The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Every major-league and college venue; Super Bowl LV (Tampa), ALL; FL · Florida
- Level
- Organizer
- In force
- No start date could be read from the record.
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Weddings, Events and Production Services SEC-25
Operative words
NBA (Mar. 11, 2020): season suspended 'until further notice' (Ex. SEC-17-GM-007). Churchill Downs (Aug. 21, 2020): '146th Kentucky Derby to Run on September 5th without Fans' (Ex. SEC-17-GM-128). Texas GA-23 (May 18, 2020): professional sports 'without in-person spectators' (Ex. TX-016).
The organizer's notice
Tampa Bay Super Bowl LV Host Committee site (2020-2021 capture not located)
Notes
2020: Suspended within forty-eight hours of March 11, 2020 (NBA, Ex. SEC-17-GM-007; MLB, Ex. SEC-17-GM-024; MLS, Ex. SEC-17-GM-045; NHL, Ex. SEC-17-GM-025; NCAA championships, Exs. SEC-17-GM-001, -108; NASCAR, Ex. SEC-17-GM-043); resumed without spectators or under caps: Texas permitted professional sport only 'without in-person spectators' from May 18 and at 50 percent from June (Exs. TX-016, TX-021); the Kentucky Derby ran September 5 'without Fans' (Ex. SEC-17-GM-128); the Indianapolis 500 ran August 23 'WITHOUT FANS' (Ex. SEC-17-GM-004); the U.S. Open without fans (Ex. SEC-17-GM-023); the Masters in November without patrons (Ex. SEC-17-GM-022); New York, Colorado and Nevada kept spectators out (Exs. NY-031, NV-017). The hospitality, staging and broadcast-services trade that surrounds each event went with the spectators. 2021: Super Bowl LV (Tampa, Feb. 7, 2021) played to a reduced crowd under the City of Tampa's outdoor mask order for Super Bowl Event Zones and Entertainment Districts (Ex. MET-TPA-030), Pinellas County's large-event order (Ex. MET-TPA-067) and St. Petersburg's event-planning order (Ex. MET-TPA-051) (Host Committee page, Ex. SEC-25-GM-064 where retrieved); the Indianapolis 500 at 40 percent of capacity (Ex. SEC-17-GM-052); the NCAA men's tournament at 25 percent in Indianapolis; third-quarter 2021 games under Key to NYC, New Orleans' and Las Vegas' vaccination rules (Exs. MET-NYC-017, SEC-17-GM-115, SEC-17-GM-114, NV-043). Usual dates: Seasonal; Super Bowl (February); NCAA championships (March - April); Kentucky Derby (May); Indianapolis 500 (May); U.S. Open (August - September). Scale: A Florida broadcast-equipment rental company serving national sports broadcasters and leagues reported: 'When covid hit, live sports were suspended. Venue orders 2020: TX-016, TX-021, NY-031, NV-017, NV-028, CA-017, IL-019, MA-032, IN-034, MET-IND-022, KY-021, MET-SDF-018, FL-034, MET-MIA-013, NJ-034, PA-016, MI-059. Venue orders 2021: MET-TPA-030, MET-TPA-067, MET-TPA-051, MET-TPA-013, MET-TPA-076, MET-NYC-017, MET-NYC-019, MET-NYC-037, NV-043, NV-044, MET-MSY-029, MET-LA-054, MET-LA-020, WA-084, WA-102, MET-SEA-001, CA-029, MA-045, NY-043, IN-068.