
What’s open and closed in London, Ont. on New Year’s Day 2022
Global News
Here's a list of what's open and closed in London on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022.
The London region will be saying goodbye to 2021 and ringing in the new year this weekend, and with those celebrations come plenty of closures in the city for the first day of 2022.
Here’s a list of what’s open and closed in London on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022.
Some small New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day events are taking place. A list can be found on the Tourism London website.
The city is scrapping a New Year’s Eve celebration in Victoria Park for the second year in a row over concerns about the highly contagious Omicron variant, which has been driving an explosion of COVID-19 cases across the province.
In a tweet last week, the city said the decision to axe an in-person celebration was “difficult but necessary,” and came in response to the variant and increased pandemic restrictions.
“We had hoped to be able to once again offer an in-person celebration in Victoria Park,” the city tweeted.
“In the interest of public health and safety and to do our part to limit the spread of COVID-19, we are not able to do this. We know that this will be disappointing news for many. Our hope is that we will be able to meet in person again in 2022.”