Officials in Arlington and Fort Worth will welcome rodeo fans this week with the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo taking place at Globe Life Field. The 10-day event was moved from Las Vegas to Arlington this year due to coronavirus restrictions. Sean Decker, Executive Vice President of Sports Entertainment for the Texas Rangers, said they expect upwards of 14,000 fans every night. Based on other large-scale events the stadium has already hosted, Decker said it’s possible they will not have as many people actually attend as initially projected from ticket sales. Crowd sizes are something they will continue monitoring, Decker told NBC 5 Wednesday. Guests are required to wear masks during the events unless they are eating or drinking, and they are asked to social distance throughout the facility. “We’ll have added signage, added hand washing stations, added hand sanitizer. Our seats are in pods of four to keep everyone separated throughout,” he said. “It may be our first rodeo, no pun intended, but it’s not our first time to host major events in the building. We’ll use almost everything you saw in the World Series. You’ll see it here for the rodeo, and we feel like we have a great blueprint.”...MORE
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