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The Sept. 19 ceremony in Los Angeles was
initially due to take place indoors before a limited celebrity
audience.
"The Television Academy and CBS have decided to host all
ceremonies ... on the Event Deck at L.A. LIVE, directly behind
the Microsoft Theater," the Television Academy said in a
statement.
The Event Deck in downtown Los Angeles is an outdoor space that
includes a large tented area.
The statement said the changes followed discussions with Los
Angeles County health and safety experts.
It added there would be further limits on the numbers of those
invited to the show, including those nominated for the highest
honors in U.S. television.
"Unfortunately, this means not all nominees will be able to
attend this year's awards," the organizers said.
Los Angeles last month reimposed the wearing of masks in all
indoor public settings and businesses because of rising numbers
of coronavirus infections in the second-largest city in the
United States.
Last year's Emmy Awards took place in an empty studio with
nominees from around the world joining on video screens from
their homes and gardens.
Concerns over the Delta variant of the virus on Tuesday prompted
singer Stevie Nicks, 73, to cancel five concerts she had
scheduled for 2021.
"While I'm vaccinated, at my age, I am still being extremely
cautious and for that reason have decided to skip the 5
performances I had planned for 2021," the former Fleetwood Mac
musician wrote on Twitter.
The New Orleans Jazz Festival, due to take place in early
October, was canceled on Monday because of rising cases of
coronavirus in Louisiana.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Peter Cooney and Richard
Pullin)
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