Apr. 1—As the first day of Major League Baseball's 2021 season kicked off Thursday, the Atlanta Braves announced they would open half the seats at their stadium, Truist Park, later this month — at least one week ahead of the reopening schedule they had detailed just last week.
The Braves are set to expand their capacity to 50% for their second homestand, which begins April 23, with a three-game series versus the Arizona Diamondbacks followed by a four-game series against the Chicago Cubs.
"After reviewing our seating pods, we feel expanding capacity to 50% will still allow for our fans to be safely distanced from other seating pods," Braves president and CEO Derek Schiller said in a release.