The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- San Diego (San Diego Convention Center and downtown hotels), CA · California
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2021-03-01 Mar. 1, 2021
- In force
- Mar. 1, 2021 (the notice's date)
- Quarters
- 2021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Hotels, Travel and Tourism SEC-06
Operative words
"Recognizing that countless attendees save and plan for its conventions each year, and how many exhibitors and stakeholders rely upon its events for a major portion of their livelihood, [organizers] had hoped to delay this decision in anticipation that COVID-19 concerns might lessen by summer. Continuous monitoring of health advisories and recent statements by the Governor of California have made it clear that it would not be safe to move forward with plans for this year." (statement as quoted by Polygon, Apr. 17, 2020, Ex. SEC-06-GM-028)
The organizer's notice
TVLine, 'Comic-Con 2021 Cancelled; Organizers Eye Smaller, In-Person November Event' (Mar. 1, 2021), quoting Comic-Con International
Notes
2020: Cancelled; replaced by the free online Comic-Con@Home. 2021: In-person convention postponed to 2022 on March 1, 2021; Comic-Con@Home held online July 2021; a smaller Special Edition held Nov. 26-28, 2021 (post-period). Statement: "it appears that July will still be too early to safely hold an in-person event of the magnitude of Comic-Con" (Ex. SEC-06-GM-003). Usual dates: July 23-26, 2020; July 22-25, 2021. Scale: more than 130,000 attendees in a normal year (press figures; not independently verified). Venue orders 2020: MET-SAN-003, MET-SAN-009, MET-SAN-010, CA-002, CA-016. Venue orders 2021: MET-SAN-020, MET-SAN-022, MET-SAN-024, CA-029, CA-027.