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CNBC
New York City is canceling concerts, festivals and parades, including the 2020 Pride march, through June as the city seeks to drive down its coronavirus infection rate, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.
On Friday, De Blasio canceled nonessential events through May and a city-sponsored concert series that was scheduled start June 22. In extending the cancellations through June, de Blasio said it was a decision "we have to make." Most of the events will be rescheduled, he said.
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New York Post
Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed Wednesday that the city's annual Macy's Fourth of July fireworks show "will go on" — despite suggesting a day earlier that the blowout in New York Harbor may not happen because of the coronavirus crisis.
"There's a lot of things we're going to have to work through, but what we know for sure is this wonderful show will go on," de Blasio said in a video message posted to Twitter.
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New York Daily News
The heroes who have saved lives during the coronavirus outbreak will receive the honors they deserve in a ticker-tape parade once the city's nightmare is over, Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday.
"When that day comes that we can restart the vibrant, beautiful life of the city again, the first thing we will do is, we will have a ticker-tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes for our health care workers and our first responders," Hizzoner said at a press conference.
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Statesman
Gatherings like sporting events and festivals where large numbers of people are packed together still could be six months to a year away, interim Austin-Travis County Health Authority Dr. Mark Escott said Wednesday.
His assessment came a day after he warned Austin City Council members that reopening the local economy too soon, or without adequate safeguards to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, could result in a return to more stringent social distancing orders for a longer period of time.
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WLS-TV
With the peak of COVID-19 still weeks away in Illinois, the city of Chicago has canceled several major spring and summer events.
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events announced the cancellation of the Memorial Day Parade as well as the Gospel, House and Blues Festivals.
The events, which normally attract tens of thousands of people downtown, were scheduled for May and June.
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Los Angeles Times
The San Mateo County Fair has been closed to visitors only once in its 86-year history — and that was during World War II.
This year will be the second time, as the summertime staple has been scrapped amid the widening coronavirus pandemic. "We will get through this and emerge stronger and better together," fair Chief Executive Dana Stoehr said in a statement announcing the cancellation.
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KYW-AM
As Philadelphia begins its sixth week of stay-at-home measures, officials say they can't predict when the city will re-open, let alone when large gatherings will be permitted again. So the team that normally works on Philadelphia's major events has been pressed into a different kind of service. In ordinary times, Bob Allen would be putting the finishing touch on Broad Street run logistics and getting ready for the Rittenhouse Row and South Street Spring Festivals, as director of policy and planning for the Office of Special Events.
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O'Neill Events & Marketing
We could all use something to look forward to during these uncertain times and the team at O'Neill Events & Marketing are proud to be working closely with the City of Kansas City, Missouri, and several other creatives to launch #KCHearts, a weekly gathering place to bring Kansas Citians together to share our hearts and connect our communities with a weekly activity that everyone can do together, even while we physically stay apart. Thank you to Whiskey Design and Propaganda3 for all their amazing work in bringing this idea to life.
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Billboard
The longstanding Canadian electronic event has announced it will return in July 2021.
Shambhala Music Festival 2020 will not happen due to coronavirus.
In a statement released by the Canadian electronic festival Tuesday (April 21), organizers announced that the event scheduled for July 24-27, 2020, will be "postponed" until July 2021, when the next iteration of the festival was scheduled to occur.
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TicketNews
European festivals are facing an unprecedented year as many are forced to cancel as a result of government bans on mass gatherings. The lengthy list of European music festivals to be called off this summer grew longer upon the announcement that Denmark, Germany, Belgium and France have banned large-scale events through the coming months.
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Pollstar
The EU Commission and the EU Council published a roadmap toward what they describe as "preserving the European values and way of life," after EU member states decide to lift the bans currently imposed on public life due to the threat of COVID-19.
In the document, the EU bodies hint at the fact that festivals and concerts will be the last to open.
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USA Today
Germany's Oktoberfest is canceled.
Markus Söder, Bavaria's minister president, and Dieter Reiter, Munich's lord mayor, announced the news together Tuesday, citing the coronavirus pandemic as the reason for the cancellation.
"It hurts, it's such a pity," Söder said, as noted in comments shared on the Oktoberfest website from the news conference. "We have agreed that the risk is simply too high."
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Forbes
If it already wasn't clear, the 2020 summer festival season has come to an extreme halt amid the global pandemic. As for the genres of rock and metal music, this year was boasting some of the most ambitious festival line-ups from Boston Calling, UK's Download festival, Danny Wimmer Presents festivals, and Germany's Wacken Open Air and Rock Am Ring.
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The Guardian
The festival of San Fermín, which for centuries has unleashed half-tonne fighting bulls into the narrow streets of Pamplona, has been suspended indefinitely as Spain battles one of the world's deadliest outbreaks of Covid-19. "As expected as it was, it still leaves us deeply sad," said Ana Elizalde, the acting mayor of Pamplona.
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Buzz60 via MSN
A food fight festivals considered the the world's largest has been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. Buzz60's Mercer Morrison has the story.
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The Brussels Times
Festivals across Belgium have started to announce their cancellations after Belgium's latest update concerning measures to fight the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country.
All mass events in Belgium are banned until 31 August, the National Security Council announced at a press conference on Wednesday evening.
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Open Rotterdam
"We'll keep the festival calendar alive!"
OPEN Rotterdam, Rotterdam Festivals and the festival organizations join forces and together bring the festival agenda to life through special broadcasts on OPEN Rotterdam FESTIVAL TV. On the original festival days of a festival, there are two TV blocks daily with registrations, interviews, artist and artist clips and other videos. Social calls are made to share memories. In this way, we show that Rotterdam is a real festival city, even though we cannot now experience this together physically. By keeping the festival agenda, fans can still feel their festivals and follow the days when they would have done otherwise.
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Arab News
The UAE has rolled out a brand new initiative to keep residents entertained as they tuck away indoors in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. Dubai Calendar, the city's premiere events guide, is bringing entertainment straight to the living room of residents with its brand new "Live From Dubai" event series.
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The Miami Times
Virtual is the new normal for everything from the NFL draft to town hall meetings and now Carnival in one of the world's most desired vacation islands of paradise – the U.S. Virgin Islands. Just in case you're a novice to the to the tropical celebration of island food, fun, and flair, here's an introduction for some and a recap for others.
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The New York Times
South by Southwest was an early sign that things were getting serious, fast. In early March, the massive multimedia festival held in Austin, Texas was canceled by city officials just a week before it was scheduled to begin, out of concern for the spread of the coronavirus.
The impact was immediate and devastating: Hundreds of thousands of people attend the conference each year, bringing with them hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to Austin. New films that were scheduled for screenings weren't screened; musical performances didn't go on; panels and workshops disappeared.
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Hubspot
It goes without saying this is an unprecedented time for the event and conference industry. Thousands of events are being postponed or canceled and there's currently no clear path to when this cycle will end. It's enough to make even the most seasoned event marketer want to toss their cookies. The good news is, you are not alone. At Feathr we're working quickly to provide solutions that will help keep event marketers' cookies firmly in place.
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IAAPA
While attractions around the globe temporarily shutter in the wake of COVID-19, many have found creative ways to stay connected with guests. Using social media, blogs, and e-mail, attractions around the world have provided activities for parents trying to entertain and educate their children while practicing social distancing due to the spread of the coronavirus.
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Inc.
These businesses were the first affected and they'll possibly be the last to come back. Here's the hard truth on how to proceed.
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BBC News
"After everything that's been going on we just want a bit of a party."
James Tudor Jones, 23, has been looking forward to Kendal Calling festival in the Lake District this summer but expects his plans to change.
"I'm praying it's going ahead but the likelihood is it's going to get cancelled any day now," he tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.
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The Stadium Business
Stadia and arenas across the world need to rethink their business models as "all rules have changed" due to COVID-19, according to Aderassa CEO Olivier Mazé.
Headquartered in New York, Aderassa is a cost of revenue management company that advises the owners and operators of sports and entertainment facilities during construction or redevelopment projects.
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World Health Organization
This document and risk assessment tool provides practical guidance and recommendations to support the special role of religious leaders, faith-based organizations, and faith communities in COVID-19 education, preparedness, and response.
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CNN
President Trump has unveiled Guidelines for Opening Up America Again, a three-phased approach based on the advice of public health experts. These steps will help state and local officials when reopening their economies, getting people back to work, and continuing to protect American lives.
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The Hill
Governors are beginning to announce timelines for relaxing strict measures taken to mitigate the coronavirus. Many states are dropping stay-at-home orders beginning May 1, while several states have not yet announced an end to restrictions.
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The Washington Post
Even as states move ahead with plans to reopen their economies, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Tuesday that a second wave of the novel coronavirus will be far more dire because it is likely to coincide with the start of flu season.
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The Washington Post
There are growing concerns that any economic recovery later this year could prove short-lived because of a possible deadly resurgence of the novel coronavirus and a late spike in bankruptcies and defaults, a wicked combination that could cause households and businesses that barely survived the spring lockdown to go under later in the year.
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NBC News
After flattening the curve, Americans should expect a number of curveballs.
Once the immediate crush of COVID-19 cases subsides, epidemiologists say a "post-peak" purgatory lies ahead until a vaccine can be discovered and disseminated that would allow a return to normalcy.
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The New York Times
It took just a matter of days to shut down New York City, once the coronavirus took hold. Restarting it will take much, much longer.
The economic impact in the city from the global pandemic has been striking: Hundreds of thousands are already out of work; at least $7.4 billion in tax revenue is projected to be lost by the middle of next year.
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Destination Ontario
To understand the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, the consumer mindset and to inform marketing recovery strategies, Destination Ontario is actively compiling economic and public attitude and behavior information. This includes economic models and consumer sentiment research studies, which are structured to better understand when and where to re-engage visitors to think about travelling again; and with what kinds of messages.
*As of April 15, 2020
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ECDC
At the end of December 2019, Chinese public health authorities reported several cases of acute respiratory syndrome in Wuhan City, Hubei province, China. Chinese scientists soon identified a novel coronavirus as the main causative agent. The disease is now referred to as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and the causative virus is called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is a new strain of coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans.
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The New York Times
Britain confirmed on Thursday that it would prolong its lockdown for at least three more weeks as part of efforts to keep smothering the spread of the coronavirus. But the government was far less clear about the steps it is taking that would allow it to relax restrictions later without causing another outbreak.
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TravelPulse
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has issued a new report showing just how devastating the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic has been on world travel.
The report notes that almost all global destinations have imposed restrictions or complete bans on travel since January 2020, when reports of COVID-19 in China first appeared.
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NBC News
One of the main coronavirus relief fund sources for suffering small businesses hit its $350 billion limit Thursday and is no longer accepting any more lenders or applications, the Small Business Administration announced.
"The SBA is currently unable to accept new applications for the Paycheck Protection Program based on available appropriations funding," SBA spokesperson Jennifer Kelly said in a statement.
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The Hill
The Senate on Tuesday approved roughly $484 billion in new coronavirus aid for small businesses and hospitals and more funding for testing, ending a lengthy battle over the size and contents of the package.
The agreement was passed by a voice vote after days of negotiations between congressional Democrats and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, with the talks lasting until approximately midnight on both Sunday and Monday.
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CNN
Congress has reached a deal on a fourth coronavirus relief package, this one aimed at sending additional help to small businesses and hospitals struggling amid closures as well as expanding support for testing.
The package was passed by the Senate Tuesday evening and next goes to the House for a vote. President Donald Trump has offered public support, indicating he'll sign it.
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The Hill
The Senate this week passed another supplemental coronavirus relief bill to replenish funding for a small-business loan program and bolster the country's medical response to the pandemic.
The primary purpose of the $484 billion bill, which is expected to pass the House on Thursday, is to replenish the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), an initiative that offers loans to businesses that can be forgiven if the money is used to keep employees on payrolls.
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Government of Canada
The Prime Minister announced an update to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS):
- A calculator has be launched to help businesses determine the amount they may receive with the CEWS. Through this website, businesses can learn more about the eligible employers and eligible employees for the wage subsidy.
- Beginning on Monday April 27 applications will be open for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy. More information on the application process can be found on the CEWS website.
Visit the Government of Canada's COVID-19 Economic Response Plan for more information on support available to help Canadians and businesses.
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