XL Center Off Limits Til Fall 2021

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No UConn games at XL Center until fall of 2021; Sacred Heart, BYU emerge as possible nonconference opponents for men’s basketball with Big East scheduling still taking shape

The UConn men’s basketball team can begin practicing next Wednesday. The Huskies can play their first game as soon as Nov. 25, according to the NCAA. Not much more is certain regarding the sc…

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"Not much more is certain regarding the schedule for the upcoming season, with the coronavirus still making it difficult to impossible to plan.

For that reason, it is certain that there will be no UConn basketball games, men’s or women’s, nor ice hockey games at the XL Center this season, Mike Freimuth, executive director of the Capital Region Development Authority said on Wednesday.

“Because of the uncertainty, it didn’t make much economic sense for either of us,” Freimuth said. “We’ve got to have the building pretty full for it to work. We talked it through.”

 

[meyers7]

Makes sense.

 

[JordyG]

Makes sense.

Unfortunately.

 

[MSGRET]

It will give the students a chance to see all of the home games at Gampel Pavilion if fans are allowed to get in. Right now here in Vegas the UNLV football will be able to have 6,500 fans in the new Allegiant Stadium. Currently sporting events can have 10% capacity. Hopefully by Nov they will be allowed 25%.

 

[Woof 101]

Agree it makes sense. Such bad timing with the women always a good draw and the men were filling the house again. I had a bumpy road in the early days and there are years I want to forget but this tops the list!

 

[Zanzman]

Games are much better at Gampel over the civic center

 

[Sargassoc]

I get it. . . Not happy, but I get it.

They said they'd be contacting season ticket holders. I'm hoping I don't lose my seats for the following year. . . I'm assuming I won't, but everything is so unpredictable, who's to say?

 

[Skeets]

It makes sense, but not health sense. It all came down to dollars and cents (no pun intended). It was a financial decision by the management of the XL who were concerned that they couldn't turn a buck. Nice.

 

[Skeets]

I get it. . . Not happy, but I get it.

They said they'd be contacting season ticket holders. I'm hoping I don't lose my seats for the following year. . . I'm assuming I won't, but everything is so unpredictable, who's to say?

I better not lose my seats next year. I did give them a donation this year which should hold my status as a season ticket holder. Not my fault the XL center didn't want to make a financial gamble.