The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Providence (Rhode Island Convention Center), RI · Rhode Island
- Level
- Organizer
- In force
- No start date could be read from the record.
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Construction SEC-09
Operative words
Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Rhode Island authorized a six-month lease of the RI Convention Center which is being converted to a hospital annex. While our team hopes the entire country is well on the mend in August, we support the RI Convention Center team and applaud their contributions to our community in this unprecedented time. (show director Kristen McKercher, quoted in JLC Online, Apr. 30, 2020)
The organizer's notice
JLC LIVE home page: New England 2020 Exhibit Hall Aug. 28-29, Conference Aug. 26-29, Rhode Island Convention Center (postponed from March; wording as archived Apr. 16, 2020; live page rendered Sept. 28, 2026)
Notes
2020: Postponed from March to Aug. 26-29, 2020 ('NEW ENGLAND 2020 Exhibit Hall: August 28-29 Conference: August 26-29 Rhode Island Convention Center', organizer site as captured Apr. 16, 2020), then cancelled outright on or about Apr. 30, 2020 because the State had leased the convention center as a hospital annex. Usual dates: Late March; 2020 edition scheduled Mar. 26-28, 2020; 2021 edition scheduled Mar. 24-27, 2021. Scale: Not read in a saved exhibit. Venue orders 2020: RI-003, RI-006, RI-009, RI-010, RI-014, RI-021, ECO-C-049. Venue orders 2021: RI-034, RI-035.