Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, along with Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz, will pay day-of-game employees at the United Center through the remainder of the originally scheduled NBA and NHL season.
The NBA suspended the season on Wednesday after Utah Jazz All-Star center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus. Jazz star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell has the virus as well.
The Bulls and Blackhawks are just the latest NBA and NHL teams to help out their respective arena workers. The Los Angeles Lakers, LA Clippers and LA Kings, who share the Staples Center, did the same gesture on Friday:
The United Center ownership and the Chicago Bulls and Chicago Blackhawks, on behalf of our front offices and players, will pay day-of-game employees through the remainder of the originally scheduled season.
Our employees, whether they be front office staff, or our approximately 1,200 day-of-game staff, are family, and we will navigate this unprecedented situation together.
It's unknown by anyone if the NBA season is going to resume. The Bulls went 22-43 before the season got shut down on Wednesday.
Chicago hasn't hosted a playoff game at the United Center since 2017. What's even more worrisome is that the Bulls haven't won a home postseason game since 2015.
The Windy City team has been struggling since the Jimmy Butler trade. Bulls shooting guard Zach LaVine is one of the best scorers in the game and rookie point guard Coby White has shown flashes of his own scoring prowess this season.
However, the rest of the Bulls' roster is pretty weak top to bottom and that's why the club was on its way to missing the playoffs again in 2019-20.
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