Riverfront Stadium might not see baseball in 2020. What’s the economic impact of that?

Tickets for the first Wind Surge game at Riverfront Stadium sold out in 44 minutes.
But the new, $75 million stadium is likely to sit empty for most of its inaugural season as the coronavirus pandemic shutters virtually all large gatherings in the country until further notice.
The longer the stadium sits empty, the more likely the city is to miss its projections on the ballpark.
The Wind Surge, the Miami Marlins’ Triple-A affiliate that relocated from New Orleans, was scheduled to start play at Riverfront Stadium on April 14 and start paying the city a management fee the next day.
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