DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 14, 2021) — Under new guidelines from Major League Baseball (MLB), the Quad Cities River Bandits have updated health and safety policies related to fan-attendance and have eliminated the “buffer zone” between ballpark seating and the playing surface. Now, every seat in the ballpark can be sold, effective immediately.
In addition, MLB’s minimum policy on face-coverings for attendees has been eliminated and fans entering Modern Woodmen Park will no longer be asked to wear a facemask at River Bandits home games beginning on Thursday, May 13, against the Cedar Rapids Kernels.
“Having professional affiliated baseball playing in the Quad Cities is a great sign that our community is returning to normal,” said River Bandits owner Dave Heller. “Being able to sell the best seats in the park, instead of holding them empty, allows us to get that much closer to the way things were before the pandemic — and that’s what we’re all looking forward to.”
ABOUT THE BANDITS: The 2021 season marks the River Bandits’ first year as a new Advanced-A major-league affiliate. As such, the team will be offering higher-quality baseball than has ever before been played in the Quad Cities. Additionally, the Bandits will welcome a new MLB affiliate to the Quad Cities, the Kansas City Royals. The River Bandits anchor the Quad Cities sports-market, which The Sports Business Journal named the top minor-league sports-market in the country in 2015 and second-best minor-league market in its 2017 follow-up ranking. In 2015, 2017, and again in 2019, the River Bandits earned Ballpark Digest’s award for “Best Charitable Works” in Minor League Baseball, the only club to win that coveted award three times. For more information, visit www.riverbandits.com or contact General Manager Joe Kubly at (563) 333-2768.
