In Dallas, Evan Grant notes the MLB Rangers are planning to sell tickets for games this season, but given the uncertainty of the pandemic, sources said that MLB has "asked the team for a bit more time to study whether it would be prudent to allow fans into the stadium from the start of the season or to slowly phase them in." The Rangers were "awaiting a schedule from MLB before announcing a ticket sales policy but did confirm on Wednesday their plan to sell tickets." Currently, the state of Texas allows teams up to 50% of their stadium’s capacity (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 6/26).
GETCHA CUTOUT HERE! In S.F., John Shea reports the MLB Giants "sent notices to their season-ticket holders Thursday introducing a program in which the fans’ images could be on display at Oracle Park for the abbreviated, 60-game 2020 season." It will be "no extra charge for season-ticket holders who have elected to roll over their funds to 2021." The cutouts will be "placed as close to the ticket holders’ actual seats as possible and made of weatherproof material." Fans without season tickets can "pay $99 to have their images produced as cutouts" (S.F. CHRONICLE, 6/26).
LOOKING DOWN FROM ABOVE: Cubs President of Business Operations Crane Kenney said that the rooftops outside Wrigley Field are "going to be open for business at the start of the season." He said, "Even now with the mayor's phasing of the city's reopening, we would be allowed to open the rooftops." In Chicago, Scot Gregor reports the seating "would be reduced and spaced out, but at least the Cubs would have some fans in view during the early stretch of the short season" (Chicago DAILY HERALD, 6/26).
