Giants Welcome Fans To Home Opener; 1st Fans At Oracle Park Since Start Of Pandemic

By CBS San Francisco Staff:

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — For the first time since a sellout crowd saluted Bruce Bochy in his final game as San Francisco Giants manager in September 2019, fans will once again enter walk through the turnstiles at Oracle Park for the Giants home opener Friday.

Opening Day at Oracle will look quite different in 2021 as the city’s public health order will allow the ballpark to operate at 22% capacity, and fans 12 and older will have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test or proof of vaccination. Face masks and social distancing will be strictly enforced, the team said.

As the coronavirus pandemic began last year, Major League Baseball was in the middle of the 2020 Spring Training. By mid-March, the remainder of the preseason was canceled and baseball took a hiatus until a 60-game season began on July with no fans in attendance.

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