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Ex. SEC-12-GM-124 Organizer notice Primary source read

Comic-Con International, comic-con.org/cci as captured Apr. 20, 2020: "there will be no Comic-Con in 2020. The event will instead return to the San Diego Convention Center from July 22-25, 2021"

San Diego Comic-Con International 2020 and Comic-Con Special Edition 2021 (the studios', publishers' and entertainment-marketing industry's consumer convention)

San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con International) · San Diego (San Diego Convention Center), CA (Organizer)

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The record

Jurisdiction
San Diego (San Diego Convention Center), CA · California
Level
Organizer
Issued
2020-04-17 Apr. 17, 2020
In force
Apr. 17, 2020 (the notice's date)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Functions reached
  • EV
  • MK
  • BD
  • CB
Collection
Professional and Information Services SEC-12

Operative words

"there will be no Comic-Con in 2020"; "the COVID-19 situation has had an effect on those efforts as well."

The organizer's notice

Comic-Con International, comic-con.org/cci as captured Apr. 20, 2020: "there will be no Comic-Con in 2020. The event will instead return to the San Diego Convention Center from July 22-25, 2021"

Notes

2020: Cancelled (Apr. 17, 2020): the organizers "announced today with deep regret that there will be no Comic-Con in 2020. The event will instead return to the San Diego Convention Center from July 22-25, 2021"; WonderCon Anaheim (Apr. 10-12, 2020) likewise moved to Mar. 26-28, 2021; badge holders and exhibitors offered refunds or transfers; the official hotel affiliate cancelled all reservations (organizer site as captured Apr. 20, 2020; Ex. SEC-12-GM-124, P). 2021: The July 2021 in-person convention was not held; the organizer announced "Comic-Con Special Edition," a smaller in-person event over Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 26-28, 2021, post-period): "As conventions and events have had to cancel their in-person shows or have converted to virtual formats during the pandemic, some have been postponed to later years while others have been rescheduled to the later part of 2021, resulting in a very packed Convention Center calendar"; "Comic-Con Special Edition was never intended to be the large gathering reflective of the summer event. As a shorter event, it was our attempt to start slowly and cautiously" (organizer site as captured Apr. 1, 2021; Ex. SEC-12-GM-128, P). Usual dates: Late July (2020: July 23-26, 2020 planned; 2021: July 22-25, 2021 planned, replaced by Comic-Con Special Edition Nov. 26-28, 2021). Scale: not sourced (the organizer's notice addresses badge holders, exhibitors and the hotel block). Venue orders 2020: MET-SAN-003, CA-002, CA-007, CA-010. Venue orders 2021: CA-029, AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-111, CA-035.