SEATTLE — On Tuesday, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee banned the gathering of crowds of more than 250 people in King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus.
In response to that, and even before the ban was announced, sports teams in the area have announced cancelations, postponements and schedule changes.
Nationwide, other professional leagues have followed suit.
Here are the teams and leagues that have made changes in response to the coronavirus:
Seattle
Mariners
On Tuesday, the Seattle Mariners announced that the team is working with Major League Baseball on alternative plans for the baseball games that had been scheduled for the end of March at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.
Since then, the MLB announced that it was canceling all spring training games and that the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks.
The team said it will provide more information about plans for the games as they become available.
Sounders FC
Sounders FC will postpone its March 21 home match against FC Dallas in CenturyLink Field and hold it at a later date.
Existing tickets will be honored for admission to the rescheduled game.
Dragons XFL
Seattle Dragons and the Los Angeles Wildcats planned to play their Sunday game at CenturyLink Field without spectators in the venue. Ticket holders can get refunds.
XFL announced on Thursday that it would suspend its inaugural season.
Tacoma
Tacoma Defiance
The Tacoma Defiance played its scheduled United Soccer League game Wednesday against the San Diego Loyal at Cheney Stadium without spectators.
The club’s home match on Sunday, March 22 versus Oklahoma City is set to be rescheduled.
Two other Defiance games this month will likely be rescheduled.
Tickets for March games could be refunded or exchanged.
National leagues
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
The NCAA has canceled March Madness and other men's and women's Division I basketball tournaments amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The official cancellation came just one day after the NCAA said the tournaments were planned to move ahead without the general public in attendance.
Before the NCAA canceled as a whole, Big Ten, Southeastern Conference (SEC), Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big-12 and Washington-based PAC-12 conferences all canceled tournaments leaving very few teams to compete.
Major League Baseball (MLB)
Major League Baseball has joined the list of professional sports suspending play over concerns about the coronavirus.
An MLB statement said all spring training games are canceled as of Thursday and that the start of the regular season will be delayed by at least two weeks.
The statement says the decision Thursday afternoon by Commissioner Robert Manfred was made in the “interests of the safety and well-being of our players, clubs and our millions of loyal fans.”
Major League Soccer (MLS)
Major League Soccer announced Thursday it is suspending its season for 30 days due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus
Shortly after the MLS announcement, the United Soccer League announced it would temporarily be suspending its season for at least 30 days too.
National Basketball Association (NBA)
The NBA has suspended its season “until further notice" after a Utah Jazz player tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus, a move that came only hours after the majority of the league's owners were leaning toward playing games without fans in arenas.
Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell are so far the two Jazz players who have tested positive for coronavirus.
Now there will be no games at all, at least for the time being.
National Hockey League (NHL)
The National Hockey League announced Thursday it will "pause" the 2019-2020 season due to concerns about coronavirus.
The NHL is halting play with 189 games left in the regular season and sparking uncertainty about how many more if any could be go on before the playoffs.
A handful of European hockey leagues have already called off the remainder of their seasons.