Las Cruces — On March 4, 2021, the New Mexico Public Education Department announced that effective immediately, spectators will now be permitted to attend all school related sporting events to the extent allowed by the current Public Health Order under limits associated with crowd size at each venue, per county.
Game Schedules for football: Las Cruces vs Mayfield football game will be played at the field of Dreams. Kick off will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 13, 2021. Gates will open one hour before game time. Tashiro Drive is currently under construction so there will be only one entrance and one exit to the stadium. Las Cruces High School will be the home team on Saturday; Bulldawg fans may only use the Southwest parking lot to park at gate 1. Mayfield will be the visiting team; fans may only use the Southeast parking lot to park at gate 15. Please find the attached maps for traffic flow.
The Centennial vs Oñate football game will be played at the Field of Dreams on Friday, March 12, 2021. Kickoff is at 7:00 p.m. Centennial is the home team. With Tashiro Drive under construction, Hawk fans may use only the Southwest parking lot to park at gate 1. Oñate will be the visiting team; fans may only use the Southeast parking lot to park at gate 15. LCPD will be assisting LCPS with traffic control for both games.
Soccer games: Following the current public health order, the capacity of fans will be limited. Tickets for the soccer games will be sold at the ticket booth on Saturday March 13.
Ticket information for football:Las Cruces High tickets will go on sale to players Thursday from 4-6p.m. Tickets will be sold to the student body from 9am-12pm on Friday. Tickets for the general public will be sold Friday from 12-4 p.m. @ the B wing of LCHS (East side of El Paseo).
Mayfield will be selling tickets (cash only) starting Thursday from 8:30a.m.-3:30p.m. to football players, guardians and staff. Tickets for the general public will be sold on Friday (cash only) from 8:30a.m.-3:30p.m. in front office at Mayfield (southeast doors).
Tickets for Centennial will go on sale from 9am-3pm in the front office at the school on Thursday and Friday.
Tickets at Oñate will go on sale (cash only) on Thursday from 12p.m.-5p.m. and again on Friday from 9am-5pm, from the front office. You may call the front office 575-527-9430 and staff will meet you at the front door to with your tickets. Please park in the front visitor parking lot by the flagpoles on the North side of the school.
There will be 700 game tickets on sale per school. Tickets for the Las Cruces vs Mayfield and the Centennial vs Oñate football games will on sale at the schools for $5.00 on a first come first serve basis. Tickets for football games will not be sold at the gates upon entry at the Field of Dreams.
“This is not a normal season, but we’re excited to have games again and fans in the stands,” said LCPS Athletic Director Ernie Viramontes. “We are asking LCPS families for their patience as we continue to work through the logistics following the latest public health order. If we all work together to follow all the guidelines and protocols, we will have a better chance to continue to play these games”
Here is a breakdown of the percentage of spectators allowed to attend games under the COVID-19 health guidelines from the Governor’s color-coded system of infection rates for counties in New Mexico:
Turquoise Counties:
Up to 75% capacity of an outdoor spectator area
Up to 33% capacity of an indoor spectator area
Green Counties:
Up to 50% capacity of an outdoor spectator area
Up to 25% capacity of an indoor spectator area
Yellow Counties:
Up to 25% capacity for an outdoor spectator area
No spectators for an indoor spectator area
Red Counties:
Games go on
No spectators allowed
In every case, the host team’s county color governs the spectator capacity.
Livestreamed games: Both the Centennial/Oñate game on Friday night and the Cruces/Mayfield game Saturday afternoon will be livestreamed. Soccer games on Saturday will also be streamed at www.livestream.com/lcpstv.
Each of the high schools have their own Vimeo channels to stream games that take place in locations other than the Field of Dreams Football stadium or the main field in the Soccer Complex.
High School Channels
LCPS.TV: www.lcps.tv
All COVID-19 safe practices and procedures must be followed. Everyone must wear a mask, no exceptions. Fans must follow social distance guidelines. Given the current heath order, concessions will not be sold at the games, food and drinks are not permitted. Only bottled water will be allowed at the games. Tailgating will not be allowed. Fans must remain in their seats during games, and must exit the stadium immediately after the game ends to allow other games to begin.