>>
>> AND
>> AND WE
>> AND WE START TONIGHT WITH LIVE TEAM COVERAGE. JUST HOURS AGO STATE LEADERS
ANNOUNCED CALIFORNIA THEME
PARKS CAN REOPEN.
FANS WILL BE ALLOWED AT MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL GAMES AND LIVE
EVENTS CAN START BACK UP AGAIN
STARTING APRIL 1ST.
MADISON AND AVIS TANSLEY THE
HEARTLAND AND ABC 10.
SEAN CUNNINGHAM ARE HERE
TONIGHT WITH REACTION FROM THE
COMMUNITY.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO START WITH
LENA HOLLAND WHO'S LIVE AT OLD
SACRAMENTO'S WATERFRONT WITH
MORE WHILE MADISON HERE AT
SACRAMENTO'S OLD SACRAMENTO
WATERFRONT.
>> THIS IS A GREAT PLACE FOR A
FAMILY.
FINE.
FAMILY. FINE. BUT COME APRIL 1ST, FAMILIES
ACROSS CALIFORNIA GET BACK TO
ENJOYING SO MUCH BIGGER
ATTRACTIONS, SUCH AS THOSE
THEME PARKS, BALLPARKS AND
STADIUMS AND IT GIVES A MOMENT
JUST TO HAVE LIKE FAITH AGAIN.
DEREK MAXWELL HAS WAITED ALMOST
A YEAR TO TAKE HIS LITTLE
NEPHEW TO SIX FLAGS DISCOVERY
KINGDOM IN VALLEJO.
>> I THOUGHT THIS IS GREAT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO
BE BACK AS A FAMILY AT
SACRAMENTO BECAUSE WE DEPEND ON
EACH OTHER AND THAT'S WHAT SICK
TOWN IS ABOUT.
>> HE BELIEVES COME APRIL THE
SACRAMENTO COMMUNITY WILL BE
ONE STEP CLOSER TO GETTING BACK
TO NORMAL.
THAT'S WHEN THE STATE SAYS
BALLPARKS.
OUTDOOR STADIUMS AND THEME
PARKS CAN REOPEN WITH
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED CAPACITY
MANDATORY MASKING AND OTHER
PUBLIC HEALTH PRECAUTIONS.
OUTDOOR SPORTS AND LIVE
PERFORMANCES WITH FANS WILL BE
LIMITED TO A MAX OF 100 PEOPLE
IF THE COUNTY'S STILL IN THE
PURPLE TIER WITH ADVANCED
RESERVATION REQUIRED AMUSEMENT
PARK CAPACITY IS LIMITED TO 15
PERCENT IF THE COMMUNITY IS IN
THE RED TIER.
AND STATE OFFICIALS SAY ONLY
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA
WILL BE ALLOWED IN.
FOR NOW WELL I THINK THAT IS
VERY IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE WHO
FOLLOWED THE STATE, YOU KNOW,
HELP IN OUR REACTION BECAUSE
EVEN NOW WE HAVE THE VACCINE
THAT'S NOT 100 PERCENT A
SPOKSEPERSON FOR SIX FLAGS
DISCOVERY.
>> KINGDOME TOLD THIS NEWS IS
ENCOURAGING AND THAT THEIR TEAM
MEMBERS ARE EAGER TO WELCOME
GUESTS BACK IN A SAFE OUTDOOR
ENVIRONMENT THAT TODAY'S NEWS
IS ENCOURAGING AND THAT THEY
WILL BE EXCITEDLY WORKING OVER
THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WITH LOCAL
HEALTH OFFICIALS TO UNDERSTAND
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUMMER
EVENTS IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO.
NOW WE DID REACH OUT TO QUITE A
FEW OTHER LOCAL ATTRACTIONS
LIKE RAGING WATERS AT CAL EXPO
OR JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS AT
THE SAME TIME AS SO MANY VENUES
THAT WE TALKED TO SAID THEY ARE
STILL IN THEIR VERY EARLY
PLANNING STAGES SUCH AS PICKING
OUT AN OPENING DAY, SETTING UP
THOSE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND
ALSO RETRAINING OR IN MANY
CASES REHIRING SOME OF THEIR
STAFF.
BACK TO YOU.
ABSOLUTELY.
LINA.
ABSOLUTELY. LINA. A LOT OF PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT
THIS WILL KEEP YOU ALL UP TO
DATE ONCE WE LEARN MORE ABOUT
WHEN THOSE REAL THINGS WILL
HAPPEN.
>>
MEAN
MEAN SO
MEAN SO MUCH FOR US TO HAVE FANS IN THE STANDS. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MANAGER
GABE KAPLAN WEIGHING IN ON THE
BIG NEWS TODAY.
SO LET'S BRING IN ABC TEN'S
SPORTS PRODUCER SEAN
CUNNINGHAM.
TALK TO ME, SEAN.
BASEBALL FANS CLUB CELEBRATING
THE NEWS AT CALIFF.
NEW GUIDELINES WILL ALLOW FANS
FOR OPENING DAY.
YEAH, AN EXCITING DAY.
>> BASEBALL FANS AND SPORTS
FANS IN GENERAL BEEN LOOKING
FORWARD TO YOU MENTIONED IT,
CHRIS.
FIVE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TEAMS IN CALIFORNIA, TWO
OF THEM IN OUR YARD IN THE BAY
AREA AND 20 PERCENT CAPACITY
OPENING UP AT THE BEGINNING ON
OPENING DAY APRIL 1ST.
TALK TO US ABOUT A FEW THINGS
THAT FANS CAN EXPECT AT
BALLPARKS THIS SEASON.
>> YEAH, IT'S A SOCIAL EVENT.
YOU USUALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
HAVING HOTDOGS AND BEER AND
HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS.
THAT'S GOING TO FEEL THAT
DIFFERENT.
YOU'LL
BE
BE ABLE
BE ABLE TO GET YOUR CONCESSIONS. YOU JUST HAVE TO ORDER IT
THROUGH THE APP.
THERE'S GONNA BE NO TAILGATING.
SO YOU HAVE TO ERASE THAT FROM
THE PARKING LOT.
BUT WHEN YOU GET IN THE GAME
YOU'RE MASSED ON YOU'VE GOT
SANITIZED STATIONS EVERYWHERE.
YOU'RE GONNA BE SAFE.
BUT YEAH, I MEAN YOU'RE GONNA
BE ABLE TO SIT IN PODS OF YOUR
FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS,
PEOPLE YOU'VE QUARANTINED WITH.
IT'S ONLY LIMITED TO CALIFORNIA
PEOPLE.
SO IT'S TO FOUR AND EVEN UP TO
SIX ON THE MAJOR LEAGUE LEVEL.
>> OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A JOB TO
DO NO MATTER WHAT THE
SURROUNDINGS ARE.
BUT SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS FANS
MAKE OUR BASEBALL GAMES BETTER
AND IT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS
COMING OUT THE GIANTS TRIPLE-A
TEAM, THE SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS
,THEY'LL BEGIN THEIR SEASON IN
MAY AND I KNOW YOU'VE GOT SOME
NEW INFORMATION SINCE FOLKS
JOINED US FOR THE NEWS AT 6:00.
>> YEAH, I SPOKE TO RIVER
CASTON, OUR MANAGER CHIP MAXON
AND HE'S SAYING HEY, YOLO
COUNTY 20 PERCENT THEY'RE IN
THE RED TIER THOUGH EXPECTING
BACK 3000 PEOPLE, 3000 FANS AND
SEASON TICKET HOLDERS WILL GET
PRIORITY OVER AT SUTTER HEALTH
PARK.
WE'RE NOW TALKING ABOUT THE
ABILITY FOR FOLKS TO GET BACK
OUT AND ENJOY THEMSELVES ALL
STARTING ON APRIL 1ST.
>> AND SEAN, WE'RE CONVINCED
THIS IS NOT APRIL FOOL'S JOKE,
RAY.
>> IT'S NOT IT'S NOT APRIL
FOOLS.
AND IN FACT LET'S JUST HOPE