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Luck, father of Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck, said that he hopes to have attendance figures for XFL games “somewhere in the 20s.” As in 20,000.
Currently the seating capacity for Globe Life Park is listed as 48,114; that would mean the Rangers would reduce, and or not use, approximately 20,000 seats for an XFL game.
Texas Rangers senior vice president of events Sean Decker said the team will have to “selectively” demolish portions of the lower level to accomodate a football field; his hope is to have a capacity for an XFL game between 20,000 to 25,000.
“Right now, the football field will run north and south along the first base line,” Decker said. “So we would have to demolish the visitor’s dugout, and our commissioner’s box seats just beyond the third base line.”
Neither the Rangers nor the XFL want to cram in a football field in a baseball stadium for the sake of doing it, as is currently the case in some baseball stadiums that host the random football game. Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Yankee Stadium and AT&T Park in San Francisco all host the occasional football game in venues made for baseball, and both the optics and the configuration for a football game are off.
The XFL, which will own all eight franchises, will pay rent to use the Globe Life Park. Should any scheduling conflicts arise between a football game and a Rangers’ home date in 2020, the XFL will defer.
Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/sport...ihiWGZOV3SfaEM44zg3J8fV814ovQkk#storylink=cpy
Currently the seating capacity for Globe Life Park is listed as 48,114; that would mean the Rangers would reduce, and or not use, approximately 20,000 seats for an XFL game.
Texas Rangers senior vice president of events Sean Decker said the team will have to “selectively” demolish portions of the lower level to accomodate a football field; his hope is to have a capacity for an XFL game between 20,000 to 25,000.
“Right now, the football field will run north and south along the first base line,” Decker said. “So we would have to demolish the visitor’s dugout, and our commissioner’s box seats just beyond the third base line.”
Neither the Rangers nor the XFL want to cram in a football field in a baseball stadium for the sake of doing it, as is currently the case in some baseball stadiums that host the random football game. Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Yankee Stadium and AT&T Park in San Francisco all host the occasional football game in venues made for baseball, and both the optics and the configuration for a football game are off.
The XFL, which will own all eight franchises, will pay rent to use the Globe Life Park. Should any scheduling conflicts arise between a football game and a Rangers’ home date in 2020, the XFL will defer.
Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/sport...ihiWGZOV3SfaEM44zg3J8fV814ovQkk#storylink=cpy
