{"id":"AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-071","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Oregon State Fair Council (public corporation of the State of Oregon)","state":"OR","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE","eco":"","issuer":"Oregon State Fair Council, on the Governor\u0027s announcement of May 7, 2020 that mass gatherings are prohibited through September","authority":"ORS 565.456 (State Fair Council; mission and purposes; a public corporation with authority to conduct the Oregon State Fair and operate the fairground properties) (read in summary); Governor\u0027s Executive Order 20-12 and the May 7, 2020 announcement of the phased reopening plan (Ex. OR-007; OR State file)","instrument":"Oregon State Fair Council statement, \u0027The 2020 Oregon State Fair is canceled. No mass gatherings to be allowed during our fair dates.\u0027","title":"The 2020 Oregon State Fair is canceled","dateIssued":"2020-05-07","effective":"2020-05-07 (fair dates Aug. 28 - Sept. 7, 2020 cancelled)","end":"2020-09-07 (the cancelled fair dates); 2021 fair held Aug. 27 - Sept. 6, 2021","startDate":"2020-05-07","endDate":"2020-09-07","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["EVT","GATH"],"addressees":["fairgoers, exhibitors, competitors, performers, sponsors, vendors, contractors, volunteers and staff of the Oregon State Fair"],"clause":"The 2020 Oregon State Fair, originally scheduled to run from August 28 through September 7, is canceled per State of Oregon restrictions on the size of mass gatherings. The announcement was made today by Oregon\u0027s governor: mass gatherings are prohibited through September as part of the Governor\u0027s phased reopening plan. This decision was driven by the need to guarantee safe social distancing to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, aka COVID-19. The Oregon State Fair Council had hoped to continue the 156-year tradition of this classic American state fair. But the Council fully supports the State of Oregon\u0027s measured, scientific, and responsible approach to combatting COVID-19.","enforcement":"Cancellation by the public corporation that operates the fair; the underlying gathering prohibition carried ORS 401.990 penalties","functions":["EVT events (the State\u0027s largest annual event cancelled)","MK marketing and exhibition (commercial vendors, agricultural exhibitors)","CB customer base (fairgoers)","GS group sales (sponsors, concessionaires, carnival and grandstand contractors)","BQ food and beverage vendors"],"notes":"Reaches carnival operators, concessionaires, livestock exhibitors, commercial vendors, entertainers, security and staffing contractors and Salem-area hotels.","sourceUrl":"https://oregonstatefair.org/","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200530005417/https://oregonstatefair.org/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":82399,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE","url":"/library/AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-071","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-071","citation":"Oregon State Fair Council, on the Governor\u0027s announcement of May 7, 2020 that mass gatherings are prohibited through September, Oregon State Fair Council statement, \u0027The 2020 Oregon State Fair is canceled. No mass gatherings to be allowed during our fair dates.\u0027 (May 7, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-071)","stateName":"Oregon","related":["SEC-06-GM-036","SEC-17-GM-026","SEC-25-GM-004","SEC-25-GM-005"]}