AUSTIN (Talk1370.com) -- Austin's Q2 Stadium will be at 100% capacity for its first two marquee events in June - a friendly match featuring the U.S. Women's National Team on June 16, and the Austin FC home opener on June 19.
Stadium and city officials made the announcement Monday morning.
"Austin has been looking forward to the opening of Q2 Stadium since Austin FC launched in 2019," Austin FC President Andy Loughnane said in a statement. "Today’s announcement is representative of a remarkable community-wide commitment to public health, which will now allow supporters the opportunity to safely participate in a series of historic Q2 Stadium events across the month of June and beyond."
The stadium is designed to seat 20,500 individuals at full capacity. Stadium officials say future events will continue to follow Austin Public Health's attendance guidelines, as they may be further amended in the future.
"The efforts by our community over the past 15 months have led us to a stage where we can once again safely host large events in Austin," said Austin-Travis County Interim Health Authority Dr. Mark Escott. "We still have a final push to reach the imminent goal of herd immunity and ask everyone to get vaccinated before school lets out in June."