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The NHL Carolina Hurricane's next game is being postponed due to COVID19 problems. This will be the 4th consecutive game for the team that was postpones due to the pandemic. Carolina has now rescheduled 7 upcoming games as a result.
This one's a bit different. The Miami Heat will subject their fans to a sniff test. Dogs trained to detect COVID19 in humans will use their heightened sense of smell to examine fans before they are admitted.
While the jury is still out on the regular season, officials in Arizona have given the Cubs the OK to admit fans to Sloan Park for 2021 spring training, with maximum capacity at 25%.
Gov. Cuomo has given all pro sports teams in the state the go-ahead to admit fans to their games. I'll add to this tomorrow with specifics.
Dave Miedema
The specifics:
All teams in New York state will be allowed to admit fans up to 10% crowd capacity, as long as the stadium/arena's total seating capacity is over 10,000.
The NBA scheduled a game on the fly on 2/17, with the Pistons visiting Chicago to play the Bulls.
The unplanned game came about due to the postponement of scheduled game for both Chicago and Detroit. The Bulls were to play a road game in Charlotte tomorrow night, but contract tracing related to COVID19 on the Hornets postponed that matchup. The Pistons game in Dallas was also postponed, but not due to pandemic-related reason, but for extreme weather condition in Dallas.
Beginning on 2/23, the New York Rangers, the New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets will be allowed to admit fans to their home games up to 10% of crowd capacity.
The Milwaukee Brewers have been in touch with Milwaukee health officials and have asked to have crowds up to 35% capacity when regular season home games begin.
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