because of the ongoing pandemic, amanda delta tell e game date experience will be different. >> reporters in the making, come april 26, the san jose sharks will welcome fans back to the center. >> i messaged three of my close friends, i said, we get to go back. [ laughter ] >> reporter: sharks fanatic tara understands going back involves big changes. everyone two years and older must provide proof of either completed vaccinations or a negative covid-19 test. digital tickets will be sold in pods of two or four seats, and of course, masks will muffle the normal cheers. these changes worth it. >> being able to take that step back inside a building with other people, with groups of people at a sporting event is almo towards the end of all of this. >> reporter: another change, people won't be able to eat or drink in their seats or use cash to pay for any of those items. but the puck drops in less than two weeks. sharks president says capacity limits allow 500 fans inside the tank at a time. >> we are starting on the first game opening up the most tenured season-ticket holders and rolling thro

because of the ongoing pandemic, amanda delta tells us the game date experience will be different. >>eporter: 14 months in the making, come april 26, the san jose sharks will welcome fans back to the center. >> i messaged three of my close friends, i said, we get to go back. [ laughter ] >> reporter: sharks fanatic tara understands going back involves big changes. everyone two years and older must provide proof of either completed vaccinations or a negative covid-19 test. digital tickets will be sold in pods of two or four seats, and of course, masks will muffle the normal cheers. these changes worth it. >> being able to take that step back inside a building with other people, with groups of people at a sporting event is almo towards the end of all of this. >> reporter: another change, people won't be able to eat or drink in their seats or use cash to pay for any of those items. but the puck drops in less than two weeks. sharks president says capacity limits allow 500 fans inside the tank at a time. >> we are starting on the first game opening up the most tenured season-ticket holders

interesting for me because if united looking to hire more people, but delta says it has to cancel flights because of staffing shortages. amandaat it is worth, really interesting set of events for delta over the weekend. one of the busiest weekends delta has seen since pre-pandemic. you can take that as good news. the bad news, not enough seats. 100 flights canceled because delta cannot keep up with the passenger traffic. they added middle seats back. they were not scheduled to do that until may. they did it this weekend to accommodate passengers, which will raise questions by some about the health and safety of moving that up. potentially vaccines out and about among travelers will help a little bit. kailey: delta is the last major airline to at that middle seatback. i have been on a number of flights in which i have had to sit in the middle seat as of late. let's bring in our guest sara nelson. i want to get your take on this hiring and staffing question. what we have heard from delta and united over the past several weeks, how easy or difficult is it going to be to fill those holes? >> not very easy at all, which is why we