It’s not only just an hour for gates, but we’re not opening up every metal detector or every screening lane for that matter as we would have if we have a sold-out event.Īccording to Citizens Bank Park social media accounts, all gates are now open 90 minutes prior to first pitch. So if we do see that there are fans waiting outside before that hour, we’ll be able to open up for them. Now we are fortunate because we will have the ability to be flexible as well. Q: When do gates open and are fans advised to arrive a little bit earlier than they normally would?Ī: So with 8,800 fans allowed at this point, gates are only going to open an hour prior to first pitch. So for $10, our fans can store their bags outside of the ballpark prior to approaching the stadium. So we will offer on Citizens Bank Way the ability for our fans to store their bags in a locker system, which will be staffed by a company called Bin Box. Or maybe they’re taking the subway or Uber and they have to carry their bag with them. They may not have seen our press releases, and they’re still going to bring their bag to the ballpark. Now we understand some people aren’t going to see this new policy right away. We will still allow bags for medical needs, diaper bags and single compartment purses for those fans that have those when they’re coming to the ballpark. There are some exceptions to the bag restrictions. And conversely, a fan isn’t getting their bag touched by a security guard who has touched 100, 200 bags a night. So our security guards aren’t touching hundreds of bags a night. The second thing it will do is it reduces touchpoints between the security staff and the fans.
This will eliminate some of that lead time to get into the ballpark. The most time-consuming thing at a metal detector is the actual bag inspection. But what this has done now is two things. So the first thing is we’ve eliminated the ability for our fans to bring in bags or backpacks, with some exceptions. If you’re talking about it more holistically, we’re talking about fan screening.
I shouldn’t have called it metal detection, because that’s not fair. And it’s also part of the MLB protocols for our tier one and tier two personnel.īut as far as security changes for our fans, a few things have changed. Our staff on a daily basis will go through a temperature screen prior to them coming to work. Q: Are there any significant changes to the security process? Do fans have to pass a temperature screening?Ī: There is no temperature screening for our fans. Fans will finally return to Citizens Bank Park.
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