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With outdoor capacity restrictions lifted June 1, ball is now in court of sports teams

Goodbye extra leg room, hello high-fiving a total stranger.

At Dow Diamond in Midland on Thursday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that outdoor capacity restrictions will be entirely lifted June 1, meaning sports teams can start selling as many tickets as their facilities fit. Whether sports teams do that immediately is up to each one.

The Tigers, who've been playing with an 8,200-fan limit since their season opened a month and a half ago, didn't immediately announce their plans moving forward. The Tigers have been selling single-game tickets on a month-to-month basis, and already have put their June tickets on sale based on seating pods and capacity restrictions — waiving ticket fees for May and June through 1:17 p.