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A Tale of Two Arenas, What a Difference 30 Miles Makes
Self ^ | 10/3/2021 | Night Hides Not

Posted on 10/03/2021 9:58:57 AM PDT by Night Hides Not

Last week, the Dallas Mavericks announced their Covid protocol for the 2021-2022 season. In short, you have to provide proof of vaccination, or show a negative Covid test within 48 hours of the game.

Contrast that to Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, where masks are encouraged...period.


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Over the past ten months, I've attended two events at Dickies Arena: the Gonzaga-Virginia basketball game on 12/26/2020, and the Eric Clapton concert two weeks ago. Neither event required masking, and arena personnel were very, very professional.

Eric's concert was a kick-off for his current tour, all to be played in venues with no mandate policies. There were hundreds there wearing masks (out of 12,000), but I didn't see a Karen in the audience.

I responded to one of the concert reviewers, as they commented about their surprise that Clapton made no comments about his displeasure with the Covid vaccine and policies. My response? It was all about the music, man, and Eric knew it. It was a great concert!

I was ready to buy tickets for the Mavericks-Wizards game in November, to cheer on fellow Zags Corey Kispert and Rui Hachimura...not now. Hopefully, things change over the next 6-7 weeks, but I'm not expecting it.

By the way, neither event at Dickies has generated a spike in Covid cases...haven't seen a report of one.

1 posted on 10/03/2021 9:58:57 AM PDT by Night Hides Not
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To: Night Hides Not
Tale of Two Arenas

Nice title and insightful contrast.

2 posted on 10/03/2021 10:01:20 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Night Hides Not
https://dickiesarena.com/covid-19-guidelines/

https://www.americanairlinescenter.com/plan-your-visit/fan-safety-guidelines

3 posted on 10/03/2021 10:04:46 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Night Hides Not
Better to let people decide if they want to attend and participate (their choice) and if they want to wear a mask (their choice), and if they want to be vaccinated (their choice).

Based on some reports, maybe we should be asking vaccinated people to self-identify as they appear increasingly to be the superspreaders, more likely to be sick. Restrict them, leave the rest of us alone.

4 posted on 10/03/2021 10:08:49 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: Reno89519

I like the way you think!


5 posted on 10/03/2021 10:14:01 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Night Hides Not

We rarely see a mask worn (except servers), at Astros games we’ve attended.

We don’t support NBA, so have no clue what is going on with the Rockets, or Spurs....or even Texans (NFL), for that matter.

I imagine the same thing you’re seeing, with the Mavs.


6 posted on 10/03/2021 10:14:49 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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To: Reno89519

Based on some reports, maybe we should be asking vaccinated people to self-identify as they appear increasingly to be the superspreaders, more likely to be sick. Restrict them, leave the rest of us alone.


I’ve thought the SAME thing!

Maybe they should be required to wear some sort of “V” symbol, on a mask....or, something.

Crazy, what we’re witnessing.


7 posted on 10/03/2021 10:16:57 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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To: Night Hides Not

Can

Not

Stand

Cuban.


8 posted on 10/03/2021 10:27:24 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: bgill

“ Can

Not

Stand

Cuban.”

What he said.


9 posted on 10/03/2021 10:31:43 AM PDT by moehoward (.)
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To: Night Hides Not
This is why the RINO mania to get Big Business inside Texas is likely to produce a disaster.

All of them carry the progressive, authoritarian disease with them and infect Texas with it.

Texas needs a quarantine of big-business authoritarianism.

10 posted on 10/03/2021 10:31:52 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Night Hides Not

Why does the NBA arena require masks?

Orders from China


11 posted on 10/03/2021 10:33:24 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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To: bgill

I’m Cuban. I wish he’d change his name!


12 posted on 10/03/2021 3:00:16 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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