In an e-mail sent on March to the ballet possessors for this season, the Oklahoma City Thunder announced that it will not accept fanatics in its games as local for the 2020-21 season, converts to the first NBA team to decide to be a fanatic during this campaign.
“Decision is based on various factors”, says the electronic mail. “The ultimate is that the peace and general security of our fanatics and our community is the most important for us”.
Before the start of the season, the Thunder had the intention of reclaiming the fanatics with a limited capacity, with health and safety protocols established throughout the arena. Without embarrassment, with the euthanasia in the COVID-19 cases throughout the country, and above all in Oklahoma, the team announced fines in November that would mark the time without fanatics.
While it has a positive trend line in the case of cases and hospitalizations in the state, the Thunder made the final decision to continue its time without fanatics, citing that it is “prematurely prone” and that there are variable variables that need to be improved “to carry miles of regression fans to the arena.
“Our personal relationships have a lot of space with our fanatics, so we value them deeply, and while we believe the future with ours, it is fundamental for us to insure that when we regress, we have a more secure environment that we are in at the moment” . “
With the Philadelphia 76ers and Charlotte Hornets announcing plans to receive fans in the finals of this month, there are now 18 teams that are joining the new fans in the arenas or have a plan for the future. The teams that allow the fanatics have the reduced capacity to allow the physical distance, with an assistance in the range of 10-15% (generally around 3,000 fanatics in total).
The Thunder, known for its enthusiastic base of local fanatics, says that the “limited game experience” that encounters fanatics “although the strict conditions that will be required” also play a factor in the decision.
“The current protocols that require it are not allowed to be at the height of our standards of an attractive and high-level entertainment experience,” said the team. “We have always felt the obligation to fill in this area for our fanatics, but in these circumstances, we do not believe that it is possible”.
In Oklahoma, public health media like mascara and physical distance have polarization themes. And within the organization, there is a tension of tension that will generate the ability to compile the protocols in the parties between the team and the affidavit.
The electronic mail decides that the Thunder will focus its attention on preparing to receive the fanatics for the period 2021-22.
“We will ensure that our experience in our games is always safe, sound and the best possible”, says the team. “We hope to regain temporary proximity to these conditions”.