It’s official. Beginning this season, all fans entering AT&T Park will be screened with metal detectors to comply with Major League Baseball’s mandate that all teams begin using them by the 2015 season. The Giants will also be testing the metal detectors at select Spring Training games at Scottsdale Stadium.

.”We believe that the addition of metal detectors will further ensure a safe atmosphere for all our fans who attend a Giants game,” said Jorge Costa, Giants senior vice president of ballpark operations. “They will also allow us to speed up the pace of entry by reducing the need for handheld wanding and should create a more efficient and safer screening process.”

Here are the new safety procedures announced by the Giants today:

If bringing in a bag, security will inspect bags as fans are in line approaching the gates. Bag policies have not changed and bags not larger than 16″x16″x8″ will continue to be allowed in the park. Bags will not go through the metal detector.

Fans will be asked to remove all metal objects, including keys, coins and cell phones, from their pockets before walking through a metal detector.

Fans will walk through a metal detector at the gates while their tickets are being scanned. Those who do not wish to walk through a metal detector have the option of being manually checked with a handheld wand.

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