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Cardinals Postpone Home Opener Until Friday

St. Louis Public Radio | By Mary Delach Leonard
Published April 3, 2019 at 5:08 PM CDT
The grounds crew works on the field at Busch Stadium last week. Construction was still under way on the Budweiser Terrace, a new social gathering area in the upper right field seating sections. It will feature lounge seating, standing areas and two bars.
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The grounds crew works on the field at Busch Stadium before opening day, 2017.

The St. Louis Cardinals have moved their home opener at Busch Stadium from Thursday afternoon to Friday because of a rainy forecast, the team announced.

But don’t worry, Cardinals fans, the traditional Opening Day show will go on — just a day late.

Stadium gates will open at noon on Friday, with pregame festivities starting at 2:30 p.m.

The Cardinals will take on the San Diego Padres at 3:15 p.m.

Fans with tickets to Thursday’s game will be able to use those same tickets for admittance to the rescheduled game on Friday. The same goes for fans who purchased tickets to Thurday’s pregame party at Cardinals Nation.

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Mary Delach Leonard
Mary Delach Leonard is a veteran journalist who joined the St. Louis Beacon staff in April 2008 after a 17-year career at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where she was a reporter and an editor in the features section. Her work has been cited for awards by the Missouri Associated Press Managing Editors, the Missouri Press Association and the Illinois Press Association. In 2010, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis honored her with a Spirit of Justice Award in recognition of her work on the housing crisis. Leonard began her newspaper career at the Belleville News-Democrat after earning a degree in mass communications from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, where she now serves as an adjunct faculty member. She is partial to pomeranians and Cardinals.
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