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The warriors will play tomorrow night with no fans in attendance. https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/1237805678023999495 https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/

The warriors will play tomorrow night with no fans in attendance. https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/1237805678023999495 https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/1237805678023999495 Also is there something significant about a limit of 1000 people? Why that number?

jedberg 7y ago
> the warriors will play tomorrow night with no fans in attendance. To be fair, after being the first team in the NBA to be eliminated from playoff contention last night, they probably weren't going to draw very large crowds anyway. Edit: Geez it was just a joke about how poorly the Warriors are doing. > Also is there something significant about a limit of 1000 people? Why that number? It's arbitrary. It's a "big" number.
- blueline 7y ago
  >To be fair, after being the first team in the NBA to be eliminated from playoff contention last night, they probably weren't going to draw very large crowds anyway. it would be shocking if several thousand people at the least weren't going to show up. the warriors are insanely popular even during this down period. you ever catch a knicks game on TV? they've been terrible for like an entire decade and there are definitely plenty of people in the seats...
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- prh8 7y ago
  They've been bad all season, there's no reason for the attendance numbers to change now. The more interesting thing is that they're the top team in the league for revenue per home game.
  - hef19898 7y ago
    The German ice hockey league cancelled the playoffs for this year.
- e40 7y ago
  I disagree. As a fan, Curry's return, had a full house the other day, and every single person in attendance knew we wouldn't make the playoffs. The new people on the team are insanely fun to watch. Yeah, getting walloped by the Clippers last night wasn't fun to watch, but there are plenty of games which are really fun.
jankassens 7y ago
If they don't want to ban all public activity, they have to pick some number. I suppose they don't want to shut a small concerts at bars with 50 people or a local comedy club (yet). Banning large conferences or sport events with people likely coming from further away seems like a good start.
- luckydata 7y ago
  they have to shut down EVERYTHING now. tomorrow will be too late.
  - jeswin 7y ago
    Till when? How will people put food on the table if economic activity stops?
    - svrma 7y ago
      It is sad but inevitable that economic activity will be disrupted by shutdowns. But delaying the shutdown will only lead to longer shutdown down the lane. > Till when? For as long as the disease outbreak is contained (it is not going to be forever) > How will people put food on the table if economic activity stops? No idea! Maybe something like UBI will help? But the question will remain and will be more troublesome if the outbreak is not contained for sure.
      - nybble41 7y ago
        > Maybe something like UBI will help? How will that help the people who don't have your magical ability to derive sustenance directly from bank balances? UBI is not a substitute for economic activity. Goods still need to be produced. We need to deal with the outbreak without shutting the system down.
        svrma 7y ago
        I agree that Goods still have to be produced. I didn't say UBI is a substitute for economic activity. I didn't say UBI was all that you need. You are attacking a straw man here. To expand a bit more, UBI might help service workers and others other hourly wage workers to take care of themselves. The service workers are the people who interact with other people the most, so an infected service worker who doesn't have an option but to work will end up spreading the disease. UBI might be the answer to temporarily keep them alive. All of us have to live on reserves if there's a shutdown. Just like China did. It is not going to be great. But the alternative is much worse. And I am not claiming this is a permanent solution.
maerF0x0 7y ago
They should auction ~900 seats (fans, players, staff < 1k) and put the money toward research / charity Covid related.

jedberg 7y ago

> the warriors will play tomorrow night with no fans in attendance. To be fair, after being the first team in the NBA to be eliminated from playoff contention last night, they probably weren't going to draw very large crowds anyway. Edit: Geez it was just a joke about how poorly the Warriors are doing. > Also is there something significant about a limit of 1000 people? Why that number? It's arbitrary. It's a "big" number.

blueline 7y ago
>To be fair, after being the first team in the NBA to be eliminated from playoff contention last night, they probably weren't going to draw very large crowds anyway. it would be shocking if several thousand people at the least weren't going to show up. the warriors are insanely popular even during this down period. you ever catch a knicks game on TV? they've been terrible for like an entire decade and there are definitely plenty of people in the seats...
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prh8 7y ago
They've been bad all season, there's no reason for the attendance numbers to change now. The more interesting thing is that they're the top team in the league for revenue per home game.
- hef19898 7y ago
  The German ice hockey league cancelled the playoffs for this year.
e40 7y ago
I disagree. As a fan, Curry's return, had a full house the other day, and every single person in attendance knew we wouldn't make the playoffs. The new people on the team are insanely fun to watch. Yeah, getting walloped by the Clippers last night wasn't fun to watch, but there are plenty of games which are really fun.

jankassens 7y ago

If they don't want to ban all public activity, they have to pick some number. I suppose they don't want to shut a small concerts at bars with 50 people or a local comedy club (yet). Banning large conferences or sport events with people likely coming from further away seems like a good start.

luckydata 7y ago
they have to shut down EVERYTHING now. tomorrow will be too late.
- jeswin 7y ago
  Till when? How will people put food on the table if economic activity stops?
  - svrma 7y ago
    It is sad but inevitable that economic activity will be disrupted by shutdowns. But delaying the shutdown will only lead to longer shutdown down the lane. > Till when? For as long as the disease outbreak is contained (it is not going to be forever) > How will people put food on the table if economic activity stops? No idea! Maybe something like UBI will help? But the question will remain and will be more troublesome if the outbreak is not contained for sure.
    - nybble41 7y ago
      > Maybe something like UBI will help? How will that help the people who don't have your magical ability to derive sustenance directly from bank balances? UBI is not a substitute for economic activity. Goods still need to be produced. We need to deal with the outbreak without shutting the system down.
      - svrma 7y ago
        I agree that Goods still have to be produced. I didn't say UBI is a substitute for economic activity. I didn't say UBI was all that you need. You are attacking a straw man here. To expand a bit more, UBI might help service workers and others other hourly wage workers to take care of themselves. The service workers are the people who interact with other people the most, so an infected service worker who doesn't have an option but to work will end up spreading the disease. UBI might be the answer to temporarily keep them alive. All of us have to live on reserves if there's a shutdown. Just like China did. It is not going to be great. But the alternative is much worse. And I am not claiming this is a permanent solution.

maerF0x0 7y ago

They should auction ~900 seats (fans, players, staff < 1k) and put the money toward research / charity Covid related.