The Golden State Warriors announced Wednesday that the team will restrict fan access to its upcoming home games to protect against the potential spread of the novel coronavirus.
The Warriors will play the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday at Chase Center without fans, the team said in a statement. In addition, events at the arena, including three concerts, will be canceled or postponed through March 21.
The team said it will offer full refunds to people with tickets to its Thursday home game or Sunday’s scheduled Santa Cruz Warriors game against the Austin Spurs, which is being moved to the G League team’s Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz.
The Warriors announced the plan to play home games without fans shortly after the city of San Francisco announced a two-week ban on gatherings of more than 1,000 people.
The NBA has also taken steps to reduce the potential spread of the virus, restricting locker room access for credentialed media members.
“We will continue to monitor this evolving situation closely to determine next steps for future games and events,” the team said in a statement. “We appreciate the understanding and patience of our fans, guests and partners during this unprecedented time.”
According to the team, people with tickets to the postponed Tame Impala, Post Malone and Bell Biv Devoe concerts will receive a full refund of their ticket or an offer to exchange their ticket for a future rescheduled
concert at Chase Center.
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And nothing of value was lost.
The NBA should suck-up to China more. Maybe they can get a waiver to play there. Hopefully, they will move their headquarters to China where it belongs.
Now they’ll have to play for the love of the game and not the misguided attention the players crave.
Who Cares, bunch of over payed crybaby’s.
The NBA season has now been cancelled completely for this year.
EXCELLENT!!! I was hoping this would have happened during the 2008 recession.
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