Cardinals president Bill DeWitt III hopes to see fans in the seats and Clydesdales on the track April 8u200b at Busch Stadium.u200b
“We’d love to be as ceremonial as we can, whether there’s a lot of people or no people, because there’s a TV audience. Opening day is a holiday in St. Louis,” said DeWitt.
Last year, COVID-19 walloped the Cardinals with their largest attendance loss in history, with 3.48 million fewer people paying to see games in St. Louis than in 2019.
There were no fans in the stands in any park until October, when the Texas Rangers’ new stadium, Globe Life Field, had crowds for the National League championship series and the World Series.