The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New York (Javits Center), NY · New York
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-03-11 Mar. 11, 2020
- In force
- Mar. 11, 2020 (the notice's date)
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Dealers and Repair Shops SEC-08
Operative words
"We are taking this extraordinary step to help protect our attendees, exhibitors and all participants from the coronavirus" (Mark Schienberg, GNYADA, Ex. SEC-08-GM-011); organizers thanked Governor Cuomo and the Javits Center for accommodating the date change
The organizer's notice
NYIAS release (PR Newswire), 'Organizers Announce Rescheduling of 2020 New York International Auto Show' (Mar. 11, 2020)
Notes
2020: Mar. 10-11, 2020 postponed to Aug. 28-Sept. 6, 2020; May 22, 2020 cancelled outright with the Javits Center operating as a makeshift hospital and on standby. 2021: See row 6. Usual dates: Apr. 10-19, 2020 planned (press days Apr. 8-9); rescheduled to Aug. 28-Sept. 6, 2020; then cancelled. Scale: "more than $330 million in economic benefit" to the local and State economies; more than one million attendees in typical years (Ex. SEC-08-GM-011; Wikipedia, secondary). Venue orders 2020: NY-009, NY-010, NY-005, MET-NYC-006, NY-031, NY-035, MET-NYC-025.