Went the COVID-19 pandemic forced all pro sports to shut down in March, Brooklyn Nets governor Joe Tsai was among those who made a commitment to continue paying his home arena’s part-time arena staff.
Initially, Tsai committed to pay those employees through May, with there being no prospect of events taking place at Barclays Center during that time. According to Norman Oder of the Atlantic Yards Report, Tsai wound up extending that commitment through June.
And, once again, Tsai has extended his commitment. He is now going to pay the part-time Barclays Center staff through the end of the year, Oder reports.
If the Nets maintain the same pay rate they did when the pandemic first struck, Oder indicates Tsai will be committing roughly $10 million to the Barclays Center’ part-time workers.
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