Miami Herald

Marlins fans can forget about nosebleeds the rest of the season. The club is closing the upper deck to spectators at Sun Life Stadium.

Marlins spokesman P.J. Loyello said team officials decided it made little sense to staff the upper deck with ushers and security personnel for a section that attracted so few fans.

“It was an operational decision,” Loyello said. “We don’t sell a whole lot of upper deck seats.”

As a result, Loyello said, season-ticket holders with upper-deck seats will be “upgraded” at no additional cost to infield box seats, ones much closer to the field, for the 31 remaining home games.

And the team will no longer sell upper-deck seats to the public on Fridays and Saturdays. The upper deck was closed the other five days of the week.

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