The coronavirus is destroying everything

[rickmastfan67]

NASCAR postponed* this week (Atlanta) and next week (Miami).

https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/1238489913382887430

[hbelkins]

Events are being called off, and some big attractions like Disneyland are closing, but individual travel is not being restricted. If I had the money and the leave time from work, I would not think twice about jumping in the car and going on a two-week road trip. See the national parks that are open (I guess Yellowstone is still closed for the season), clinch roads and counties, sightsee. I'd have no qualms whatsoever about doing it, and absolutely no fear.

[Alps]

Events are being called off, and some big attractions like Disneyland are closing, but individual travel is not being restricted. If I had the money and the leave time from work, I would not think twice about jumping in the car and going on a two-week road trip. See the national parks that are open (I guess Yellowstone is still closed for the season), clinch roads and counties, sightsee. I'd have no qualms whatsoever about doing it, and absolutely no fear.

I plan to do the same. Hotels are being sanitized, restaurants are taking precautions, and I interact with few people.

[corco]

Honestly a good old-fashioned clinchathon/solo roadtrip is probably better social distancing than the vast majority of the population is doing anyway - I don't think it hurts efforts to contain the virus, whatever your feelings on it. I plan to get started clinching the Utah highway system either this weekend or next, and don't see that in jeopardy.

I have a fly/drive trip to Vegas planned in April that I'm a bit more concerned about because of the flying part, but we'll see what happens.

[Max Rockatansky]

As of right now I'm planning on hitting Yosemite of Pinnacles National Park on the 22nd depending on if the former is actively snowing.  Either way a long hike over 10 miles is probably in order no matter where I go.  Both destinations have some killer back roads, I can't imagine there any many people willing to go out to the boons alone during all this Virus stuff. 

Incidentally I'm really debating if I should go down to Los Angeles to add some of their freeways I haven't done in forever to the Gribblenation blog series.  All this traffic declining really has opened up some road geeking opportunities which otherwise wouldn't have been much fun.

[bing101]

Here is a look at Youtube Sports Pundits talking about their sport was suspended due to COVID-19.

[Alps]

Honestly a good old-fashioned clinchathon/solo roadtrip is probably better social distancing than the vast majority of the population is doing anyway - I don't think it hurts efforts to contain the virus, whatever your feelings on it. I plan to get started clinching the Utah highway system either this weekend or next, and don't see that in jeopardy.

I have a fly/drive trip to Vegas planned in April that I'm a bit more concerned about because of the flying part, but we'll see what happens.

I plan to fly, and that is the part I am most worried about - specifically, the TSA line. I can distance after that, and my seat will be limited to a few people (lower risk than the number I'd be exposed to in other places in the airport).

[Max Rockatansky]

Here is a look at Youtube Sports Pundits talking about their sport was suspended due to COVID-19.

Well that's something I didn't know, Youtube has "Sports Pundits" now.  I still associate Youtube mostly with; bootleg movies, remixed cartoon Youtube Poops, and general nerd interest stuff (computers, games, etc).

[Big John]

Even off-season things are being postponed, like the NFL draft https://247sports.com/Article/nfl-draft-coronavirus-postponed-las-vegas-2020-sports-canceled-145041223/

[Rothman]

One thing to consider if you're headed out to clinch counties:  Where will you use the restroom and what state will they be in?

[wanderer2575]

Events are being called off, and some big attractions like Disneyland are closing, but individual travel is not being restricted. If I had the money and the leave time from work, I would not think twice about jumping in the car and going on a two-week road trip. See the national parks that are open (I guess Yellowstone is still closed for the season), clinch roads and counties, sightsee. I'd have no qualms whatsoever about doing it, and absolutely no fear.

I agree.  It's looking more likely that my April 16th East Coast/Bahamas cruise will be cancelled, and if so then Mrs. wanderer and I will be doing a 10-day roadtrip somewhere so I can get sign photos and maybe we see a few sights.  Some precaution and common sense, but I'm not going to live sealed in a room with the shades drawn waiting for this thing to pass.  (To that end, we're going on that cruise if it isn't cancelled.  We don't do the gargantuan newer ships, and with the numbers of other people backing out I expect the available "social distance" away from others will be ample.)

[US 89]

Honestly a good old-fashioned clinchathon/solo roadtrip is probably better social distancing than the vast majority of the population is doing anyway - I don't think it hurts efforts to contain the virus, whatever your feelings on it. I plan to get started clinching the Utah highway system either this weekend or next, and don't see that in jeopardy.

I have a fly/drive trip to Vegas planned in April that I'm a bit more concerned about because of the flying part, but we'll see what happens.

I plan to fly, and that is the part I am most worried about - specifically, the TSA line. I can distance after that, and my seat will be limited to a few people (lower risk than the number I'd be exposed to in other places in the airport).

A few changes I noticed in the airport yesterday, compared to the last time I flew in January:

-TSA didn't even look at my boarding pass - they fed my ID into a machine, which presumably links your name to a boarding pass
-They were giving everybody a squirt of hand sanitizer when returning their bins after getting screened
-Everybody scans their own boarding pass at the gate now

[bing101]

Here is a look at Youtube Sports Pundits talking about their sport was suspended due to COVID-19.

Well that's something I didn't know, Youtube has "Sports Pundits" now.  I still associate Youtube mostly with; bootleg movies, remixed cartoon Youtube Poops, and general nerd interest stuff (computers, games, etc).

I remember YouTube in the early days for skateboarding videos, and Jackass stunts  though.

[Max Rockatansky]

Here is a look at Youtube Sports Pundits talking about their sport was suspended due to COVID-19.

Well that's something I didn't know, Youtube has "Sports Pundits" now.  I still associate Youtube mostly with; bootleg movies, remixed cartoon Youtube Poops, and general nerd interest stuff (computers, games, etc).

I remember YouTube in the early days for skateboarding videos, and Jackass stunts  though.

I remember seeing some Jackass-Like stunts but nothing even as sports related as skate boarding.  ESPN apparently has a channel with 6.8 million subscribers even on YouTube. 

[bing101]

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/28903117/nevada-suspends-all-combat-sports-events-march-25
https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/28893813/csac-cancels-all-combat-sports-events-march-31
Update Nevada has suspended fights until March 25th and California suspension of fights goes to March 31st.

[hotdogPi]

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/28903117/nevada-suspends-all-combat-sports-events-march-25
https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/28893813/csac-cancels-all-combat-sports-events-march-31
Update Nevada has suspended fights until March 25th and California suspension of fights goes to March 31st.

Wouldn't giving your opponent a disease be a good thing to do in a fight?

[ftballfan]

I saw a post on Twitter that showed a sports bar playing a livestream of Vikkstar123 (a British YouTuber) playing a shooting game.

Also, marble racing videos have gone viral.

Best case scenario for sports resumption is May 1 for practice and May 15 or so for games.
MLB: I predict a 110-120 game regular season.
NBA and NHL: Go right into the playoffs. One or both leagues may have to play tiebreaker games to determine the final playoff spot(s). Rudy Gobert's careless actions earlier this week might lead to him being suspended for the playoffs and possibly the first few games of 2020-21 (the Jazz are currently in playoff position). Possibly the first series or two in each sport goes to a best-of-5.
NFL: The draft takes place in a board room. Preseason and regular season goes on as scheduled.
Olympics: They go on as scheduled, but several countries boycott them.
International soccer: (I saw this on a European-based sports site) Europe considers a multi-year switch of the league calendar so that the league titles are determined in the fall and Euro 2020 takes place in November and December. In 2021 and 2022, leagues would start in February/March and end in October/November (this is important as the 2022 World Cup is planned to take place in November and December, which is right in the middle of the European league season). 2023 would be an abbreviated season (February to June/July) with fewer games to get back on the traditional fall to spring schedule, which would start back up in 2023-24.
Other sports: The 2021 or 2022 NCAA Final Four will be moved to Atlanta. The PGA Championship gets moved until after the Olympics and possibly changes courses. The Masters is held on the weekend the PGA Championship was originally scheduled for.
Non-sports: Many events, festivals, and conventions that were postponed from spring to fall will remain in the fall long-term (or maybe move to summer from 2021).

[RobbieL2415]

My timetable:

NHL/AHL: Cancel remainder of season

NBA/WNBA: Cancel remainder of season

NFL: Draft carried out remotely.  Possibly the Hall of Fame Game is cancelled.

XFL: Cancel remainder of season.

MLB: Season begins June 1, 132 games, a couple double-headers each month.  Playoffs reduced to ALCS/NLCS then the World Series.

Horse racing: I would expect all three Triple Crown races to be cancelled.  Breeder's Cup might be OK.

WWE: Will continue to host live televised events without spectators.

MMA/boxing: I would expect these to be completely stopped indefinitely.

PGA/LPG: tours cancelled until June

NASCAR: All sanctioned races run without spectators until June.

Olympics: I would expect at least China, Italy and the US to boycott.  Any events without enough participating nations would be cancelled.  Spectator capacity is severely limited.

Little League World Series: Could be cancelled depending on how long the virus lingers.

[ilpt4u]

My timetable:

NHL/AHL: Cancel remainder of season

NBA/WNBA: Cancel remainder of season

NFL: Draft carried out remotely.  Possibly the Hall of Fame Game is cancelled.

XFL: Cancel remainder of season.

MLB: Season begins June 1, 132 games, a couple double-headers each month.  Playoffs reduced to ALCS/NLCS then the World Series.

Horse racing: I would expect all three Triple Crown races to be cancelled.  Breeder's Cup might be OK.

WWE: Will continue to host live televised events without spectators.

MMA/boxing: I would expect these to be completely stopped indefinitely.

PGA/LPG: tours cancelled until June

NASCAR: All sanctioned races run without spectators until June.

Olympics: I would expect at least China, Italy and the US to boycott.  Any events without enough participating nations would be cancelled.  Spectator capacity is severely limited.

Little League World Series: Could be cancelled depending on how long the virus lingers.

No way WWE runs WrestleMania without spectators. It will have to be postponed

Raw, Smackdown, and NXT shows will continue to be produced from the WWE Performance Center in Florida, I'm sure

The Triple Crown Races can still be held, basically sans spectators. Horses, Owners, Trainers, Jockeys, and Race Officials and Operations staff being the only ones at the tracks. All betting done online in states that allow it

[RobbieL2415]

My timetable:

NHL/AHL: Cancel remainder of season

NBA/WNBA: Cancel remainder of season

NFL: Draft carried out remotely.  Possibly the Hall of Fame Game is cancelled.

XFL: Cancel remainder of season.

MLB: Season begins June 1, 132 games, a couple double-headers each month.  Playoffs reduced to ALCS/NLCS then the World Series.

Horse racing: I would expect all three Triple Crown races to be cancelled.  Breeder's Cup might be OK.

WWE: Will continue to host live televised events without spectators.

MMA/boxing: I would expect these to be completely stopped indefinitely.

PGA/LPG: tours cancelled until June

NASCAR: All sanctioned races run without spectators until June.

Olympics: I would expect at least China, Italy and the US to boycott.  Any events without enough participating nations would be cancelled.  Spectator capacity is severely limited.

Little League World Series: Could be cancelled depending on how long the virus lingers.

No way WWE runs WrestleMania without spectators. It will have to be postponed

Raw, Smackdown, and NXT shows will continue to be produced from the WWE Performance Center in Florida, I'm sure

The Triple Crown Races can still be held, basically sans spectators. Horses, Owners, Trainers, Jockeys, and Race Officials and Operations staff being the only ones at the tracks. All betting done online in states that allow it

The virus can spread to other animals.  That's how this strain got started.

[Alps]

My timetable:

NHL/AHL: Cancel remainder of season

NBA/WNBA: Cancel remainder of season

NFL: Draft carried out remotely.  Possibly the Hall of Fame Game is cancelled.

XFL: Cancel remainder of season.

MLB: Season begins June 1, 132 games, a couple double-headers each month.  Playoffs reduced to ALCS/NLCS then the World Series.

Horse racing: I would expect all three Triple Crown races to be cancelled.  Breeder's Cup might be OK.

WWE: Will continue to host live televised events without spectators.

MMA/boxing: I would expect these to be completely stopped indefinitely.

PGA/LPG: tours cancelled until June

NASCAR: All sanctioned races run without spectators until June.

Olympics: I would expect at least China, Italy and the US to boycott.  Any events without enough participating nations would be cancelled.  Spectator capacity is severely limited.

Little League World Series: Could be cancelled depending on how long the virus lingers.

No way WWE runs WrestleMania without spectators. It will have to be postponed

Raw, Smackdown, and NXT shows will continue to be produced from the WWE Performance Center in Florida, I'm sure

The Triple Crown Races can still be held, basically sans spectators. Horses, Owners, Trainers, Jockeys, and Race Officials and Operations staff being the only ones at the tracks. All betting done online in states that allow it

The virus can spread to other animals.  That's how this strain got started.

I don't think it was horses... maybe bat racing will be called off.

[Beltway]

Have any casinos been closed yet?

[TheGrassGuy]

Have any casinos been closed yet?

MGM I know has shut down their resorts, as have a few others

[ilpt4u]

Have any casinos been closed yet?

Pretty sure Illinois and Indiana ordered their casinos closed. Illinois casinos have until 11:59 PM CDT tonight to operate

MGM Resorts and Wynn/Encore in Vegas have announced closings. I can't imagine that the Ceasars and Boyd Casino Properties out there are very far behind

[jmd41280]

Have any casinos been closed yet?

The Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh is closing for at least the next 2 weeks...