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| Special Note: Following an unprecedented year of global impact by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, on our own industry and many others, we look to the year ahead with new signs of hope and positivity. That noted, there are still many challenges to be faced, support to be provided, and creative new directions to be explored together. During the weeks and months and year ahead, we will continue to use the IFEA Event Insider to provide a broad representation of global news coverage, as well as access to the latest information about other important programs and critical resources, government support, vaccine development and distribution, research surveys, et al., with a goal of bringing our industry, our communities and our world back together again, as soon as possible, safely and sustainably.
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Nevada's Burning Man mulling mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for August
The Associated Press via Mooresville Tribune
Burning Man festival organizers have said that they are considering requiring attendees to prove they have been vaccinated for COVID-19 if the organizers move forward with plans to hold this year's counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert.
The organizers backed off an earlier statement indicating that they had already decided to make the shots mandatory.
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Unique Indy 500 branding opportunity for 500 festival and AES Indiana
Inside INdiana Business via WISH-TV
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing and its No. 24 car will have some additional branding this year during the 105th Indianapolis 500, showcasing the 500 Festival and utility AES Indiana. The organizations say the partnership will also be a unique fundraising opportunity for the nonprofit.
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San Antonio, Texas' King William Association hosts Fiesta-themed 'house float parade'
KSAT-TV
April typically means Fiesta in San Antonio but the COVID-19 pandemic has changed that for two years in a row.
If you're looking for an excuse to wear your flower crowns and Fiesta medals this week, the King William Association has you covered.
The group, in partnership with the Lavaca Neighborhood Association and Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association, is hosting a house float parade through April 25 and is inviting you to join in on the fun!
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As the Events & Entertainment industry returns to work, it will be necessary to develop a Health & Safety strategy to make customers, guests and performers feel comfortable again in “mass gatherings”.
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Hawaii should restructure, not de-structure, its tourism industry
Honolulu Civil Beat
In March, John De Fries, the CEO of the Hawaii Tourism Authority, appeared as a guest speaker to tourism students at the University of Hawaii at Hilo's College of Business and Economics. De Fries was curious about how Hawaii's youngest tourism stakeholders and future leaders thought about the industry.
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Canada's summer music festivals confront dim prospects
Toronto.com
Summer 2021 was supposed to mark the triumphant return of Canadian music festivals. Instead, it's ushering in another season of disappointment.
As COVID-19 cases rage across the country, many of Canada's beloved summer music events are falling like dominoes as organizers abandon any hope of a return this year.
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Australia's Under the Southern Stars festival organizers cancel 2021 concert series over COVID-19 fears
News.com.au
A major Sydney music festival has been cancelled for the second year in a row, with the organisers slamming the government's "mismanagement of the COVID-19 situation" in an angry statement.
Under the Southern Stars festival co-ordinators announced on Wednesday the concert series, set to feature Cheap Trick, Bush and Stone Temple Pilots around Australia in April and May, would be postponed until 2022 to "protect" patrons, artists and crews during the ongoing pandemic.
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Summer festivals cancelled in Finland as pandemic drags on
YLE
Four of Finland's biggest music festivals announced they would not go ahead this summer, citing uncertainty over rules governing gatherings as they cancelled for the second year in a row.
Ilosaarirock in Joensuu, Tuska festival in Helsinki and Provinssirock in Seinäjoki threw in the towel on Friday, announcing they would not be welcoming fans in 2021.
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No distancing, no masks: Blossoms to headline festival pilot in the UK
Pollstar
A 5,000-capacity festival promoted by Festival Republic is the latest pilot event taking part in the UK government's Events Research Program (ERP). The one-day event – which features Blossoms, The Lathums and Zuzu on the bill – is scheduled for May 2 at Sefton Park, Liverpool. The poster explicitly mentions "no social distancing & no masks inside the event" as the event is part of a scientific experiment.
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Music festivals are back, but their Covid risks are all on you
Rolling Stone
In 2017, a stage diver landed on a man's head at a punk music festival in New Jersey. That man, who experienced significant spinal damage, successfully sued the show's organizer for $2 million.
Will we see an explosion in these types of liability lawsuits in the coming months, as music festivals come roaring back around the world, bringing an increased risk of Covid-19 cases with them?
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Fyre Festival attendees to receive $7,000 each in settlement
The Guardian
A group of 277 attendees at the notorious Fyre festival are to receive settlement payouts of $7,220 (£5,240) each after the conclusion of a lawsuit against the organisers.
The 2017 event drew global attention after the supposedly luxury music experience, promoted by supermodels and set to feature artists such as Major Lazer and Migos, turned out to resemble a disaster relief camp with windswept tents and decidedly non-gourmet food.
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Delaware State Fair concert lineup changes
WBOC-TV
Due to Delaware Division of Public Health guidance, the Delaware State Fair says its making significant changes to their M&T Bank Grandstand lineup.
In order to comply with social distancing requirements, the capacity of the M&T Bank Grandstand has been dramatically reduced. Pit and VIP Loft tickets will not exist this year. The track area will be set up with 222 pods seating 888 ticket holders. Each pod can hold four seats, and track seats are sold by pod only.
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With Expo 2020 Dubai, UAE ready to welcome the world
Gulf News
After 10 years of exhausting work with 230,000 people working relentlessly to bring the greatest show on Earth to life for the first time in Arab world, the UAE is all set to welcome the world to Expo 2020 Dubai in October, with the participation of 190 countries.
Those numbers reveal the sheer size and scope of the work that's gone behind the readiness of this grand event — even amid a pandemic.
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California theme parks can now welcome out-of-state visitors, it seems
San Diego Union-Tribune via Los Angeles Times
In a break from other Southern California theme parks, SeaWorld decided this week to open its San Diego park to out-of-state residents who are vaccinated against COVID-19, saying that it's allowed under newly revised state guidelines.
Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood, meanwhile, aren't so sure: They're still selling tickets only to California residents.
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Will Disneyland and other California theme parks fully reopen on June 15? Experts weigh in
The Orange County Register
The California economy will fully reopen on June 15 after more than a year of pandemic hibernation, but industry experts do not expect Disneyland, Universal Studios and other theme parks in the state to return to full capacity and operations right away.
The full reopening of the California economy on June 15 raises a number of questions for the state' s theme parks. Will operations need to ramp up slowly?
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Missouri's Silver Dollar City adjusts COVID safety requirements, announces new festival beginning Thursday
Springfield News-Leader
Silver Dollar City announced this week it has adjusted its COVID-19 safety requirements.
Per the CDC's guidelines on safe outdoor activities, the Branson theme park's outdoor areas — where six feet of distance can be maintained between parties — are now mask-optional spaces.
Guest masking is required at all ticketing areas, park entry, on rides and trams, in queues, all indoor areas and areas where guests cannot socially distance outdoors.
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Indy 500 to host 135,000 fans at largest sporting event during COVID-19 crisis
Sports Illustrated
The Indianapolis 500 is set to host the largest sports crowd in the United States since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Wednesday that it will host up to 135,000 fans on May 30, which is 40% of venue's capacity. If the 40% capacity is met, that will mark the world's largest crowd for a sports event since the onset of the pandemic.
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COVID issues stall final 2 games of Twins-Angels series
Star Tribune
Batting practice for the Twins on Saturday afternoon at Angel Stadium looked more like a sunny siesta in a park than a warmup.
Willians Astudillo gathered between first and second base with a couple of other Latino players, masked up and talking. Others lounged on the grass, heads propped on duffel bags. Manager Rocco Baldelli paced between the chit-chatters and sun-tanners, saying a few words to each before circling back to the dugout.
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Tokyo Olympics are fast approaching, will COVID-19 vaccinations be mandatory to compete?
Deseret News
COVID-19 vaccinations are encouraged for athletes competing in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics but still won't be made mandatory even as parts of Japan are about to declare a state of emergency due to a surge in coronavirus cases.
"Our position there is very clear. You cannot make this now compulsory anymore, two months before the Games," International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach told reporters from around the world during a virtual news conference held after a meeting of the IOC Executive Board Wednesday.
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CISA Securing Public Gatherings website
CISA
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is pleased to announce the launch of the CISA Securing Public Gatherings website, www.cisa.gov/securing-public-gatherings. The website, which was launched last Thursday, features security resources related to public gatherings and crowded places for all stakeholders. The website will provide the general public; businesses and critical infrastructure owners and operators; state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) government officials and first responders; houses of worships; and schools with security resources that address a variety of threat vectors impacting public gatherings and crowded places. All CISA products posted on the website are categorized by audience and topic area with clickable icons to help users easily navigate to the most relevant information.
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What Texas' reopening can teach the event industry about mask mandates
Event Manager Blog
As of March 10, Texas no longer requires its residents to wear masks in public places, and businesses are now allowed to operate at full capacity. When Governor Greg Abbott announced these policy changes, he argued that the move was necessary to save local businesses. But is the move really a boon to business?
At least when it comes to corporate and association events, the answer would appear to be a resounding no. Austin Convention Enterprises reported that the recent policy changes prompted the cancellation of at least four major events in the city.
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US-Canada land border closure, testing and hotel quarantine extended
TravelPulse
The United States and Canada today announced the further extension of their mutual ban on non-essential land-border crossings through May 21, Reuters reported.
These restrictions were first imposed bilaterally back in March 2020 — when the global crisis first began escalating — to mitigate transmission of the COVID-19 virus and have been renewed by both nations following review on a monthly basis ever since.
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As Covid death toll passes 3 million, a weary world takes stock
The New York Times
Three million lives: That is roughly equivalent to losing the population of Berlin, Chicago or Taipei. The scale is so staggering that it sometimes begins to feel real only in places like graveyards.
The world's Covid-19 death toll surpassed three million on Saturday, according to a New York Times database
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CDC vaccine advisers will meet Friday to discuss the J&J vaccine. Here's what could happen next
CNN
Vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meet Friday to make recommendations for use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine after it was put on hold to investigate a potential link to serious blood clots.
The CDC and US Food and Drug Administration recommended a pause on use of the J&J coronavirus vaccine last week following six reported US cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot.
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Scientist who helped develop Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine agrees third shot is needed as immunity wanes
CNBC
The chief medical officer of BioNTech told CNBC on Wednesday that people will likely need a third shot of its two-dose Covid-19 vaccine as immunity against the virus wanes, agreeing with previous comments made by Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla.
Dr. Ozlem Tureci, co-founder and CMO of BioNTech, which developed a Covid vaccine with Pfizer, said she also expects people will need to get vaccinated against the coronavirus annually, like for the seasonal flu.
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Do we still need to keep wearing masks outdoors?
The New York Times
As more people get vaccinated and spring weather and sunshine beckon us outdoors, one question may be nagging at you: Do we still need to wear masks outside?
More than a year into pandemic life, many people remain confused about the risk of spending time outdoors around other people.
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Help us 'Bring Back Events'
IFEA messaging available to use and share with your network
IFEA
The fastest way through the current global pandemic, with a return to normalcy for all global events, is to take a leadership role in encouraging all of those whom we influence – locally, nationally and globally – to take the steps and do the right thing, starting with each individual, that will bring this COVID-19 virus under control.
In support of that leadership initiative, the IFEA has created a series of "Bring Back Events" messages that we invite you to use and share on your own web sites and social media platforms. Just download our predesigned and ready-to-use messages. We also have a series of event-oriented masks that can be ordered here.
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Congress calls on the SBA to get the SVOG program up and running
CelebrityAccess
As the application website for the Small Business Administration's Shuttered Venue Operator Grant program remains closed more than 10 days after it was due to begin accepting applications, members of congress have called on the federal agency to get the program up and running.
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New York's Garbarino asks SBA to allow grant access for amusement parks
Farmingdale Patch
United States Congressman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) on Monday announced he sent a bipartisan letter to the Small Business Administration (SBA) urging amusement parks across the nation to receive access to a grant program.
Garbarino called on SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman to expand eligibility for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program to theme parks.
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Lawmakers push PPP revamp as funding lapse looms
POLITICO
A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday unveiled plans to offer more emergency pandemic relief to the country's tiniest employers, a last-minute revamp of Washington's nearly $1 trillion small business rescue that is close to exhausting its funding.
The bill introduced by Senate Small Business Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) would allow thousands of self-employed Americans to qualify for more aid under the massive Paycheck Protection Program, which offers government-backed loans that can be forgiven if businesses maintain payroll.
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Canada's federal budget delivers for Ottawa's tourism, public service sectors
CBC News
The Liberal government's massive spending budget unveiled Monday tackles everything from child care to climate change to affordable housing, but also contains good news for two of Ottawa's largest employment sectors: Tourism and the federal public service.
Tourism is a direct beneficiary of this budget, with $1 billion in new spending allocated to reinvigorate the pandemic-ravaged industry.
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