Chicago’s mayor says fans will back in the stands this season in the city’s baseball parks.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced plans Monday morning to reopen to fans up to 20 percent capacity at Guaranteed Rate Field and Wrigley Field this season, starting on each team’s Opening Day in April.
Folks, we’ve significantly slowed the spread of COVID, getting our positivity rate down to 2.8%. And now, we can begin to safely welcome fans back to our baseball stands on opening day. Although we’re reopening, masking is still of utmost importance. 😷⚾ pic.twitter.com/pkGnMDkSUc
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) March 8, 2021
It’s part of the city’s “Open Chicago” efforts this spring.
There will be limited capacity and specific guidelines in compliance with the city’s recovery plan. The decision comes after evaluation of what her office calls the city’s “remarkable progress in recent months with recovery efforts.”
White Sox opening day is April 8th, the Cubs April 1st.
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Hey Mayor Beetlejuice, your positivity rate is only down to 2.8% because the WHO changed the testing methodology on 1-21-21 to “reduce false positives”, less than a week before the USA gave the WHO $400 million to rejoin the organization. I’m sure those two events were TOTALLY unrelated, by the way.
But the drop in positives is because the methodology changed, NOT because you’ve made any real improvements.
Regardless, no sane person would go the the Crappy City now anyway between COVID, BLM, Antifa, and the sharp spike in violent crime since the war on police started last year.
Enjoy your “limited capacity”, Mayor Beetlejuice! Oh, and your limited seating at Wrigley as well…