The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Chicago (McCormick Place), IL · Illinois
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-03-10 Mar. 10, 2020
- In force
- Mar. 10, 2020 (the notice's date)
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Hotels, Travel and Tourism SEC-06
Operative words
"The National Restaurant Association Show team shares the global concern about the emerging and rapidly evolving Novel Coronavirus... following all guidance and recommended safety measures issued by the World Health Organization, the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local health authorities... we continue to work closely with the city of Chicago and McCormick Place." (Mar. 10, 2020 update, Ex. SEC-06-GM-031)
The organizer's notice
National Restaurant Association Show, 'Novel Coronavirus Update' (Mar. 10, 2020 update; captured Mar. 16, 2020)
Notes
2020: Organizer's Mar. 10, 2020 update stated the Show 'will take place as planned in May' and that it was working 'closely with the city of Chicago and McCormick Place' (Ex. SEC-06-GM-031); Show returned May 2022. Usual dates: May 16-19, 2020; May 22-25, 2021. Scale: about 65,000 attendees and 2,300 exhibitors in a normal year (organizer figures as reported; not independently verified). Venue orders 2020: IL-002, IL-004, IL-005, IL-009, MET-CHI-005, MET-CHI-013. Venue orders 2021: IL-034, IL-035, MET-CHI-016, MET-CHI-017, MET-CHI-039.