ARLINGTON, Texas – Susanna Frare said her family decided to take a “calculated risk” attending the home opener of the Texas Rangers, the first major U.S.
pro sports event to approach capacity in a stadium since the coronavirus shutdown more than a year ago. All tickets at 40,518-seat Globe Life Field were for sale, and the retractable-roof stadium was about three-fourths full at first pitch against Toronto on Monday.
The roof was open on a 75 degree day with 15 mph winds. “Since it’s at full capacity, that was something that we gave a lot of thought about,” said Frare, holding one young child with another sitting next to her at a table behind seats in the upper deck in left field about two hours before the game. “But since masks are