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If Texas Rangers can’t enforce mask policy, they need to scale back
And open the roof while they’re at it.
An usher holds a sign encouraging fans to wear face coverings between innings of a game between the Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles at Globe Life Field on Sunday, April 18, 2021. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
In the weeks leading up to their April 5 home opener, the Texas Rangers announced they would open their Arlington stadium at full capacity. No other MLB team has allowed more than 50% capacity at its ballpark this year.
It was a daring decision shored up by bold assurances: The team would play all games at Globe Life Field with the roof open except when it rained. Fans would have to keep their distance in the restroom and concession lines. The Rangers would mandate face masks and follow a “three-strike” approach with people who needed reminders.
Fort Worth Weekly
By Ozzie Garza
Photo by Ozzie Garza.
It was an ideal day for a baseball game, and many Rangers fans like myself took advantage of it. The temperature was in the mid 70s, the roof was open, and people would be allowed in Globe Life Field. It was certainly a welcome sight. The day had come to once again experience baseball time in Texas and rediscover the sights, tastes, and sounds of Rangers baseball as fans begin arriving hours before the gates opened at noon for the 3:05 start.
One of the first people inside was Fort Worthian Jessica Greene, who said she wanted to walk around the concourse and explore the new facility and its amenities.
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A capacity crowd of 38,238 was allowed in for the Texas Rangers home opener in Arlington on Monday night, despite there being almost 70,000 active cases of coronavirus in Texas.
Key points:
President Joe Biden described the move as a mistake
Masks were mandatory, but many supporters chose not to wear them
The Rangers Globe Life Field stadium is currently the only Major League ballpark that will allow 100 per cent capacity. We know there is going to be a lot of attention on us, Rangers executive vice president of business operations Rob Matwick told the Dallas Morning News before the game between the Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays.