No more cardboard fans in T-Mobile Park: The flesh and blood fans are returning!
Now that the Washington State guidelines about big gatherings have changed, 9,000 fans will be allowed into T-Mobile Park for each home game, starting with the Ms home opener on April 1.
According to the Mariners/MLB website:
Tickets will be available in small, socially distanced pods of 1-6 fans, and pods must be members of the same household. Only the first 11 games of the season will be offered at first, and season-ticket holders will be given initial priority to reserve their seats before they go on sale to single-game buyers on Thursday, March 25, at 10 a.m. PT.
Mariners Mail subscribers will have access to a presale on March 24, and the deadline to register is March 22. All tickets will be available at mariners.com/tickets. Mariners Team Stores will begin selling digital tickets on March 27.
The team says they arrived at the plan for reopening the park after consulting the CDC, DHHS, the World Health Organization, University of Washington Health Metrics and Evaluation, and Virginia Mason Franciscan Health.
So . . . Spring is in the air, Daylight Saving Time is here, the cherry trees are blooming, and you're going to be able to go to Mariners games.
We'e making progress!