NEW YORK — Two other people accustomed to the placement say the WNBA plans to carry video games at only one location if there’s a season this 12 months and that the MGM Resorts in Las Vegas and the IMG Academy in Florida are the highest applicants.
There continues to be now not date when the 2020 season will tip off.
The other people spoke to The Associated Press on situation of anonymity since the conceivable places haven’t been publicly introduced. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert informed the AP ultimate month that the league was once making an allowance for a handful of situations that integrated taking part in at one or two websites.
Details of the logistics of ways the league and its 12 groups would function at both location stay unclear.
Engelbert informed the AP as soon as once more on Tuesday that the league has mentioned quite a lot of choices, however declined to substantiate whether or not IMG Academy or MGM crowned the record of conceivable locations.
“We’re looking at the pros and cons of a number of different locations,” Engelbert mentioned.
The commissioner reiterated as soon as once more that well being and protection of the gamers and groups was once a most sensible precedence.
The league postponed the beginning of its season in April as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The WNBA was once meant to start out play on May 15.
If the league is going with MGM Resorts it could have a couple of choices of the place the video games may well be held, however one would most probably be dominated out: Mandalay Bay. That is the house court docket of the Las Vegas Aces, who’re owned by means of MGM Resorts. The league wouldn’t need to give the Aces much more of a aggressive merit.
IMG Academy is in Bradenton, Florida — about 100 miles from Disney World close to Orlando the place the NBA is negotiating to restart its season in July.
The commissioner did ascertain one of the subjects of dialogue with the union: Players had been paid Monday and can obtain some other test in a few weeks.
The gamers, who earn a base wage between $57,000 and $215,000, are normally paid 9 occasions all through an Olympic 12 months, however had been paid one 12th in their wage this week. The plan is for gamers to obtain exams over 12 pay classes.
The league and union will evaluation the place they’re on the finish of the month so far as beginning the season and whether or not gamers will proceed to receives a commission subsequent month.
Normally gamers can be paid each two weeks beginning on June 1 with their ultimate exams coming on the finish of the common season.