March 11 was the last time the Chesapeake Energy Arena held cheering basketball fans. "Obviously, it's a massive impact to not to get host guest in the facility. We are an event-based business," said Chris Semrau, the General Manager at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. The pandemic has affected the way the arena does business. Without 18,000 fans filling the stands, this impacts employees and vendors, but it also affects those outside of the arena. "In a typical year, 750,000 or three-quarters of a million people attend Thunder games on the regular season," said Eric Long, a research economist with the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber.