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Sharks Announce Feb. 1-3 Home Games Will Be Played in AZ Due to CA Regulations

The announced Saturday that their first two home games of the 2020-21 season will be played at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, because of COVID-19 restrictions in California.

It was noted in the announcement that the Feb. 1 and Feb. 3 Sharks home games against the Vegas Golden Knights will be the ones moved to Arizona.

That decision is a result of the ban on contact sports in Santa Clara County, California, which also forced the NFL's San Francisco 49ers to play the final three home games of their 2020 season in Arizona.