In light of the coronavirus, the Hawks have taken added measures to keep State Farm Arena clean and safe for fans and staff attending home games.
In addition to increasing the cleaning staff by 10%, which adds dozens more employees, per Hawks CEO Steve Koonin, more than 100 sanitation stations have been added throughout the building.
Also, after every home game (and any additional event taking place at State Farm Arena), the arena will be cleaned using fog machines that can chemically disinfect harder-to-access surfaces, in addition to the traditional spraying and wiping down of surfaces, with an emphasis on areas and objects that are touched often, such as handrails, doorknobs, chairs and elevator buttons.
“We’re committed to our fan and our employee safety,” Hawks CEO Steve Koonin said. “... We’re trying to think it through to the last detail. Obviously, food surface workers (wearing) gloves. Obviously, everything that we can do to try to ensure our fans and our employees and our safety, we’re going to do.”
Including Monday’s game against the Hornets, the Hawks have nine home games left this season, which concludes with a home game vs. the Cavaliers April 15.
The expanded cleaning process will stay in place for as long as necessary, per Koonin.
