The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Las Vegas (Las Vegas Convention Center), NV · Nevada
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2021-09-15 Sept. 15, 2021
- In force
- Sept. 15, 2021 (the notice's date)
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Hotels, Travel and Tourism SEC-06
Operative words
"In the interest of addressing the health and safety concerns of our stakeholders and in consultation with partners throughout the media and entertainment industry, we have decided not to move forward with NAB Show in April." (letter of NAB President Gordon Smith, Mar. 11, 2020, as reproduced by Variety, Ex. SEC-06-GM-027)
The organizer's notice
TV Technology, '2021 NAB Show Cancelled' (Sept. 15, 2021), reproducing the NAB statement
Notes
2020: Cancelled. 2021: Postponed from April to Oct. 9-13, 2021, then cancelled Sept. 15, 2021: "the pandemic and surge of the Delta variant has presented unexpected and insurmountable challenges for our global community... we can no longer effectively host NAB Show or our co-located events... in person" (TV Technology, Sept. 15, 2021, Ex. SEC-06-GM-002). Usual dates: April 18-22, 2020; rescheduled for Oct. 9-13, 2021. Scale: about 90,000-100,000 attendees and about 1,600 exhibitors in a normal year (press and association figures; not independently verified here). Venue orders 2020: NV-004, NV-005, NV-009, NV-012, MET-LAS-001. Venue orders 2021: NV-041, NV-042, NV-044, NV-051, MET-LAS-006.