The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Austin (Austin Convention Center and downtown hotels and venues), TX · Texas
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-03-06 Mar. 6, 2020
- In force
- Mar. 6, 2020 (the notice's date)
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Hotels, Travel and Tourism SEC-06
Operative words
"The City of Austin has cancelled the March dates for SXSW and SXSW EDU. SXSW will faithfully follow the City's directions. We are devastated to share this news with you. 'The show must go on' is in our DNA, and this is the first time in 34 years that the March event will not take place." (SXSW 2020 Event Update, Mar. 6, 2020, Ex. SEC-06-GM-001)
The organizer's notice
SXSW, '2020 Event Update: City of Austin Cancels SXSW March Events' (Mar. 6, 2020)
Notes
2020: Cancelled by order of the City of Austin; SXSW did not hold the March event. Usual dates: March 13-22, 2020 (SXSW EDU March 9-12). Scale: 2019 registrants by badge: about 28,100 Music, 30,600 Interactive, 16,300 Film, 4,300 EDU (figures compiled on Wikipedia from SXSW reports; not independently verified). Venue orders 2020: MET-AUS-035, MET-AUS-036, MET-AUS-001, MET-AUS-002, MET-AUS-003, SEC-15-070, TX-005. Venue orders 2021: MET-AUS-017, MET-AUS-029, MET-AUS-047, TX-029.