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Ex. SEC-17-GM-026 Organizer notice Primary source read

State Fair of Texas site as captured July 8, 2020: 'the State Fair of Texas will not open for the 2020 season'

State fairs 2020: Minnesota (Aug. 27 - Sept. 7), Iowa (Aug. 13-23), Texas (Sept. 25 - Oct. 18), Ohio (July 29 - Aug. 9), New York (Aug. 21 - Sept. 7), Illinois and DuQuoin (August), Kansas (Sept. 11-20), Oregon, North Carolina (Oct. 15-25), Missouri (public events), California (Cal Expo, July), Indiana, Wisconsin, Arizona, and the county fairs of New York and Ohio: cancelled or reduced to junior livestock shows

State fair boards and agricultural societies (public bodies) and the Illinois Department of Agriculture · St. Paul; Des Moines; Dallas; Columbus; Syracuse; Springfield; Hutchinson; Salem; Raleigh; Sedalia; Sacramento; Indianapolis; West Allis; Phoenix, MN; IA; TX; OH; NY; IL; KS; OR; NC; MO; CA; IN; WI; AZ (Organizer)

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Jurisdiction
St. Paul; Des Moines; Dallas; Columbus; Syracuse; Springfield; Hutchinson; Salem; Raleigh; Sedalia; Sacramento; Indianapolis; West Allis; Phoenix, MN; IA; TX; OH; NY; IL; KS; OR; NC; MO; CA; IN; WI; AZ · Indiana
Level
Organizer
Issued
2020-07-07 July 7, 2020
In force
July 7, 2020 (the notice's date)
Quarters
2020 Q3
Functions reached
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  • AM
  • SP
  • CN
  • MK
  • HR
  • OP
  • WF
  • CB
  • AV
  • EN
  • VN
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Collection
Fitness, Arts, Entertainment and Sports SEC-17

Operative words

'The 2020 Oregon State Fair is canceled. No mass gatherings to be allowed during our fair dates' (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-071); 'the State Fair of Texas will not open for the 2020 season... we have decided to keep our guests, staff, and partners safe and healthy during these uncertain time' (Ex. SEC-17-GM-026)

The organizer's notice

State Fair of Texas site as captured July 8, 2020: 'the State Fair of Texas will not open for the 2020 season'

Notes

2020: Cancelled: Oregon (May 7, 2020: 'The 2020 Oregon State Fair is canceled. No mass gatherings to be allowed during our fair dates', Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-071); Ohio (May 21, 2020, Ex. -074); Minnesota (May 22 / June 2, 2020, Ex. -073); Iowa (June 10 / 21, 2020, Ex. -075); Illinois and DuQuoin (EO 2020-42, June 12, 2020, suspending the statutory requirement to hold the fairs, Ex. IL-018); New York (July 6, 2020, Ex. -104) and New York's county fairs by the Governor's direction; Texas ('With a heavy heart, we are announcing that the State Fair of Texas will not open for the 2020 season', July 7, 2020, Ex. SEC-17-GM-026); North Carolina (July 29, 2020, Ex. -076); Kansas (Aug. 6, 2020, Ex. -072); Missouri (Aug. 7, 2020: gate admission, carnival, grandstand and all public events cancelled; youth livestock retained, Ex. -077); California ('2020 CA State Fair & Food Festival Cancelled', Ex. SEC-17-GM-080); Ohio's county fairs limited to junior fair activities and animal exhibitions (July 31, 2020, Ex. OH-099); West Virginia barred fairs and festivals from July 14, 2020 (Ex. WV-040). 2021: Fairs held in 2021 (Minnesota Aug. 26 - Sept. 6; Iowa Aug. 12-22; Texas Sept. 24 - Oct. 17; Kansas Sept. 10-19; Oregon Aug. 27 - Sept. 6; North Carolina Oct. 14-24); Ohio's 2021 fair limited to livestock and junior exhibitions; New Mexico's State Fair (Sept. 9-19, 2021) required proof of vaccination; West Virginia's fairs barred until May 1, 2021 (Ex. WV-061). Usual dates: July-October. Scale: Not sourced in the exhibits (the Minnesota, Texas and Iowa fairs are among the largest gatherings in the country; attendance figures not carried in the exhibits read). Venue orders 2020: AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-071, AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-072, AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-073, AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-074, AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-075, AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-076, AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-077, AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-104, IL-018, OH-099, WV-040, MN-022, MN-024, MN-025, IA-017, TX-021, TX-023, NY-031, OH-025, LA-012, LA-013. Venue orders 2021: OH-103, WV-061, LA-029, NM-068, MN-038, TX-029, IA-035. Also cancelled by this notice: The 2020 State fairs (Texas, Minnesota, Oregon, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, North Carolina, Missouri, New York, Wisconsin, Indiana, California, Arizona; Illinois by executive order): the largest single engagements of the Midwest and Southwest tent, staging, sound, food-service and entertainment trades (Dallas; Falcon Heights; Salem; Columbus; Des Moines; Hutchinson; Raleigh; Sedalia; Syracuse; West Allis; Indianapolis; Sacramento; Phoenix; Springfield, TX; MN; OR; OH; IA; KS; NC; MO; NY; WI; IN; CA; AZ; IL; usual dates July - October (each fair 10 to 24 days); venue orders 2020: IL-018, OR-043, MN-025, OH-025, IA-017, TX-021, TX-023, AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-071, AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-072, AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-073, AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-074, AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-075, AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-076, AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-077, AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-104, VT-025, WV-042; venue orders 2021: OR-048, MN-038, TX-036, IL-043).

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