![]() Four practice courts were constructed inside hotel ballrooms although moisture made two of them largely unplayable and players seeking outdoor time were limited to their walks to the arena or the modest courtyard outside the hotel. Players were quarantined inside the Hyatt Regency and were escorted to the arena for games. With games played on 10 days from July 4-14, TBT showed that a bubble could be safely maintained through strict adherence to medical protocols and constant testing. It really defined how and when we tested players. A lot of our key assumptions ended up being accurate pertaining to testing and incubation period. “We stuck to the plan,” he told The Dispatch. ![]() But it worked.Īnd as Mugar made the eastward drive to his family in the Boston area, he expressed satisfaction with the accomplishment before also turning his thoughts toward the future. The endeavor required Mugar and his TBT leadership team to be on-site for five days before the teams arrived, construct an artificial environment that was safe for competition and remain healthy themselves. One night prior, he had been at Nationwide Arena as The Basketball Tournament crowned a champion Tuesday night in its 24-team, $1 million winner-take-all event that took place entirely in a quarantine bubble in Columbus. After what the previous three weeks had entailed, a 12-hour drive home felt like a walk in the park for Jon Mugar.
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