The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Dallas (Fair Park), TX · Texas
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-07-06 July 6, 2020
- In force
- July 6, 2020 (the notice's date)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Dealers and Repair Shops SEC-08
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... The safest and most responsible decision we could make for all involved at this point in our 134-year history is to take a hiatus for the 2020 season." (Gina Norris, board chair, Ex. SEC-08-GM-020)
The organizer's notice
State Fair of Texas release, '2020 State Fair of Texas Canceled Due to COVID-19 Concerns' (July 6, 2020)
Notes
2020: Cancelled by board vote July 6, 2020, the first time since World War II; a drive-through fair-food event held instead; the Texas Auto Show did not take place. 2021: Held Sept. 24-Oct. 17, 2021 (opening in 2021 Q3) with indoor masks urged for all, on-site vaccination with Dallas County Health and Human Services and no proof-of-vaccination or test requirement (Aug. 25, 2021 briefing, Ex. SEC-08-GM-021); the Texas Auto Show returned with the 2022 model lineup (organizer release of Sept. 23, 2021, listing read). Usual dates: Sept. 25-Oct. 18, 2020 planned; Sept. 24-Oct. 17, 2021 held. Scale: 'more than 2.5 million' fairgoers (Ex. SEC-08-GM-020); about 2.2 million in 2021 (Wikipedia, secondary). Venue orders 2020: TX-023, TX-025, MET-DFW-048. Venue orders 2021: TX-029, TX-031, TX-036. Also cancelled by this notice: State Fair of Texas 2020 and 2021 (Fair Park, Dallas; 24 days) (Dallas, TX; usual dates Sept. 25-Oct. 18, 2020 planned; Sept. 24-Oct. 17, 2021; venue orders 2020: TX-021, TX-022, TX-023, TX-025; venue orders 2021: TX-036, TX-037).