Texas Athletics Announces Plans To Return To 100-Percent Capacity At Outdoor Events

The Texas Longhorns Athletics Administration announced its plans to return to full capacity, effective immediately.

Matt Galatzan | May 20, 2021

The Texas Longhorns athletic department announced its plans to return to full even capacity for all outdoor events on Thursday, effective immediately.

Full capacity crowds will begin to be allowed with the No. 2 Texas Baseball’s team's series with West Virginia, which begins Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

It will continue with the NCAA Softball Austin Regional Friday-Sunday at Red & Charline McCombs Field.

“After consultation with President Hartzell and our campus leadership and the recent news from the NCAA, we’re thrilled to be in a position to return to full capacity at our events,” Texas Athletics Director Chris Del Conte said in a statement. “We’ll continue to have our health and safety measures in place to ensure our venues are thoroughly cleaned and sanitized, and that all of the student-athletes, coaches, staff and fans are in the best possible situation at our competitions. Our Protect Texas Together initiatives, as well as our extensive Athletics Department protocols and procedures, helped put us in a position to be able to return to full capacity. We will continue to work alongside our campus partners and monitor all of the health and safety measures closely as we move forward.”

The department also announced that face coverings will no longer be required at events, or on campus.

Fans who are not vaccinated or who have weakened immuned systems are recommended to wear face coverings and socially distance, though it will not be required.

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Published May 20, 2021

MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.