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Commissioner Adam Silver and the league board
of governors opted for the "bubble" site of Walt Disney World
Resort to provide room and board for the 22 teams within
shouting distance of the playoffs. The postseason will also be
held in what the NBA hopes is a controlled environment, where
players have restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Among the costs to the NBA are daily tests for COVID-19,
treatment and quarantine associated with positive tests, and
meals, security, transportation, sanitation of facilities
including practice gyms and staging of games at multiple stadium
sites (three arenas are planned for use).
The NBA has projected a total loss exceeding $1 billion in
revenue related to ticket sales by playing games at the
isolated, neutral site and without fans present.
"It comes into play that we feel an obligation to our sport and
to the industry to find a new normal," NBA commissioner Adam
Silver told Time magazine on Tuesday. "It doesn't come into play
in terms of dollars and cents because, frankly, it's not all
that economical for us to play on this campus. It's enormously
expensive.
(Field Level Media)
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