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Ex. SEC-17-GM-116 Organizer notice Primary source read

Indianapolis Motor Speedway site as captured Mar. 27, 2020: Indianapolis 500 rescheduled for Aug. 23, 2020 'due to the COVID-19 pandemic'; Race Weekend concerts cancelled

104th Indianapolis 500: postponed from May 24 to Aug. 23, 2020 and run without fans; race-weekend concerts cancelled; 2021 race at reduced capacity

Indianapolis Motor Speedway / INDYCAR (Penske Entertainment) · Speedway (Indianapolis Motor Speedway), IN (Organizer)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Speedway (Indianapolis Motor Speedway), IN · Indiana
Level
Organizer
Issued
2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
In force
Mar. 26, 2020 (the notice's date)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Functions reached
  • SP
  • PE
  • CN
  • MK
  • HR
  • WF
  • CB
Collection
Fitness, Arts, Entertainment and Sports SEC-17

Operative words

'rescheduled for Sunday, Aug. 23 due to the COVID-19 pandemic' (Ex. SEC-17-GM-116)

The organizer's notice

Indianapolis Motor Speedway site as captured Mar. 27, 2020: Indianapolis 500 rescheduled for Aug. 23, 2020 'due to the COVID-19 pandemic'; Race Weekend concerts cancelled

Notes

2020: 'The Indianapolis 500 Presented by Gainbridge has been rescheduled for Sunday, Aug. 23 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials from INDYCAR and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) announced today'; 'we have also made the unfortunate, but unavoidable decision to cancel Race Weekend concerts, including the Snake Pit' (Ex. SEC-17-GM-116); on Aug. 4, 2020 IMS announced the race would run without fans: 'INDY 500 UPDATE: 104TH RUNNING TO TAKE PLACE WITHOUT FANS' (Ex. SEC-17-GM-004, IMS homepage as captured Aug. 6, 2020). 2021: 'FANS TO BE WELCOMED BACK HOME AGAIN: 40 PERCENT OF VENUE CAPACITY PERMITTED FOR INDY 500' (Ex. SEC-17-GM-052, IMS homepage as captured Apr. 22, 2021); race run May 30, 2021 at that cap under a Marion County Public Health Department-approved plan (PHO 9-2021; events above 500 required an approved plan through June 30, 2021). Usual dates: Memorial Day weekend. Scale: Not sourced in the exhibits retrieved (the organizer's 2021 cap of about 135,000, described as 40 percent of capacity, is stated from press reports only). Venue orders 2020: IN-006, MET-IND-002, IN-030, IN-033, IN-034, IN-040, MET-IND-022, MET-IND-025, MET-IND-029. Venue orders 2021: IN-056, IN-059, IN-061, MET-IND-043, MET-IND-080, MET-IND-042.