The Texas Rangers made plenty of headlines following the announcement they would operate at full capacity for the home opener at Globe Life Field.

Most teams are operating under some form of limited capacity. Fans were in the stands this past weekend for the first few games of the 2021 MLB regular season, but there seemed to be a good amount of space between various clusters.

That certainly was not the case Monday in Arlington as Texas hosted the Toronto Blue Jays in its home openers. The Rangers are expected to be one of the worst teams in baseball, but that notion is hardly stopping fans from flocking to the ballpark.

Sam Gannon of KDFW Fox 4 took a video of the jam-packed stadium.

This is a sight American sports fans have not seen in over a calendar year. Of course, the ramifications of packing a stadium with the pandemic still raging have yet to be determined.

The Rangers opted for full capacity in pretty short order after Governor Abbott moved to fully reopen the state. Texas had been counting on revenue generated from ticket sales following the grand opening of Globe Life Field last season. But that became an immediate loss when fans were barred from attending games last summer. Globe Life did have some attendance during the 2020 postseason, however.

For his part, Abbott was supposed to throw out the first pitch. However, he refused the offer after claiming MLB had painted a “false narrative” with its decision to move the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta.