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Could Kings Former Home Be Used As Coronavirus Hospital?

There is plenty of uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States and around the world, and Northern California has been one of the areas that have been adversely affected. The news came out on Friday that Sleep Train Arena, former home of the Sacramento Kings, might become a makeshift coronavirus hospital.

According to Tara Copp and Tony Bizjak of the Sacramento Bee, The Army Corps of Engineers chief engineer said that they are planning to create a 360-bed field hospital to treat both coronavirus and regular trauma care patients in the arena formerly known as ARCO.