Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has officially announced he will give an executive order allowing professional sports teams to begin practicing again in the state, reports Boston.com’s Katie McInerney.
Teams such as the Boston Celtics, Red Sox and Bruins will be able to resume practicing in their own facilities as of June 6 even as Boston Mayor Marty Walsh continues to hold off on allowing local games in arenas.
The latter matters little to the Celtics, as the NBA plans to host a single-site resumption of the 2019-20 in Orlando Florida later in the summer at Walt Disney World’s Wide World of Sports complex.
Still, having access to the Waltham practice facility should help ease some of the competitive disadvantage teams in markets with less restrictive locations have had over Boston in recent weeks.
“I know we still aren’t to the point where we’ll have our pro sports teams back playing anything yet,” Governor Baker said. “The leagues are obviously working hard to host games again. And I think we all hope that at some point, opening practice facilities will help make that happen a little sooner.”
