Events canceled/postponed due to COVID-19 [consolidated]
Mar 7, 2020, 1:10 am
#16
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Masters is still on but in wait and see mode. I have tickets and still keen to go provided the circumstances are right
Mar 7, 2020, 1:32 am
#17
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American Physical Society March Meeting in Denver was cancelled the day before it was supposed to start. About 10,000 people were expected to attend from all around the world.
Mar 7, 2020, 6:07 am
#18
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ExpoWest (food. healthcare) was supposed to be in Anaheim this weekend. Approximately 100,000 visitors postponed with no date set. Our company was lucky, except for the airlines, we were able to get all of our costs back.
Mar 7, 2020, 6:31 am
#19
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Mar 7, 2020, 8:37 am
#20
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The international housewares show in Chicago (est attendance of 50K-60K) has been canceled.
Mar 7, 2020, 2:03 pm
#21
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HIMSS, Healthcare Information Management Systems Society has canceled their global conference in Orlando scheduled for March 9-14.
Mar 7, 2020, 3:05 pm
#22
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Mar 7, 2020, 5:16 pm
#23
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San Francisco has postponed the St Patrick’s Day parade.
Stanford University will have all classes on online.
LA marathon still on
Hopefully the increasing examples of events being postponed or cancelled will make it easier for officials to make the difficult public health decisions that might slow down spread.
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...ea-cracks-down
Stanford University will have all classes on online.
LA marathon still on
Hopefully the increasing examples of events being postponed or cancelled will make it easier for officials to make the difficult public health decisions that might slow down spread.
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...ea-cracks-down
Mar 7, 2020, 7:00 pm
#24
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Not canceled, but the March Grand Sumo basho will be held behind closed doors. The NBA has discussed the idea of games without fans. Lebron said under those conditions, we would not play.
Mar 7, 2020, 8:20 pm
#25
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Mar 8, 2020, 12:07 am
#26
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Just found out that BAPS has cancelled their guru's 2020 world tour that included Europe and North America. It is tentatively going to be re-scheduled for 2021.
I wonder if any other touring groups such as musicians have changed their schedules yet? Those are very expensive to reschedule.
I wonder if any other touring groups such as musicians have changed their schedules yet? Those are very expensive to reschedule.
Mar 8, 2020, 10:51 am
#27
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Bahrain has made the March Formula One race spectator free.
Mar 8, 2020, 2:18 pm
#28
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It is pretty striking that so many conferences and conventions are being cancelled, but sporting events, concerts, and all sorts of other events (political rallies) are going ahead as of now.
Mar 8, 2020, 2:31 pm
#29
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Mar 8, 2020, 2:33 pm
#30
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Businesses can move faster and are most cautious since money is involved. It is harder for public events in the US as there is no consensus to take this seriously and views differ based on political alignment.
