{"id":"AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-076","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, N.C. State Fair (State agency)","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE","eco":"","issuer":"N.C. State Fair, NCDA\u0026CS (Commissioner Steve Troxler)","authority":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-503 (State Fair under the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) (pin to be verified); Executive Orders of Governor Cooper limiting mass gatherings (Ex. NC-141 series; NC State file)","instrument":"N.C. State Fair statement, \u0027N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020\u0027 (fair dates Oct. 15-25, 2020 cancelled; livestock and horse shows held separately under NCDHHS recommendations), as captured Sept. 3, 2020","title":"N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020","dateIssued":"2020-07-29","effective":"Fair dates Oct. 15-25, 2020 cancelled","end":"2020-10-25 (cancelled fair dates); 2021 fair held Oct. 14-24, 2021","startDate":"2020-07-29","endDate":"2020-10-25","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["EVT","GATH"],"addressees":["fairgoers, vendors, exhibitors, carnival and grandstand contractors of the N.C. State Fair (about 1 million attendees)"],"clause":"N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020.... We\u0027ve been monitoring the guidelines from the North Carolina Department of Health and [Human Services and the Governor\u0027s executive orders... the right thing to do for our] community and to mitigate the potential spread of COVID-19 is to cancel the 2020 N.C. State Fair.... Following the Executive Order from Governor Cooper and the recommendations of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, at this time, limited events will be taking place at the North Carolina [State Fairgrounds].","enforcement":"Cancellation by the State department operating the fair; the Governor\u0027s gathering limits carried N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.30(d) penalties","functions":["EVT events","MK vendor and exhibitor sales","CB fairgoers","GS concessionaires, carnival and grandstand contractors","BQ food vendors"],"notes":"A Q4 2020 event (Oct. 15-25) cancelled by a State agriculture department in Q3 2020; the fairgrounds\u0027 year-round events also ran under the Governor\u0027s limits.","sourceUrl":"http://www.ncstatefair.org/","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200903041313/http://www.ncstatefair.org/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":199418,"grade":"secondary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE","url":"/library/AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-076","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-076","citation":"N.C. State Fair, NCDA\u0026CS (Commissioner Steve Troxler), N.C. State Fair statement, \u0027N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020\u0027 (fair dates Oct. 15-25, 2020 cancelled; livestock and horse shows held separately under NCDHHS recommendations), as captured Sept. 3, 2020 (July 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-076)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":["SEC-06-GM-036","SEC-17-GM-026","SEC-25-GM-004","SEC-25-GM-005"]}