The Swamp

Ilitch Holdings' $1 million commitment to pay the salaries of part-time workers during the coronavirus shutdown for the next month will cover about 1,500 employees.

But it might not cover all who work at Little Caesars Arena.

The Red Wings, like the also-Ilitch-owned Tigers, contract out food and beverage services to Sportservice, a branch of the Buffalo, N.Y.-based Delaware North company. Delaware North has contracts with some 50 arenas spread across four continents.

Delaware North chairman Jeremy Jacobs owns the NHL's Boston Bruins and the Bruins' and Celtics' home arena, TD Garden. He's worth $3.5 billion and has more than 50,000 employees.

A spokesperson for Delaware North declined to comment when reached by The Detroit News on Saturday.

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LCA's food and beverage workers are represented by Local 24, which has more than 6,000 members. A message for union president Nia Winston was not immediately returned Saturday.

"Our sincere hope is that this provides comfort to our colleagues in this difficult time," Chris Granger, president of sports and entertainment for Ilitch Holdings, said in a statement.

On Saturday, in response to an inquiry from The News, an Ilitch spokesperson said the fund, which went into effect Thursday, covers ticket sellers, ushers, restroom attendants, guest-relations representatives, security representatives, parking attendances, game-day production staff and "others." It wasn't immediately clear if food- and beverage-service workers fall under the "other" category; a followup message from The News wasn't immediately returned.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 10:37 am

rass wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 6:21 am The youth soccer league my kid plays for finally sent a letter last night postponing the season until at least 4/5. The last official word from our club was that they would cancel all training until 3/20, even though all of our teams are either in that league I mentioned above or EDP (which is directly controlled by USYS) so there won't be games at least until April.

The club sent out a pretty oddly worded message to everyone in the middle of the day yesterday about how during times like these "youth soccer organizations should do all in our power to keep kids engaged in soccer" so as to not be an additional problem for them (kids) to deal with.

My daughter's travel club said they will send a series of videos with individual drills players can do by themselves in the backyard. Thought that was a good idea. Her academy sent a note to avoid playing in private indoor facilities due to the difficulty in disinfecting them and the recirculated air. Again, thought that was an interest thing to think to include. OTOH, they train at a brand new incredible facility, and the owner of the facility has a daughter playing in that academy, so I imagine he was less impressed with the message.

With the ever changing landscape regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19), the FP Sports Dome and Event Center continues to respond and adjust to the situation accordingly. Therefore, based on recent updates, all FPSD spring programs and offerings will be postponed until further notice.

Baloney wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:36 am Euro 2020 postponed until next year

Sabo wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:59 am

Baloney wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:36 am Euro 2020 postponed until next year

I saw a story that UEFA wants 275 million Euros from the national teams to delay the tournament a year. The balls/greed of UEFA still astounds me. What a shit organization.

Baloney wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:36 am Euro 2020 postponed until next year

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:52 pm I say four straight weeks of majors in October.

brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:41 amBeen hearing some rumblings about the NBA possibly moving their league year permanently to December-August to avoid the NFL going forward (presumably after trying to play this year's playoffs in the late summer/early fall).

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:55 am

brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:41 amBeen hearing some rumblings about the NBA possibly moving their league year permanently to December-August to avoid the NFL going forward (presumably after trying to play this year's playoffs in the late summer/early fall).

I like this one for the NBA. It allows college basketball to whet the palate for almost two months before the NBA debuts on Christmas Day and they avoid most of the NFL season. They get their stretch run and playoffs against the dog days of MLB.

Who knows, more college players may stay in school after their season ends to finish the semester (and maybe a summer session or two) before the draft. Work out on campus with their teammates and add on a little more toward their degrees, then shift to the pre-draft workouts.

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:27 amIf they end up terminating the season, it seems like a no-brainer to declare Liverpool the champion. Their magic number is 6, with 57 points remaining between them and Man City.

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 10:13 am

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:27 amIf they end up terminating the season, it seems like a no-brainer to declare Liverpool the champion. Their magic number is 6, with 57 points remaining between them and Man City.

There was no champion this year. Its really too bad.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 2:09 pm Having the NHL cancel the regular season and having the Sharks credit back the money for March and April tickets in this god-forsaken season isn't the worst thing that could happen to this fan.

degenerasian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 2:39 pm ...Aussie Rules opened their season last night.

brian wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:02 pm I feel obliged to report if you're jonesing for some real live sports as much as me there's a live Aussie Rules Football game on FS1 at 11 p.m. Eastern.

Might not be going on Down Under for too much longer so get it while you can.

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:03 pm

brian wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:02 pm I feel obliged to report if you're jonesing for some real live sports as much as me there's a live Aussie Rules Football game on FS1 at 11 p.m. Eastern.

Might not be going on Down Under for too much longer so get it while you can.

You could show me Aussie games from 2015 and I’d have no idea who won.

brian wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:02 pm I feel obliged to report if you're jonesing for some real live sports as much as me there's a live Aussie Rules Football game on FS1 at 11 p.m. Eastern.

Might not be going on Down Under for too much longer so get it while you can.

brian wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:29 pm I know the sports books are getting desperate because they’re not only offering but FEATURING matches from the sumo tournament

Pruitt wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2020 7:58 am

brian wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:29 pm I know the sports books are getting desperate because they’re not only offering but FEATURING matches from the sumo tournament

This could be just the thing Sumo needed to get a foothold in the west!

ETA - Tournament title will be decided in a match between the two Yokozuna. Put your yen on Hakuho. Kakuryu is great, but Hakuho is the G.O.A.T.

brian wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:29 pm I know the sports books are getting desperate because they’re not only offering but FEATURING matches from the sumo tournament