{"id":"SEC-10-GM-020","kind":"meeting","level":"organizer","jurisdiction":"New York; Chicago; Detroit, NY; IL; MI","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"10","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"New York State / Army Corps of Engineers (Javits); State of Illinois and City of Chicago (McCormick Place); FEMA / Army Corps (TCF Center)","authority":"","instrument":"WTTW McCormick Place Field Hospital Closes secondary","title":"Convention centers converted to alternate care facilities (Javits Center, New York; McCormick Place, Chicago; TCF Center, Detroit)","dateIssued":"2020-05-01","effective":"","end":"","startDate":"2020-05-01","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":[],"addressees":[],"clause":"\u0027An abundance of caution\u0027 prompted city, state and federal officials to start transforming McCormick Place into a field hospital (WTTW, May 1, 2020); NAIAS cited \u0027the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u0027s (FEMA) expected use of TCF Center as a temporary field hospital\u0027 (Mar. 28, 2020)","enforcement":"","functions":["EV","DS","CB"],"notes":"2020: The three largest Midwestern and Northeastern show venues were withdrawn from commerce and dedicated to State and federal hospital use during the spring 2020 show season. 2021: Venues returned to show use in 2021 under the gathering, capacity and mask orders of each State and city. Usual dates: Javits from Mar. 27, 2020 (stood down May 1, 2020); McCormick Place from end of March 2020 (closure announced May 1, 2020; 29 patients treated); TCF Center Apr. 10-May 7, 2020. Scale: McCormick Place: \u0027first 500 beds operational within five days,\u0027 plans for 3,000 beds scaled back, $64.8 million spent by Apr. 16, 2020 (WTTW). Venue orders 2020: NY-002, NY-005, MET-NYC-005, IL-005, MET-CHI-044, MI-011. Venue orders 2021: MET-NYC-017, SEC-10-036, MET-CHI-026.","sourceUrl":"https://news.wttw.com/2020/05/01/field-hospital-mccormick-place-will-close-after-treating-few-patients-curve-bends","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":3248078,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"WTTW McCormick Place Field Hospital Closes secondary","collection":"SEC-10","url":"/library/SEC-10-GM-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-10-GM-020","citation":"New York State / Army Corps of Engineers (Javits); State of Illinois and City of Chicago (McCormick Place); FEMA / Army Corps (TCF Center), WTTW McCormick Place Field Hospital Closes secondary (May 1, 2020) (Ex. SEC-10-GM-020)","stateName":"New York","related":["NY-002","NY-005","MET-NYC-005","IL-005","MET-CHI-044","MI-011","MET-NYC-017","SEC-10-036","MET-CHI-026"]}