T-Mobile Arena leads to employees losing out on money

 The pandemic has lead to many things being shutdown. Some of those include the T-Mobile Arena, where employees are struggling because of it.

By Robert Rangel

                                 

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The pandemic has shut down everything across the country. Las Vegas is the heart of entertainment and sports in the U.S. T-Mobile Arena is the home of the beloved Golden Knights, UFC, and multiple memorable concerts and events. Unfortunately, Covid-19 has shut it all down and have taken multiple people’s jobs away from them. 

Due to T-Mobile’s shutdown, employees have lost their job and for some, it is their only source of income. Chris Sandoval and Neha Sabir are two employees from the arena that have been impacted by the shutdown tremendously. 

“It’s the way I make my money you know,” Sandoval said. “It sucks and my pockets are hurting bad right now.” 

Sandoval is a beer vendor for a third-party company at the T-Mobile Arena. He has been working for the rena since it first opened up. Sandoval was working every event at the arena before the pandemic shut it down. As Covid-19 cases started to appear in the United States, Sandoval took measurements into his hands to make sure he was safe. While working, Sandoval would wear a mask and carry around hand sanitizer. These things were not mandatory before the shutdown. However, Sandoval wanted to make sure that he was safe, as well as anyone he interacted with. Unfortunately, with T-Mobile shutting down, Sandoval has lost his main source of income and it is affecting him and his family during these hard times. 

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The pandemic has taken money away from Sandoval at the worst time. He just had his newborn daughter. With his main source of income gone, Sandoval says that he has struggled to try and provide for his family. Unfortunately, he has not received any type of compensation since the arena got shut down, which he is disappointed in. However, Sandoval has some hope that T-Mobile Arena can open up soon so he can get back to work. He believes that other sporting events that have crowds, have given a blueprint on how the arena can open up safely. Sandoval wants the arena to open back up with safety protocols during these hard times.

“It just kind of happened and I was jobless,” Sabir said. “Being that this was my only job, I am struggling as a college student.” 

Neha Sabir worked at the concession stand for the T-Mobile Arena. This was her only source of income and the shutdown has impacted her negatively. Sabir worked at the arena part-time getting about 25 hours a week. As a college student, the money she was making from the arena helped her tremendously. She understands that the virus is dangerous and agrees with the shutdown, however, she feels the arena did not handle things well. 

                      

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Sabir said that she had no idea the arena was shutting down. She also said before the shutdown happened, that the arena did not do a good job with putting safety protocols in place for everyone to be safe. Sabir expressed that she was disappointed because she understands the dangers of the virus. Sabir also said she was disappointed because the Golden Knights promised to give the employees some compensation, but she never received any money. Sabir has been let go by T-Mobile Arena and was told by the management team that she could reapply once they open back up. 

“Times are hard right now and hope they do a better job of taking better care of their employees in the future,” said Sabir.

Sandoval said “Honestly, let’s open the arena back up. Let’s follow the rules and safety protocols and people will be safe because some of us are struggling bad right now.”

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