Golden Knights Get Green Light To Have 15 Percent Attendance Capacity — 2,605 Fans — At T-Mobile Arena Starting March 1
By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
These tickets might just be more difficult to get than the golden tickets to Willie Wonka’s Chocolate Factory.
The Vegas Golden Knights confirmed Monday that state and local health officials have approved 15 percent capacity at T-Mobile Arena for the team to have fans in the arena starting March 1 when the Minnesota Wild visit Las Vegas to play the Knights.
The Knights consider fixed seat capacity at 17,367, so 15 percent of that would be 2,605 fans.
We review large gathering plans to ensure that local public health standards are met, that the event will not pose a burden to the local public health infrastructure, and then make recommendations. The plans are reviewed and approved by the appropriate state agency. The Southern Nevada Health District did recommend initial re-opening at 15 percent capacity for Golden Knight’s games at T-Mobile arena. We will continue to monitor the progress of the pandemic and case trends in our community and adjust our recommendations accordingly — Stephanie Bethel, spokesperson for Southern Nevada Health District
Gov. Steve Sisolak’s most recent directive said large event gatherings like Golden Knights games would be allowed to have as high as 20 percent attendance capacity for the venues.
Golden Knights owner Bill Foley was not too pleased that the Knights are getting 15 percent capacity at the hockey arena and not the 20 percent cited by Sisolak in his directive.
The Golden Knights will discuss later this week how the tickets will be sold and who gets first crack at them.
The secondary ticket market for VGK games should be on fire because VGK attendance was about 105 percent of capacity and secondary market tickets are expensive even when there are 18,000 plus fans in the Big Ice House by the Strip.
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Golden Knights fans who get inside the arena for games will have to wear masks and exercise social distance. The Las Vegas Raiders did not have fans, but Las Vegas Motor Speedway plans to have fans at its NASCAR weekend events March 5-7.
