{"id":"SEC-08-GM-020","kind":"meeting","level":"organizer","jurisdiction":"Dallas (Fair Park), TX","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"08","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"State Fair of Texas (board of directors)","authority":"","instrument":"State Fair of Texas release, \u00272020 State Fair of Texas Canceled Due to COVID-19 Concerns\u0027 (July 6, 2020)","title":"State Fair of Texas 2020 and 2021, with the Texas Auto Show held inside the fair (\u0027the only fair in the United States to include a full auto show\u0027)","dateIssued":"2020-07-06","effective":"","end":"","startDate":"2020-07-06","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... The safest and most responsible decision we could make for all involved at this point in our 134-year history is to take a hiatus for the 2020 season.\u0022 (Gina Norris, board chair, Ex. SEC-08-GM-020)","enforcement":"","functions":["MK","SR","CB","DL","PR","EQ","CR"],"notes":"2020: Cancelled by board vote July 6, 2020, the first time since World War II; a drive-through fair-food event held instead; the Texas Auto Show did not take place. 2021: Held Sept. 24-Oct. 17, 2021 (opening in 2021 Q3) with indoor masks urged for all, on-site vaccination with Dallas County Health and Human Services and no proof-of-vaccination or test requirement (Aug. 25, 2021 briefing, Ex. SEC-08-GM-021); the Texas Auto Show returned with the 2022 model lineup (organizer release of Sept. 23, 2021, listing read). Usual dates: Sept. 25-Oct. 18, 2020 planned; Sept. 24-Oct. 17, 2021 held. Scale: \u0027more than 2.5 million\u0027 fairgoers (Ex. SEC-08-GM-020); about 2.2 million in 2021 (Wikipedia, secondary). Venue orders 2020: TX-023, TX-025, MET-DFW-048. Venue orders 2021: TX-029, TX-031, TX-036. Also cancelled by this notice: State Fair of Texas 2020 and 2021 (Fair Park, Dallas; 24 days) (Dallas, TX; usual dates Sept. 25-Oct. 18, 2020 planned; Sept. 24-Oct. 17, 2021; venue orders 2020: TX-021, TX-022, TX-023, TX-025; venue orders 2021: TX-036, TX-037).","sourceUrl":"https://bigtex.com/2020-state-fair-of-texas-canceled-due-to-covid-19-concerns/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":258413,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"State Fair of Texas release, \u00272020 State Fair of Texas Canceled Due to COVID-19 Concerns\u0027 (July 6, 2020)","collection":"SEC-08","url":"/library/SEC-08-GM-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-08-GM-020","citation":"State Fair of Texas (board of directors), State Fair of Texas release, \u00272020 State Fair of Texas Canceled Due to COVID-19 Concerns\u0027 (July 6, 2020) (Ex. SEC-08-GM-020)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-08-GM-021","TX-023","TX-025","MET-DFW-048","TX-029","TX-031","TX-036","TX-021","TX-022","TX-037"]}