NEW YORK (AP) – Fans can take part in the ball game for the first time this season, the National League Championship Series and the World Series at the new Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
Major League Baseball said Wednesday that about 11,500 tickets would be earned for each game, representing approximately 28% of the Texas Rangers’ 40518 retractable-roofed stadium, which opened this year alongside the former Globe Life Park, the team’s stadium. 1994 to 2019.
The World Series is played for the first time impartially in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic and will be played in a stadium for the first time since the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cafes at Sportsman’s Park in 1944.
Some of the seats will be included in the pre-sale for Texas Rangers season-priced ticket holders on Friday and subscribers on Monday, and others are reserved for MLB and players.
Tickets are priced at $40-250 for the NLCS and $75-450 for the World Series, and 10,550 seats in the normal sections of the baseball stadium and 950 in the suites will be in adjoining four-seat “capsules”.
Each gondola will be at least 6 feet to one side and a chessboard trend will be used, with alternate rows of seats in the middle or in rows and ends. Unsold seats will be linked.
Seats will not be sold in the first six rows within 20 feet of the field, canoes or paddock. Fans will be allowed at the lowest point, which is reserved for MLB point one staff, such as players and managers.
Masks are mandatory for fans when eating or drinking in their paid seats. Concessions and parking will be cashless, and the equipment dealer, Delaware North, plans the packaged items.
The NLCS is scheduled on seven consecutive days from October 12-18 and the World Series from October 20-28, with classic rest days between Games 2 and 3 and Games 5 and 6, if the series goes so far. League Championship Series and World Series will be played in unbiased locations due to Array’s pandemic coronavirus.
The MLB played the entire normal season without enthusiasts and also the first circular of the playoffs without enthusiasts. For the first time since the end of spring education on March 12, club workers and player families were able to attend the games this week.
While Texas allows up to 50% capacity at venues, MLB provided government approval for enthusiasts to attend postseason games at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles or Petco Park in San Diego, where American League playoff games are scheduled.
Globe Life Field has been home in over 50 degrees, the Rangers have played their home games in an empty stadium.
Rangers will propose that MLB keep the ceiling open as possible, said Executive Vice President of Commercial Operations Rob Matwick, but the team understands it will be closed in the event of rain. Matwick stated that MLB had taken the decision not to sell seats for the Division. Series.
Outside of 1944, the only time the World Series was held at one site was in 1921 and 1922, when the New York Giants and Yankees played at home at the Polo Grounds. Yankee Stadium opened in 1923.
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