NBA and the Raptors to play in Toronto amid the coronavirus pandemic.A spokesman for Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Tuesday officials have been in contact with the Raptors and will continue to engage with them “in the coming weeks.” Raptors general manager Bobby Webster told Sportsnet television the team needs to know “in the coming days.
This is not a next week type thing.”The Raptors and the NBA need an exemption to a requirement that anyone entering Canada for nonessential reasons must self-isolate for 14 days.
The U.S.-Canada border remains closed to nonessential travel. Deputy public health chief says challenges remain for Toronto Raptors to play at home The federal government denied the Blue Jays’ request to play in Toronto.