Cuomo: Baseball Games This Summer Without Fans A Possibility

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that he can "envision baseball games being played without fans this summer" in the state, according to the AP. Cuomo said, “Be creative. Try to figure it out. But if players could get paid more than staying home and owners would get some revenue versus total shutdown, why not? I’d love to watch.” Cuomo said that he has "spoken with owners of professional sports teams." They would "have to make the economics work without gate revenue but with broadcast revenue" (AP, 4/26). In N.Y., Joe Pantorno noted despite Cuomo meeting with sports owners, "no concrete ideas have come, as of yet." Cuomo: “I don’t know. If you can make the economics work without ticket sales and have television revenue. We’re in a different place. Be creative figure it out" (AMNY.com, 4/26).