{"id":"SEC-05-GM-010","kind":"meeting","level":"organizer","jurisdiction":"Falcon Heights (St. Paul), MN","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"05","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Minnesota State Agricultural Society","authority":"","instrument":"Organizer notice","title":"Minnesota State Fair 2020","dateIssued":"2020-05-22","effective":"","end":"","startDate":"2020-05-22","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":[],"addressees":[],"clause":"Fair management: \u0022There will be no State Fair this year\u0022; \u0022we can see that we\u0027re out of runway and can\u0027t get off the ground\u0022; \u0022we need to make decisions now based on what we know today, not how we hope things will be in August\u0022 (CBS Minnesota, May 22, 2020)","enforcement":"","functions":["BQ","KT","CB","HR","MK"],"notes":"2020: Cancelled May 22, 2020. 2021: Held Aug. 26-Sept. 6, 2021 after the State\u0027s peacetime emergency ended July 1, 2021; a scaled-back \u0027Kickoff to Summer\u0027 food event preceded it (Wikipedia). Usual dates: Aug. 27-Sept. 7, 2020 scheduled (twelve days ending Labor Day). Scale: 2,126,551 attendance in 2019 (record); \u0027the largest single gathering in the state\u0027; one French-fry vendor alone employed 160 people (CBS Minnesota, May 22, 2020). Venue orders 2020: MN-022, MN-024, MN-010. Venue orders 2021: MN-038, MN-039.","sourceUrl":"https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-state-fair-canceled-2020-coronavirus-covid19/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":186744,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"CBS Minnesota report of the 2020 Minnesota State Fair cancellation (May 22, 2020)","collection":"SEC-05","url":"/library/SEC-05-GM-010","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-05-GM-010","citation":"Minnesota State Agricultural Society, Organizer notice (May 22, 2020) (Ex. SEC-05-GM-010)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["MN-022","MN-024","MN-010","MN-038","MN-039"]}