Professional baseball Raising the maximum number of spectators scheduled from the 1st of next month The baseball team that sees off is 21:36 on 20th of July
With the spread of the new coronavirus spreading again in professional baseball, there has been a move away from the planned increase in the number of spectators scheduled for next month.
In professional baseball, according to the policy of the government, we are holding a game with up to 5,000 people from this month from 10th, and we plan to raise the upper limit of the number of spectators to half of the capacity of the stadium from 1st of next month was.
However, as the new coronavirus infection spreads again, Minister Nishimura's economic revitalization advised that relaxation of the event's holding restrictions should be carefully considered, after hearing experts' opinions at a government subcommittee this week. It shows the idea to judge.
Under these circumstances, the baseball team scheduled to play a match at their hometown on the 1st of next month has been given up on increasing the number of spectators.
Among them, the giant plans to keep the number of spectators at the Hiroshima Dome at Tokyo Dome on the 1st and 2nd of next month to 5,000 at this point, and it will be decided whether the upper limit will be raised in the future. While considering.
Nippon Ham has already announced that it will have up to 5,000 games in its hometown by the 9th of next month.
Lotte also has up to 5000 players so far at its hometown on the 1st and 2nd of next month.
Hanshin and Chunichi were planning to get up to 18,000 spectators each, but we are currently refraining from selling tickets as the government's policy may be reviewed.
On the other hand, SoftBank plans to bring up to 20,000 spectators to the game with Seibu at the PayPay Dome in Fukuoka City, and has already sold tickets.
In the future, if the government's restrictions are postponed and the number of spectators is reduced, ticket refunds and other measures will be required.