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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that all professional sports leagues are "welcome" to play in the state amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"There's been reports that Major League Soccer may want to have their season in Orlando. Do it. We want to have you here," DeSantis said at a news conference Wednesday. "We want to have the basketball practicing again. We would love to have the Major League Baseball."
UFC began hosting events in Florida with last weekend's UFC 249. Wrestling companies AEW and WWE have continued to broadcast throughout the pandemic because DeSantis declared them an "essential business.