How the coronavirus pandemic might affect traffic and kickoff times

Weeknight games in the NBA, NHL, and MLB usually start around 7 p.m, giving office goers plenty of time to make it home and to the arena. However, the dynamic changes if more fans are working from home instead of downtown.

Weeknight games in the NBA, NHL and MLB usually start around 7 p.m, giving office goers plenty of time to make it home and to the arena. However, the dynamic changes if more fans are working from home instead of downtown.

In this story published Aug. 12, 2021, on Yahoo! News:

Maybe we should shift some of those game times. It's not a 7 p.m. game. It's a 6 o'clock game.

– Christopher Lee, clinical assistant professor of marketing and faculty director of the Sports Business program at W. P. Carey