NEW YORK – The Yankees and Mets can increase capacity from 20% to 100% at their ballparks for home games starting May 19 — as along as fans are vaccinated against COVID-19.
And both teams will be giving away free tickets along with vaccinations. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement at a news conference on Wednesday with Yankees president Randy Levine and Mets president Sandy Alderson. “Theoretically if you had 100% vaccinated, you could fill the entire stadium with 100% vaccinated,” Cuomo said, “Unvaccinated, it is still the 6-foot social distancing.
In other words, our capacity restrictions have been relaxed subject to the federal CDC social-distancing guideline of 6 feet.” The Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccination will be