Alexandre Nikolaev ([personal profile] alexnikolbackup) wrote2021-03-14 10:50 pm
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Похоже, ограничениям, связанным с вирусом, приходит капец в США.

Огромные толпы гуляк в День Святого Патрика взяли штурмом г. Саванну, штат Джорджия, несмотря на вопли мэра города о том, что мероприятие явится примером "сверхраспространения" заразы коронавируса.


Massive crowds of St. Patrick's Day revelers descended on Savannah, Georgia on Saturday night, leading the city's mayor to call it a 'slap in the face' to efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic


Саванна, давно известная тем, что устраивает крупнейшее празднование Дня Святого Патрика на Юге, отменила свой парад второй год подряд, но город по-прежнему ожидал, что в выходные сюда прибудет до 50 000 приезжих.



Savannah is bracing for over 30,000 tourists for St. Patrick's Day celebrations. Pictured, downtown Savannah on Saturday

Дамы неописуемой красы запечатлят её для будущих поколений.

В субботу вечером огромные толпы людей заполонили завод Риверсайд, новый отель стоимостью 375 миллионов долларов и ночную жизнь, владельцы которого продвигают шестидневный фестиваль с живой музыкой, большим фонтаном, синхронизированным с ирландской музыкой, и зелеными огнями, освещающими комплекс, построенный из закрытой ставнями электростанции.

Big crowds cut loose in Savannah on Saturday night. Organizers insisted they took steps to keep the festivities safe

On Saturday night, huge crowds were seen swarming the Plant Riverside, a new $375 million hotel and nightlife development whose owners promoted a festival with live music

Мужики тоже не промах развлечься.

Savannah City Hall withheld a permit for the sprawling St. Patrick's festival that's typically a magnet for beer-fueled revelry along the city's riverfront promenade -- but that didn't stop the bawdy revelries on Saturday night

The Plant Riverside District festival started on Friday and is going on through Wednesday, St. Patrick¿s Day

St. Patrick's Day revelers packed downtown Savannah on Saturday night, letting loose despite pandemic warnings

Sidelining Savannah's largest gatherings and parade hasn't stopped the party. The city's top tourism official says hotels in the downtown historic district could be 90 percent full this weekend - the busiest they've been in the past year

Dr. Lawton Davis, director of the Georgia Department of Public Health's coastal district, said big crowds filled with visitors could also spread coronavirus variants that otherwise haven't come to Savannah

Savannah, long known for hosting the largest St. Patrick's Day celebration in the South, cancelled its parade for the second year in a row, but the city still expected up to 50,000 out-of-town visitors to arrive over the weekend

The Plant Riverside hotel and entertainment complex hosting the big festival sits on four acres of private property, so it doesn't require a city event permit

Не все устояли на ногах...

Savannah police check on a pair of distressed revelers as the festivities took their toll on enthusiast participants

Partygoers are seen in downtown Savannah on Saturday as a festival on private property is expected to draw huge crowds

Despite the lingering health risks, Savannah's hotels and shops, bars and restaurants are hungry for tourism dollars

Реку Чикаго покрасили в ирландский цвет

Meanwhile, the Chicago River was dyed a bright shade of green Saturday in a surprise move, after Mayor Lori Lightfoot reversed an earlier decision not to tint the waterway for second year

Workers clean a boat in the Chicago River after it was dyed green in celebration of St. Patrick's Day on March 13. The dyeing of the river, a St. Patrick's Day tradition in the city, was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Johnny Ludwig and Chris Coomes play bagpipes ahead of St. Patrick's Day along the Chicago River, dyed green every year to honor the city's Irish American heritage

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