Something resembling normal is slowly returning – including to Bucks games as, after just a little less than a month after earning a small level of fan capacity approval, Fiserv Forum received permission to almost double the amount of fans in the arena for Bucks home games starting next week.

Starting with the team's home bout against the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday, March 20, Milwaukee Health Department will now allow 18 percent, or about 3,280 fans, into Fiserv Forum for Bucks games – an increase from last month's previously permitted 10 percent capacity, or 1,800 fans. With this new increase, Fiserv Forum will also begin reopening its suites and loft spaces, with the hope of adding greater fan capacity as the season goes along, as the city and state's COVID numbers continue to go down, and as its vaccination numbers continue to rise.

Many of the arena's health protocols, however, remain the same – including properly wearing masks throughout the entire game (save when directly eating or drinking), selling seats in ticket "pods" of two or four people to keep fans distant, timed entries to avoid congregated crowds, eating and drinking only allowed in the seats, and required sitting throughout the game – no matter how awesome the latest Giannis dunk was. For more information on protocols since Fiserv Forum reopened to the public, click here. 

Tickets for the final five home games of the Bucks' current regular season campaign will go on sale starting Friday, March 12 at 10 a.m. To buy tickets, visit the Bucks' website – and stay tuned to OnMilwaukee for more hopefully positive Bucks updates, both on and off the court.