St. Louis, MO (KTRS) It’s opening day for the St. Louis Cardinals!
Fans are reminded when entering Busch Stadium, they will have to go through a metal detector, have their bags searched, and be screened with a handheld metal detector. It’s advised to arrive early in anticipation of delays.
The MLB has a list of what items are allowed and what items are prohibited:
Alcoholic beverages and non-alcoholic beer
Animals (with the exception of trained service animals for guests with disabilities)
Backpacks (exceptions for diaper bags and other bags used for medical reasons may be granted)
Bags larger than 16″ x 16″ x 8″
Balloons, beach balls, and other inflatables
Brooms
Chairs and stools, including bleacher seats with backs
Commercial camera equipment (lenses longer than length of the camera body), including video cameras, tripods, and monopods
Containers – aerosol cans (i.e. – hairspray, sunscreen), aluminum or glass cans and bottles, flasks, non-factory sealed plastic bottles (permitted if empty and smaller than 2 liters), thermoses
Coolers – hard sided and Styrofoam coolers, hard plastic inserts for soft sided coolers
Drones
Face paint, masks, and any other costume that covers the head/face
Firearms
Fireworks
Flag poles, PVC pipe, and other poles
Flasks
Hover boards, skate boards, roller skates, and roller blades
Illegal substances
Knives longer than 4 inches
Laser pointers/lights
Luggage
Noisemakers of any kind, including but not limited to air horns, cowbells, and thunder sticks
Obscene, offensive, or indecent clothing
Stun guns, Tasers
Weapons of any kind
Wrapped packages
Gates to Busch Stadium open at 3 p.m.
