Full attendances at football and rugby matches will be permitted once again from next week in Scotland.
The 500-person cap on outdoor events will be lifted from Monday, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
The return of capacity SPFL crowds will now begin with Celtic hosting Hibernian on Monday January, 17 following the conclusion of the top-flight's winter break.
That will be followed by a near full card of fixtures - including Aberdeen vs Rangers - on Tuesday, January 18.
The Scottish First Minister told MSPs that the restriction, put in place in December, will be removed but the vaccine passport scheme will be strengthened.
“I can confirm today that the attendance limit of 500 at large-scale outdoor events will be lifted from Monday January 17,” she said.
“That means, for example, that spectators will be permitted again at major outdoor sporting events, including football fixtures scheduled for early next week, and the forthcoming Six Nations rugby matches.”
Event organisers will now be asked to review 50% or 1,000 vaccine passports of attendees, whichever figure is higher.
The definition of fully vaccinated as pertains to the certification scheme will also be updated from Monday to mean those who are eligible for a third dose and have received it.
The traditional post-Christmas shutdown was brought forward in light of stadia being limited to 500 spectators from St Stephen's Day amid concern over the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
Premiership clubs had voted in favour of shutting down early in a bid to ensure fans missed as little action as possible while restrictions were in place.
St Stephen's Day top-flight fixtures were played in front of minimal crowds before the league went into a three-week hibernation.
The Championship and below opted to continue playing with limited attendances.
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