{"id":"SEC-06-GM-019","kind":"meeting","level":"organizer","jurisdiction":"Dallas (Fair Park), TX","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"06","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"State Fair of Texas (nonprofit)","authority":"","instrument":"Dallas Morning News, \u0027The State Fair of Texas is officially canceled\u0027 (July 7, 2020)","title":"State Fair of Texas 2020","dateIssued":"2020-07-07","effective":"","end":"","startDate":"2020-07-07","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":[],"addressees":[],"clause":"\u0022In the current climate of COVID-19, there is no feasible way for the Fair to put proper precautions in place while maintaining the Fair environment you know and love... the recent surge in positive cases is troubling for all of North Texas.\u0022... \u0022With the recent increase in positive cases and hospitalizations in Dallas County we felt that this was the best decision for all parties.\u0022 The Fair \u0027gathered input from... medical experts, and government officials\u0027 (Ex. SEC-06-GM-036; Dallas Morning News, Ex. SEC-06-GM-019)","enforcement":"","functions":["LG","FB","GS","MC","CB","HR","WF"],"notes":"2020: Cancelled by vote of the Board of Directors, announced July 7, 2020; the first year without a Fair since World War II. 2021: Held Sept. 24-Oct. 17, 2021 (organizer update of June 2, 2021, Ex. SEC-06-GM-036) under GA-38 and the Dallas County face-mask order of Aug. 11, 2021 (enjoined Aug. 25). Usual dates: September 25-October 18, 2020 (24 days); 2021: Sept. 24-Oct. 17. Scale: \u0027more than 2.5 million of our closest friends\u0027 in a normal year (organizer statement, Ex. SEC-06-GM-036). Venue orders 2020: TX-021, TX-022, TX-023, MET-DFW-023, MET-DFW-024, MET-DFW-025, MET-DFW-022. Venue orders 2021: TX-035, TX-036, MET-DFW-028, MET-DFW-029, MET-DFW-030, MET-DFW-031, MET-DFW-037.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/2020/07/07/the-state-fair-of-texas-is-officially-canceled/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":5627954,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"Dallas Morning News, \u0027The State Fair of Texas is officially canceled\u0027 (July 7, 2020)","collection":"SEC-06","url":"/library/SEC-06-GM-019","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-06-GM-019","citation":"State Fair of Texas (nonprofit), Dallas Morning News, \u0027The State Fair of Texas is officially canceled\u0027 (July 7, 2020) (Ex. SEC-06-GM-019)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-06-GM-036","TX-021","TX-022","TX-023","MET-DFW-023","MET-DFW-024","MET-DFW-025","MET-DFW-022","TX-035","TX-036","MET-DFW-028","MET-DFW-029"]}