The Ducks owners are setting a new standard for taking care of arena workers amid the coronavirus shutdown.
are covered for the events they would have worked through this month’s scheduled end of the regular seasons for the Lakers, Kings and Clippers.
Ducks owners Henry and Susan Samueli set a new standard Thursday for taking care of workers. After initially agreeing to pay Honda Center workers through the end of March, the Samuelis announced Thursday they would extend the agreement through the end of June, paying workers for their shifts as if Ducks games, concerts and other events actually had taken place.
The Samuelis run Honda Center and own the San Diego Gulls, the Ducks’ top minor league affiliate. The Samuelis agreed to cover payroll through June for the 2,100 part-timers that work at Ducks games and Gulls games, at nine affiliated youth and community sports facilities and at JT Schmid’s, a restaurant across the street from Honda Center that’s owned by the Samuelis.
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