The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Atlanta, GA · Georgia
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
- In force
- Mar. 12, 2020 (the notice's date)
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Hotels, Travel and Tourism SEC-06
Operative words
NCAA: "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." (Ex. SEC-06-GM-030)
The organizer's notice
NCAA, 'NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships' (Mar. 12, 2020)
Notes
2020: Final Four cancelled with the whole tournament on Mar. 12, 2020 (NCAA statement, Ex. SEC-06-GM-030); Georgia's EO 03.23.20.01 ten-person rule and the Apr. 3 shelter-in-place order closed the Center's calendar; EO 06.11.20.01 and 06.29.20.02 barred venues and conventions before July 1, 2020 and imposed the 50-person ban thereafter; 2021: Georgia's 50-person ban ran to Apr. 7, 2021 (GA-032); events resumed under the Economic Recovery emergency; Atlanta's mask executive order of July 28, 2021 (MET-ATL-063) and the State's Aug. 19, 2021 order suspending local enforcement against organizations (GA-043). Usual dates: year-round; Final Four Apr. 4-6, 2020. Venue orders 2020: GA-005, GA-010, GA-024, GA-025, GA-028, GA-029, MET-ATL-005, MET-ATL-001, MET-ATL-054. Venue orders 2021: GA-031, GA-032, GA-036, GA-041, GA-043, MET-ATL-063. Also cancelled by this notice: NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship (2020 cancelled; 2021 played entirely in Indiana) (2020: fourteen host cities (Final Four Atlanta); 2021: Indianapolis and central Indiana, MULTI-STATE; IN (2021); usual dates Mar. 17-Apr. 6, 2020; Mar. 18-Apr. 5, 2021; 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).