Colorado with an easy win in Game 1. Photo: Avalanche Twitter

Vaccinated Fans Not Required To Wear Masks At Golden Knights Playoff Games At T-Mobile Arena Friday and Sunday

June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 Alan Snel Fleury

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com

The Golden Knights are not requiring fans inside T-Mobile Arena for Game 3 Friday and Game 4 Sunday to wear a mask if they are vaccinated against the COVID-19 coronavirus. Fans also will not need to complete a health questionnaire through CLEAR upon entry.

The Knights will also be at full capacity at 17,367 at the arena. That’s the number of fixed seats in the venue, which opened in April 2016. The VGK were at 70 percent, or 12,156 fans, for Game 7 against the Minnesota Wild last Friday.

VGK fans were stoked. Photo: T-Mobile Arena

A series of ticket presales will begin at 9AM Wednesday, while single-game tickets for the general public will go on sale at 3 PM tomorrow.

The Colorado Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights play Game 2 Wednesday in Denver. The Avalanche demolished the Golden Knights, 7-1, Sunday in Game 1. Expect Vezina finalist Marc-Andre Fleury to return to the net tomorrow evening.

If needed, Game 6 in Las Vegas is scheduled for June 10.

Alan Snel

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