M.L.B. Will Allow Fans at World Series and N.L. Championship Series

After months of having players compete before cardboard cutouts and empty seats because of the coronavirus pandemic, Major League Baseball announced on Wednesday that it would sell tickets to the National League Championship Series and the World Series this October.

Both series will be held at the Texas Rangers’ new retractable-roof ballpark, Globe Life Field, in Arlington. The league said it would make about 11,500 tickets available per game, with 10,550 fans spread out through the stands and another 950 in suites. Tickets will go on sale on Tuesday through the league’s website.

Globe Life Field — which sits beside the Dallas Cowboys’ ATT Stadium — seats 40,300 fans and will be the first neutral site in World Series history. The Cowboys’ stadium seats 100,000 and drew 21,708 fans for the team’s home opener on Sept. 20.

The percentage of fans at the N.L.C.S., which begins Oct. 12, and the World Series, which starts Oct. 20, would be a bit higher than the percentage allowed to see the Cowboys. The 11,500 tickets represents 28.5 percent of Globe Life Field’s capacity.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/sports/baseball/world-series-fans-championship-series.html