The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Las Vegas (Las Vegas Convention Center), NV · Nevada
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
- In force
- Mar. 12, 2020 (the notice's date)
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Professional and Information Services SEC-12
Operative words
NAB President Gordon Smith: "[K]eeping the community safe and healthy is NAB's highest priority"; the association "was not going ahead with the show on April 18-22 because of coronavirus concerns and was 'exploring all possible alternatives'"
The organizer's notice
TVNewsCheck, "TVN Focus On NAB 2020: Post-Cancellation, A 'Fog' For NAB, Vendors" (Mar. 12, 2020): the Mar. 11, 2020 cancellation; 2019 attendance "just over 90,000"
Notes
2020: Cancelled Mar. 11, 2020 ("called off the massive trade exhibition and conference"), twenty-one days after NAB "stands firm in its commitment to hold the convention as planned"; replaced by the online NAB Show Express; vendors had begun withdrawing on Mar. 10 (Avid: "cancel participation in all trade conferences and other large face-to-face events globally for at least the next 60 days, including NAB Show 2020") NAB Show 2020 site as captured Mar. 15, 2020: "NAB Show will not take place this April in Las Vegas" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-125, P). 2021: NAB Show 2021 (Oct. 9-13, 2021) cancelled Sept. 15, 2021: "the pandemic and surge of the Delta variant has presented unexpected and insurmountable challenges for our global community" (Chris Brown, NAB), after exhibitor withdrawals by Sony, Panasonic, Canon, Ross and Brainstorm; next show Apr. 23-27, 2022. Usual dates: Mid-April (2020: Apr. 18-22, 2020); 2021 edition moved to Oct. 9-13, 2021. Scale: "Last year, the Las Vegas show drew just over 90,000 people, while the New York show attracted 15,000" (TVNewsCheck, Mar. 12, 2020). Venue orders 2020: NV-003, NV-004, NV-009, NV-012, NV-014. Venue orders 2021: NV-041, NV-044, MET-LAS-026, FED-020, FED-052.