Update Regarding Sleep Train Arena Alternate Care Facility

[NBA.com]

Extending a partnership to protect public health and safety in the Sacramento region, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and the Sacramento Kings today announced the lease for the Sleep Train Arena and practice facility which housed Alternate Care Facilities have been amended by reducing the rental rate from $500,000 per month to no cost. The arena, which the state opened in April for medical surge capacity in the region, will remain under state control through October 31.

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[CBS Sacramento]

The Sacramento Kings announced Monday that the Sleep Train Arena, which the state has been renting to treat COVID-19 patients, will be going into standby mode after the expected surge of patients never came. The team announced it is amending its contract with the state and reducing the rent, but some say the amended contract doesn’t go far enough. In a press release on Monday, the team said it is “reducing the rental rate from $500,000 per month to no cost.

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