The American sports industry is at a standstill due to the COVID-19, or coronavirus, outbreak in the U.S. The everyday lives of citizens are being affected in a variety of ways, including cities like Boston, Nashville and Los Angeles deciding to close or limit customers at restaurants and bars.

While the federal government has not yet mandated sweeping changes to address social distancing like in Italy, France and Spain, the U.S. could soon find itself in similar circumstances. That would potentially interfere with several construction projects for schools, hospitals, roads and other major infrastructure developments.

This could also include two new projects the NFL is working toward: its new stadiums in both Los Angeles and Las Vegas, which are scheduled to open before the 2020 football season.

“If citizens are prohibited from leaving home only to go to the store, the pharmacy, or to get gasoline, they won’t be allowed to leave home for work,” Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk wrote. “And of all the jobs that now can be done at home, working on a stadium cannot be.

So unless housing will be constructed at the stadium site for all stadium workers, there will be no way for the stadium workers to work on these stadiums. Which could keep the Raiders in Oakland, the Rams in the Coliseum, and the Chargers in a 30,000-seat soccer stadium for another year.”

The Rams and Chargers are scheduled to move from the legendary L.A. Coliseum to a brand-new, state-of-the-art stadium in Inglewood, Calif., across the street from the Great Western Forum, the former home of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Planned to open in July, SoFi Stadium will serve as the home to the Rams and Chargers, who had been playing in the Major League Soccer venue Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif., after moving from San Diego in 2017. It is also scheduled to host Super Bowl LVI in February 2022 and the College Football Playoff National Championship in January 2023.

During the 2028 Summer Olympics, the stadium is expected to host the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as soccer. Archery will be held on the grounds outside the stadium. It was constructed at an estimated cost of $4.9 billion.

The Raiders, meanwhile, will be moving out of Oakland for the second time in franchise history to Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nev., a suburb just outside Las Vegas. Constructed at an estimated cost of $1.8 billion, construction broke ground on the facility in November of 2017.

While most professional sports leagues in the U.S. have suspended operations because of the coronavirus epidemic, the NFL is still expected to have its league year begin this Wednesday and there are currently no plans to alter the schedule for the NFL Draft which is scheduled for April 23-25 in Las Vegas.

Coronavirus spreads between people in close contact with one another, typically within six feet, or through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Spread is still possible before people show symptoms, although that does not stand as the typical cause, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Symptoms such as fever, cough and shortness of breath can surface 2-14 days after exposure. Without an existing vaccination to prevent the disease, the best way for prevention is avoiding exposure.

As of Sunday morning's update, the CDC reported 3,010 total coronavirus cases across 49 states, including Washington, D.C. Although the CDC is no longer disclosing how many potential cases are under testing for the coronavirus, there have been 61 deaths.