Last year's NCAA men's basketball championship game hosted over 70,000 fans. Attendance will be ... [+] limited this year due to coronavirus. NCAA Photos via Getty ImagesThe NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will limit attendance to “only essential staff and limited family,” as American coronavirus cases top 1,000. The NCAA’s decision follows coronavirus-inspired changes made to other sporting events, including the cancellation of the Ivy League’s conference tournament. According to Axios, the men’s and women’s tournaments combined for over 960,000 spectators in 2019.

Source: Forbes March 11, 2020 21:11 UTC