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Phillies set price for cardboard fan cutouts, unveil plan to honor health-care workers for season-opening series

Hundreds of likenesses of doctors, nurses and staff will be displayed in the Diamond Club seats behind home plate for the season-opening series at Citizens Bank Park.

Phillies coaches sit behind likenesses of doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers who have been on the front lines of COVID-19. The cardboard cutouts will be displayed behind home plate during games this weekend.
Phillies coaches sit behind likenesses of doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers who have been on the front lines of COVID-19. The cardboard cutouts will be displayed behind home plate during games this weekend.Read moreSTEVEN M. FALK / Staff Photographer

For roughly the average price of a single-game ticket at Citizens Bank Park, Phillies fans will be able to buy a cardboard cutout of their likeness that will be affixed to a seat at a game this season.

The cost of the 18-by-36-inch cutouts will be $40 for the general public, $25 for season-ticket holders, with net proceeds going to benefit Phillies Charities, the team said Wednesday in a news release. Further details on how to buy the cutouts will be forthcoming, according to the Phillies.

The organization is dedicating this week’s season-opening series to health-care workers on the front lines of COVID-19.

Hundreds of cutouts in the Diamond Club seats behind home plate will feature high-resolution photos of doctors, nurses, and staff from Nemours Children’s Health System and Jefferson Health.

“We are proud to honor the countless health-care heroes who have shown extraordinary care and commitment to our community during this pandemic,” Phillies executive vice president David Buck said in a statement. “As our broadcast cameras capture the ‘crowd’ on Nemours Opening Day, we want our doctors, nurses, and health-care workers to know that we are so grateful for their sacrifice and courage.”