Monumental Sports and Entertainment CEO and Chairman Ted Leonsis will pay arena workers through at least the end of March while the NBA and NHL seasons are indefinitely suspended.
Leonsis, owner of the Washington Wizards and Capitals, will pay 500 part-time employees for the 16 events that were either canceled or postponed due to concerns about the coronavirus, according to multiple reports. Leonsis announced Thursday that all events at Capital One Arena, where the Wizards and the Capitals play, would be postponed “until further notice.”
Other teams have taken similar actions as the Atlanta Hawks and Dallas Mavericks agreed to pay their hourly workers while the NBA season is suspended.