacity, however, the Chicago Tribune explains. Only 38,000 people will be allowed to attend (far less than the ballpark’s full capacity of 63,000). And the venue will need to comply with the city’s indoor mask mandate, which will be in effect in areas such as bathrooms, shops, and any other enclosed spaces.
Coronavirus rates in Chicago have risen in recent weeks, as they have across much of the U.S. thanks in large part to the highly transmissible delta variant. The best way to stay safe and protect those in your community is still to get vaccinated against COVID-19—especially if you’re going to be taking part in crowded gatherings and other higher-risk activities.
Of course, people are not considered to be fully vaccinated until two weeks after their final dose of whichever vaccine they get, so it’s unlikely that getting vaccinated at the show will provide protection on that night. But making the vaccines easily available to concertgoers could be what it takes to get more shots in arms.