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Ex. SEC-06-GM-014 Organizer notice Confirmed from a secondary source

WHYY, 'The Philadelphia Flower Show will make outdoor debut at FDR Park in 2021' (Dec. 8, 2020)

Philadelphia Flower Show 2021 and the Pennsylvania Convention Center

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority · Philadelphia, PA (Organizer)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Philadelphia, PA · Pennsylvania
Level
Organizer
Issued
2020-12-08 Dec. 8, 2020
In force
Dec. 8, 2020 (the notice's date)
Quarters
2020 Q4
Functions reached
  • MC
  • GS
  • LG
  • FB
  • CB
Collection
Hotels, Travel and Tourism SEC-06

Operative words

The 2021 Show 'is headed outdoors in 2021 -- a first in its almost 200-year run' because of the pandemic (WHYY, Dec. 8, 2020, Ex. SEC-06-GM-014)

The organizer's notice

WHYY, 'The Philadelphia Flower Show will make outdoor debut at FDR Park in 2021' (Dec. 8, 2020)

Notes

2020: 2020 Show held before the orders; the Convention Center Authority announced a 30-day review of contracted events on Mar. 12, 2020 (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-033) and Philadelphia's Emergency Order of Mar. 12, 2020 prohibited mass gatherings. 2021: Held outdoors at FDR Park June 5-13, 2021 instead of at the Convention Center, whose Re-Activation Framework (Feb. and June 2021) imposed distancing, capacities, masks and screening (Exs. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-035, -036). Usual dates: late February-early March, nine days (2020: Feb. 29-Mar. 8, held); 2021 moved outdoors to FDR Park, June 5-13, 2021. Venue orders 2020: MET-PHL-001, MET-PHL-003, PA-006, MET-PHL-010, MET-PHL-011, PA-028, AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-033. Venue orders 2021: MET-PHL-013, PA-033, PA-035, MET-PHL-018, AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-035, AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-036.