The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- 2020: fourteen host cities (Final Four Atlanta); 2021: Indianapolis and central Indiana, MULTI-STATE; IN (2021) · Indiana
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2021-01-04 Jan. 4, 2021
- In force
- Jan. 4, 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
"This decision is based on the evolving COVID-19 public health threat, our ability to ensure the events do not contribute to spread of the pandemic, and the impracticality of hosting such events at any time during this academic year given ongoing decisions by other entities." (NCAA, Mar. 12, 2020, Ex. SEC-06-GM-030)
The organizer's notice
NCAA, 'NCAA announces further details for 2021 Division I men's basketball championship' (Jan. 4, 2021): entire tournament in Indiana
Notes
2020: Fan attendance limited Mar. 11, 2020; tournament cancelled Mar. 12, 2020 with all remaining winter and spring championships. 2021: Entire tournament moved to Indiana (announced Jan. 4, 2021): teams housed in hotels near the Indiana Convention Center, which served as the practice facility, under medical protocols approved by the Marion County Health Department (Ex. SEC-06-GM-007); venues capped at 25 percent with mandatory face coverings and distancing (Feb. 19, 2021, Ex. SEC-06-GM-045); fourteen scheduled host cities lost their 2021 games. Usual dates: Mar. 17-Apr. 6, 2020; Mar. 18-Apr. 5, 2021. Scale: 67 games in fourteen cities in a normal year; in 2021 every venue capped at 25 percent of capacity including participants and staff (Exs. SEC-06-GM-007, -045). Venue orders 2020: MET-ATL-005, GA-005, MET-IND-001, IL-004, MET-NYC-002, MET-HOU-003, MET-LA-001, MET-SAC-053, MET-STL-002, MET-TPA-019, MET-CLE-001. Venue orders 2021: IN-051, IN-056, IN-059, MET-IND-043.