The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Dallas (Fair Park), TX · Texas
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-07-07 July 7, 2020
- In force
- July 7, 2020 (the notice's date)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Hotels, Travel and Tourism SEC-06
Operative words
"In the current climate of COVID-19, there is no feasible way for the Fair to put proper precautions in place while maintaining the Fair environment you know and love... the recent surge in positive cases is troubling for all of North Texas."... "With the recent increase in positive cases and hospitalizations in Dallas County we felt that this was the best decision for all parties." The Fair 'gathered input from... medical experts, and government officials' (Ex. SEC-06-GM-036; Dallas Morning News, Ex. SEC-06-GM-019)
The organizer's notice
Dallas Morning News, 'The State Fair of Texas is officially canceled' (July 7, 2020)
Notes
2020: Cancelled by vote of the Board of Directors, announced July 7, 2020; the first year without a Fair since World War II. 2021: Held Sept. 24-Oct. 17, 2021 (organizer update of June 2, 2021, Ex. SEC-06-GM-036) under GA-38 and the Dallas County face-mask order of Aug. 11, 2021 (enjoined Aug. 25). Usual dates: September 25-October 18, 2020 (24 days); 2021: Sept. 24-Oct. 17. Scale: 'more than 2.5 million of our closest friends' in a normal year (organizer statement, Ex. SEC-06-GM-036). Venue orders 2020: TX-021, TX-022, TX-023, MET-DFW-023, MET-DFW-024, MET-DFW-025, MET-DFW-022. Venue orders 2021: TX-035, TX-036, MET-DFW-028, MET-DFW-029, MET-DFW-030, MET-DFW-031, MET-DFW-037.