The NBA is in talks with The Walt Disney Company on a single-site scenario for a resumption of play in Central Florida in late July.
The National Basketball Players Association is also part of the talks with Disney, the league said Saturday. Games would be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, a massive campus on the Disney property near Orlando.
Space won't be an issue, even if Major League Soccer -- which is also in talks to resume its season at Disney -- is there at the same time as the NBA. The entire Disney complex is roughly 40 square miles, with nearly 24,000 hotel rooms owned or operated by Disney within the campus. It remains unknown where the NBA is in the process of securing tests or developing large-scale testing protocols. Also unclear: how many regular-season games would be played before the post-season begins -- or if all 30 teams would be playing. The league has asked team general managers for additional input on those matters.
Central Florida has been known as a viable option to host an NBA restart since at least mid-April, and other cities -- such as Las Vegas, which also has a longstanding relationship with the NBA -- were known to be considered as well. Teams have been allowed to welcome players back to their training facilities for voluntary sessions since May 8, and more than half of the league's franchises have taken advantage of that opportunity.
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