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Team officials are working closely with the NBA to develop guidelines for keeping Golden 1 Center’s giant glass doors open for Sacramento Kings games. As it stands, there are no league rules for playing games in an indoor-outdoor setting.
For the Kings’ two preseason games at Golden 1 Center, the team kept the doors open for the first half and closed them for the second half. In both situations, the team recorded temperature and humidity levels every 15 minutes and submitted the data to the league office.
Rain during the Oct. 27 regular-season opener and the next home game two days later prevented the Kings from opening the doors. Weather permitting, the doors will be open for a portion of NBA games until the new guidelines are completed.
“It’s something we’ve never dealt with before,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said after completing an arena tour on opening night. “In the test games during the preseason, based on every measure that we have, it didn’t affect the playing floor, the temperature and the atmosphere in the building. We’re satisfied we can play an NBA game with the doors open, but we want to finish off the process and make sure everything is buttoned up.”
