Gov. Ron DeSantis said it’s time for professional sports teams to play ball again in Florida.
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — Gov. Ron DeSantis said it’s time for professional sports teams to play ball again in Florida.
DeSantis, who is still rolling out the first phase of the state’s economic recovery effort amid the coronavirus pandemic, said Wednesday he will lift restrictions so teams would be welcome to train and play games in empty stadiums in Florida.
“We want to have you here. We want to have basketball practicing again,” DeSantis told reporters at the Capitol. “We would love to have Major League Baseball. And I think the message is that our people are starved to have some of this back in their lives. It’s an important part of people’s lives.”
DeSantis added that his office is working on ways to also revive youth sports in the state.
His comments came after the Washington Post reported that Major League Soccer is looking to house players in large resorts near Disney World as a way for games to resume for all 26 teams in Orlando.
