Heat Respond After Miami-Dade Rejects Team's Bid to Make American Airlines Arena a Voting Site

Following a nearly week-long strike over racial injustice and police brutality, NBA players returned to the court last Saturday after teams pledged to make their own arenas voting sites for the upcoming election. The Miami Heat were under the impression they would fulfill that pledge until Friday night, when Miami-Dade officials rejected the team’s bid to make the American Airlines Arena.