LA Times: Newsom says CA on track to allow fans at MLB games on opening day

[jsnpritchett]

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-03-03/newsom-state-on-track-to-allow-fans-mlb-games-dodgers-angels-opening-day

"California’s major league ballparks were closed to fans for every game last season, but Gov. Gavin Newsom indicated Wednesday that they could be open to fans for every game this season.

“We’re working on the final details,” Newsom said Wednesday at an appearance in Long Beach. “We’ve been working very closely with Major League Baseball and others across the spectrum.”

That means the Dodgers could raise their first World Series championship banner in 32 years with thousands of fans in attendance, even though Dodger Stadium would be far from full.

Newsom stopped short of a guarantee, since a resurgence of the coronavirus could derail plans. But he noted that the state’s positivity rate has fallen to 2.2% and hospitalizations for the virus have dropped 43% in the past two weeks.

“We have confidence that when you look forward to April, to opening day,” Newsom said, “and where we are likely to be if we all do our jobs, if we don’t let our guard down and spike the ball — wrong sport — then I have all the confidence in the world that fans will be back safely, in a lot of these outdoor venues.”

What Newsom would essentially approve is a modification of the state guidelines, which for now ban fans at professional sports. The modification would acknowledge that games can be held safely at limited capacity, and with health and safety protocols, including mask wearing and distance between seating groups.

Those protocols currently are in use in Arizona, where the Dodgers and Angels have joined the other 13 Cactus League teams in playing before a fraction of capacity."

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[Taylor]

Sweet! I'm excited to pay $225 to sit in section 513.

[Taylor]

Also, does this mean Arte has finally stepped up?!

[Billy_Ball]

Looks like those recall petitions are really putting pressure on him.

[mmc]

 

[Billy_Ball]

In state fans only?  Hopefully that will change later this summer.

[halonatic13]

2 hours ago, Billy_Ball said:

In state fans only?  Hopefully that will change later this summer.

How stupid is this.  There is no way to actually keep track of that.  I can easily have an in state friend buy the tickets for me.  What about people selling the tickets they don't need?  Newsolini is def feeling the pressure.  Be gone little man...be gone.