Another result of the Coronavirus scare

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Both the Cubs and White Sox have reached an agreement with Chicago government and will be given the OK to admit fans to games up to 20% capacity. That translates to 8,000 fans or a bit more.

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The State of California has authorized the resumption of a limited number of fans to outdoor sports events, effectibe 4/1/21...just in time for Opening Day of the 2021 MLB season.

One odd aspect of the decision that may be difficult to enfforce, however: the fans seeing the events must be residents of California.

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The Toronto Raptors, currently playing their home games in Tampa, FL, have had their Tuesday game against Detroit moved to Wednesday.

This comes on the heels of postponing their 2/28 game against the Bulls. Both games were not played due to positive tests and contract tracing on the Raptors team.

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Thursday night's NHL game between the Sharks and the Golden Knights was postponed due to a Sharks player undergoing COVID19 protocol.

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In conversations with Ohio Governor DeWine, both the Indians and Reds are planning to open the 2021 season with admitting fans up to roughly 30% of capacity each game.

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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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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.

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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.

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Miami Marlins CEO Derek Jeter has announced that 2021 Marlins home games would be admitting fans up to a maximum of about 9,300 per game.

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A positive test for COVID19 and subsequent contact tracing on the Spurs roster has caused San Antonio's game with Detroit on 2/16 to be postponed.

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MLB has indicated that, for the 2921 season, fans will NOT be subjected to COVID19 protocol in regards to vaccinations, testing and related exams.

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Brain fart...s/b 2021.

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Two teams based in Arizona for spring training have announced their decisions to admit fans for games in their home ballparks in the Phoenix area.

The Brewers will admit fans up to a maximum crowd of 2,300, while the Dodgers will allow 2,400 fans for their games.

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Some good news out of New York:

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.

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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.

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Some good news out of New York:

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

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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%.

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