Chicago Mayor Will Allow Cubs And White Sox To Have Fans At Opening Day After All

Opening Day is less than a month away, and Chicago had still not made an announcement on whether or not fans would be allowed this season. Until today, that is. After weeks of speculations, Chicagoans can exhale, as fans will be allowed at baseball games this season at limited capacity.

Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot took to Twitter to announce that the team’s will be allowed to have fans for Opening Day.

“Folks, we’ve significantly slowed the spread of COVID, getting our positivity rate down to 2.8%. And now, we can begin to safely welcome fans back to our baseball stands on opening day. Although we’re reopening, masking is still of utmost importance,” Lightfoot wrote.

Folks, we've significantly slowed the spread of COVID, getting our positivity rate down to 2.8%. And now, we can begin to safely welcome fans back to our baseball stands on opening day. Although we’re reopening, masking is still of utmost importance. 😷⚾ pic.twitter.com/pkGnMDkSUc

— Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) March 8, 2021

While 20% may be a slim margin of fans allowed into the stadiums, it’s a start. Hopefully we can continue to make progress on the pandemic, and we can let more and more baseball fans into the stadium by season’s end.

Maybe I’m being overly optimistic, but it seems like we can see light at the end of the tunnel. Opening Day will definitely hit differently with the sound of the fans in the park.

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