When the sports world went dark last month, owners of major franchises made public pronouncements of support for the thousands of game-day workers. Now, more than a month later, some of those lofty declarations aren’t quite what they seemed.
in 2018 that the Barclays Center has benefited from more than $260 million in state and city funding, and $266 million more in property tax exemptions.
"Obviously there is some social responsibility. Obviously, apart from the tax breaks involved, you want to take care of your employees," Zimbalist said." do I think that because of the tax breaks on their stadiums that they should have an indefinite commitment to all of the stadium and arena workers for an indefinite amount of time in the future? No, I don’t think that."
These inequities threaten to become increasingly glaring if the coronavirus pandemic drags on into the late summer or fall, ending any chance of resuming the NBA and NHL seasons and wiping out a significant chunk, if not all, of the MLB schedule.'Everybody's scared' On the other side of the country, in West Hempstead, N.Y., Reyes still has one part-time job, which she said pays about $26,000 a year. But she also estimated that she has about $6,000 per month in bills.
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