COVID-19: potential ticketing revenue loss for NBA teams 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic at the beginning of 2020 hit the sports industry hard. Many professional leagues across the globe suspended their seasons, including the National Basketball Association in the United States. At the time the season was suspended in March 2020, there were still 259 games left in the 2019/20 NBA regular season. The Los Angeles Lakers, who had ten remaining regular season games left, were in line to lose 82.1 million U.S. dollars in ticketing revenue as a result of the crisis.
