The Miami Heat will help provide relief for part-time employees during the league-wide shutdown. As Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald reported, the Heat and American Airlines Arena announced their desicion on Wednesday.
“We have approximately 1,000 part-timers and they are the backbone of our business. Night in and night out, every single one of these employees works tirelessly to provide our guests and our community with the best experience in sports and entertainment”, said Eric Woolworth, the team’s president of business opereations.
“They deserve our help as we all navigate this unpredictable situation together,” Woolworth added. Furthermore,the Micky & Madeleine Arison Family Foundation will also donate $1 million to the Miami Heat Charitable Fund in order to help in the situation during the hiatus.
