Aaron Doster / AP
There s no question Opening Day 2021 was a strange one. In addition to below-normal temperatures, there also were below-level crowds due to COVID-19 capacity limits. The Findlay Market Opening Day Parade was canceled for the second year in a row, but there were still plenty of crowds to be found.
Before the first pitch at 4:10 p.m., people gathered at The Banks, which had just recently been granted DORA status or Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area allowing people to carry open beverage containers, including alcohol, outside the grounds of restaurants and bars. Despite city leaders urging fans maintain social distancing and even putting some measures in place to encourage it, people largely stood should-to-shoulder and maskless before Great American Ball Park opened its gates.
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