“Pro sports can resume with a waiver, and can apply to host fans after 3/22,” Washington Post writer Julie Zauzmer reported on Twitter early on Monday afternoon while monitoring D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s press conference on the lifting of some pandemic restrictions in the nation’s capital.
Washington’s Nationals were playing the St. Louis Cardinals in Jupiter, FL as they prepare for the start of the 2021 campaign on April 1st.
“That is awesome,” manager Davey Martinez said upon learning that it seemed likely there would be fans in the stands, before the team’s official announcement of their plan to have 5,000 fans in the park on Opening Day.