The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Las Vegas (Las Vegas Convention Center), NV · Nevada
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-03-11 Mar. 11, 2020
- In force
- Mar. 11, 2020 (the notice's date)
- 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
Variety, 'NAB 2020 in Las Vegas Canceled Due to Health Concerns Over Coronavirus' (Mar. 11, 2020), reproducing the NAB letter
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.