Coyotes announce limited seating for January home games
Posted 1/7/21
The Arizona Coyotes announced Jan. 7 that there will be a limited seating capacity for the team’s home games at Gila River Arena, 9400 W. Maryland Ave., Glendale, for the month of January, according to the NHL.
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The Arizona Coyotes announced Jan. 7 that there will be a limited seating capacity for the team’s home games at Gila River Arena, 9400 W. Maryland Ave., Glendale, for the month of January, according to the NHL.
The city of Glendale recently approved the 25 percent capacity, an NHL press release states. A maximum of 3,450 fans will be allowed at the Coyotes home and season opener Thursday, Jan. 14 versus the San Jose Sharks as well as the club’s five other home games during January.
The Coyotes will work with Gila River Arena and the city to determine the seating capacity for each month throughout the 2021 NHL season.
Other January home games include: 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16 vs. San Jose; 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 vs. Las Vegas; 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24 vs. Las Vegas; 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26 vs. Anaheim; and 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28 vs. Anaheim.
The Coyotes will open their 25th year in the Valley.
“The health and safety of our fans, players, coaches, and staff has been our top priority throughout this process and we are looking forward to beginning the season with a limited capacity of seating for our fans,” Coyotes president & CEO Xavier Gutierrez stated in a news release.
“We have been working diligently with the city of Glendale, state and federal authorities, medical experts, and the NHL to ensure that we have a safe environment at Gila River Arena. We are confident that the innovative and tech-enabled services we have in place will protect the health and safety of our fans.”
The Coyotes and Gila River Arena have put in place a series of initiatives to create a safe environment for fans. A variety of safety measures upon reopening include socially distanced seating, full digital ticketing, cashless transactions, pre-paid touchless parking, the installation of sanitizer stations throughout the venue, enhanced sanitation measures and additional food preparation protocols at all concessions, ingress, egress, fan flow circulation, and a no bag policy.
All fans and arena employees will be required to wear a mask when not actively eating or drinking and no smoking will be allowed outside on the patios.
The Coyotes request that fans attending home games at Gila River Arena use CLEAR’s Health Pass app. Health Pass is a mobile app product by CLEAR, which securely connects a person’s verified identity to multiple layers of COVID-19 related insights to reduce public health risk.
