Officials in charge of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan are choosing to prohibit all viewers from the games this year after Japan declared a state of emergency that is intended to stop a new COVID outbreak in the city of Tokyo.

This recent drawback for the Summer Olympics, which have already been prolonged for a year as well as stacked up high postponement expenses. The state of emergency in Tokyo will start on Monday and go through August 22, whereas the Olympic games are meant to be held from July 23 to August 8. Planners have already forbidden international viewers from going and set a limit on domestic crowds at 50%, or around 10,000 spectators.

There is a good amount of pressure to stop the spreading of the virus at the games, which will maintain safety for both athletes and surrounding areas. Over 11,000 competitors are predicted to come to Japan in order to compete, as well as thousands of officials and staff.

On a national level, Japan has relayed that around 811,000 coronavirus cases and over 14,800 deaths have occurred, according data from the World Health Organization. The nation of Japan, however, has been offered a slow exemplification of vaccines. Merely one quarter of the country has taken a COVID-19 shot, says Reuters.

NBCUniversal (CMCSA  ) intends to showcase over 7,000 hours of material from the Tokyo Olympics over its networks and streaming platforms. Now NBC will need to handle whether spectators take note of the difference without any viewers. Sports assets worldwide made adjustments throughout the coronavirus without any fans, and typically utilized digital seats in order to show some type of attendance. United States professional leagues like the National Football League and the Major League Baseball additionally put in artificial sounds in broadcasts in order to imitate crowd noise.

Because of all these delays and obstacles within the Summer Olympic games, the budget of the games has skyrocketed to around $15.4 billion, and the ticket revenue will more than likely drop to zero.